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Indonesia Court Jails Transgender Woman For Remark On Jesus
An Indonesian court sentenced a transgender woman to more than two years in prison Monday for a remark online about Jesus' hair, a local official said, in a case condemned by rights groups as excessive.
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LGBTQ Event Cancelled After Security Threats In Indonesia
Rights groups have cancelled a Southeast Asian LGBT event in Indonesia after receiving security threats, the organisers said, the latest sign of increasing pressure on the community from religious conservatives in the country.
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Citing Ukraine War, Britain Says Russia Has No Moral Right To Sit At G20
Russia has no moral right to sit at the Group of 20 nations while it presses on with its invasion of Ukraine, a spokesperson for Britain's foreign ministry said on Friday.
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Indonesia's Top Court Jails Woman Who Reported Sexual Harassment
Indonesia's Supreme Court has jailed a woman who tried to report her employer for alleged sexual harassment, in a ruling that rights groups said on Friday risked turning victims of sexual abuse into criminals.
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Indonesia's Crackdown On LGBT Fuelling HIV Cases: Rights Group
A crackdown on Indonesia's LGBT community is fuelling a spike in HIV cases as at-risk people avoid prevention services or seeking treatment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday.
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Indonesia's Selfie-Snapping Monkey Named 'Person Of The Year'
An Indonesian monkey who shot to fame after it snapped a grinning selfie -- and sparked a landmark US copyright case -- was named "Person of the Year" Wednesday by the animal rights group that took on the simian's cause.
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo Grants Clemency to Papuan Political Prisoners
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Saturday ordered the release of a group of political prisoners in Papua to "create a sense of peace" in a rare conciliatory gesture to the insurgency-hit eastern province.
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Indonesian Editor Accused Of Blasphemy Over Islamic State Cartoon
The Chief Editor of a leading English-language newspaper in Muslim-majority Indonesia has been named a suspect in a blasphemy case after the publication of a cartoon about the Islamic State group, the police said today.
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Indonesians in Legal Challenge to Scrapping Local Polls
Indonesian rights groups and concerned citizens mounted a legal challenge on Monday to parliament's decision to scrap direct elections for local leaders, a move criticised as weakening the country's young democracy.
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Australia rejects claims that navy mistreated asylum seekers
Australia on Wednesday rejected claims by a group of asylum seekers that they were beaten and suffered burns while being returned to Indonesia by the Australian navy under a policy that has strained ties between the countries.
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Indonesia Court Jails Transgender Woman For Remark On Jesus
An Indonesian court sentenced a transgender woman to more than two years in prison Monday for a remark online about Jesus' hair, a local official said, in a case condemned by rights groups as excessive.
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LGBTQ Event Cancelled After Security Threats In Indonesia
Rights groups have cancelled a Southeast Asian LGBT event in Indonesia after receiving security threats, the organisers said, the latest sign of increasing pressure on the community from religious conservatives in the country.
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Citing Ukraine War, Britain Says Russia Has No Moral Right To Sit At G20
Russia has no moral right to sit at the Group of 20 nations while it presses on with its invasion of Ukraine, a spokesperson for Britain's foreign ministry said on Friday.
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Indonesia's Top Court Jails Woman Who Reported Sexual Harassment
Indonesia's Supreme Court has jailed a woman who tried to report her employer for alleged sexual harassment, in a ruling that rights groups said on Friday risked turning victims of sexual abuse into criminals.
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Indonesia's Crackdown On LGBT Fuelling HIV Cases: Rights Group
A crackdown on Indonesia's LGBT community is fuelling a spike in HIV cases as at-risk people avoid prevention services or seeking treatment, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said Monday.
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Indonesia's Selfie-Snapping Monkey Named 'Person Of The Year'
An Indonesian monkey who shot to fame after it snapped a grinning selfie -- and sparked a landmark US copyright case -- was named "Person of the Year" Wednesday by the animal rights group that took on the simian's cause.
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Indonesian President Joko Widodo Grants Clemency to Papuan Political Prisoners
Indonesian President Joko Widodo on Saturday ordered the release of a group of political prisoners in Papua to "create a sense of peace" in a rare conciliatory gesture to the insurgency-hit eastern province.
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Indonesian Editor Accused Of Blasphemy Over Islamic State Cartoon
The Chief Editor of a leading English-language newspaper in Muslim-majority Indonesia has been named a suspect in a blasphemy case after the publication of a cartoon about the Islamic State group, the police said today.
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Indonesians in Legal Challenge to Scrapping Local Polls
Indonesian rights groups and concerned citizens mounted a legal challenge on Monday to parliament's decision to scrap direct elections for local leaders, a move criticised as weakening the country's young democracy.
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Australia rejects claims that navy mistreated asylum seekers
Australia on Wednesday rejected claims by a group of asylum seekers that they were beaten and suffered burns while being returned to Indonesia by the Australian navy under a policy that has strained ties between the countries.
