Tag: Indonesia
Indonesian villagers protesting thermal plant beat up by police
FLORES (UCAN): Villagers in the Christian-majority province of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia, say police violently…
Indonesian mother seeks justice for past crimes
JAKARTA (UCAN): “I do not reject reconciliation, but [it] must go through a legal process…
Indonesians hold rally for compensation despite accusation of sedition
RUTENG (UCAN/RVA News): Police in Catholic-majority Flores Island, Indonesia, summoned two farmers and two local…
Survey on family and migration in Southeast Asia started
MANILA (AsiaNews): The Scalabrini Migration Centre [SMC], a Philippine-based Catholic institute, started a research project…
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Indonesia upholds ban on interfaith marriage
KUALA LUMPUR (UCAN): Indonesia’s Constitutional Court upheld a nearly five-decade-old law banning interfaith marriages, rejecting…
Asian leaders hail Pope Benedict’s work for peace, harmony
Heads of Asian nations joined world leaders in paying tribute to Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI,…
Indonesian president visits cathedral in West Java on Christmas Day
JAKARTA (RVA News): The president of Indonesia, Jokowi “Joko” Widodo, visited with the the Cathedral…
