Tag: November 2016 Jakarta protests

Barack Obama called for tolerance and respect in his childhood home of Indonesia Saturday, amid rising religious tensions in the ...

The wife of Jakarta's Christian governor told a tearful press conference Tuesday her husband had withdrawn his appeal against a ...

Jakarta's jailed Christian governor Monday appealed his conviction for blaspheming Islam, his legal team said, as the United Nations stepped ...

Supporters of Jakarta's Christian governor staged a colourful rally outside city hall Wednesday a day after he was jailed for ...

Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years Tuesday after being found guilty of blasphemy, in a shock decision that ...

Jakarta's Christian governor, who was jailed for blasphemy Tuesday, won much praise for his efforts to clean up the traffic-choked ...

The outgoing governor of Jakarta has been sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy and inciting violence. Basuki Tjahaja ...

Islamic hardliners staged a noisy protest Tuesday against Jakarta's Christian governor as a court prepared to deliver its verdict in ...

Indonesia said Monday it would disband the local branch of radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, as concerns grow about hardliners ...

US Vice President Mike Pence Thursday praised Indonesia's moderate form of Islam as 'an inspiration' at the start of a ...

Jakarta's Christian governor may escape jail for alleged blasphemy after prosecutors Thursday recommended only probation, a day after he lost ...

Polling has closed in a run-off election for the post of Jakarta's governor, seen by many as a key test ...

A Muslim former government minister took a strong lead Wednesday over Jakarta's Christian incumbent governor in a divisive run-off election ...

Voters in Jakarta are choosing a governor in a run-off election, that has been called "the dirtiest and most divisive" ...

Polls opened Wednesday in Jakarta's election run-off with the Christian governor fighting for his job despite standing trial for blasphemy, ...

The head of an Indonesian Muslim hardline group insisted Tuesday that Jakarta's Christian governor had committed blasphemy as he gave ...

Jakarta's Christian governor will fight to cling on to his job at polls this week despite standing trial for blasphemy, ...

More than 100,000 Indonesians descended on Jakarta's grand mosque Saturday to call on people to vote for Muslim candidates running ...

Southeast Asian security forces were on alert on Friday ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays after two bomb ...