Tag: Indonesia
Indonesian bishop, priests express condolence over football tragedy
“I want to express my deepest condolences with all families who have lost their loved ones during … (the) football tragedy”
At least 129 dead after riot at Indonesia football match
The tragedy on Saturday night in the eastern city of Malang was one of the world's deadliest sporting stadium disasters
Indonesian gig drivers fear hardship after fuel price hike
A 30 percent hike in fuel prices spurred hundreds of drivers to hold protests across Indonesia as they struggle to make ends meet
CBCP’s migrants office joins clemency call for Mary Jane Veloso
Philippine Catholic Church's migrants office has thrown its support behind the government’s bid to gain clemency for Mary Jane Veloso
Philippines seeks clemency for Filipino migrant worker on death row in...
Philippine Foreign Secretary Enrique Manalo made a request for "executive clemency" during a meeting with his Indonesian counterpart
Christian youth group joins calls for release of Filipino woman on...
Veloso is currently detained in Indonesia and is facing the death penalty after she was arrested in 2010 for drug trafficking
Collecting trash earns young Frenchman in Indonesia ‘Asia’s Nobel Prize’
“The problem of plastic pollution is a huge one but if we have that dream, that conviction, and that passion, then things can happen”
Parents of Filipino woman on Indonesia’s death row appeal for help...
Veloso was convicted of drug trafficking in Jakarta in 2010 but she claimed that she was a victim of human trafficking
Indonesia’s vice president calls for ‘religious moderation’ amid Islamic radicalism
He said “religious moderation” plays a role in “providing an ideological foundation, providing a straight line of knowledge”
Rights group decries Indonesian decrees that violate rights of women, girls
Human Rights Watch noted that authorities have issued "discriminatory decrees" that compel millions of girls and women to wear headdresses
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