REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Governor of the metropolitan City of Jakarta, Anies Baswedan, expressed congratulations on the release of former DKI Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, or Ahok.  Ahok...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, DEPOK -- Former governor of DKI Jakarta, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) has been released from jail, after serving a two-year sentence for blasphemy case. He got three months...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Chairman of the 212 Alumni Brotherhood (PA 212) Slamet Maarif responded to the freedom of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok on Thursday (Jan 24) tomorrow. He...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Supporters of former Basuki Tjahaja Purnama "Ahok" started to gather at Mako Brimob, Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java. They wanted to celebrate the release of former...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Attorney of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok), Teguh Samudera, stated that his client has not considered joining a political party even though he would be released from...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Former Jakarta governor who is convicted of blasphemy Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) plans to pursue the oil trade business and become a talk show host after...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- National Campaigner of presidential candidate number 02, Ahmad Riza Patria considered free air that will be enjoyed soon by a blasphemy convict Basuki Tjahaja Purnama "Ahok"...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Blasphemy convict Basuki Tjahaja Purnama "Ahok" might be released from prison in January 2019. Having served 19 months of his two years sentence, Ahok was included...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA — Vice presidential candidate of presidential candidate President Joko Widodo (Jokowi), KH Ma’ruf Amin said he wanted to meet former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) supporters....

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Constitutional Law expert at Parahyangan University Asep Warlan Yusuf said the authorities has violated Law No. 12/1995 on Corrections, related to the place of detention of...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The advocacy team of National Movement to Guard Ulemas Fatwa (GNPF) said Basuki "Ahok" Tjahaja Purnama's detention at National Police's Mobile Brigade Command Headquarters (Mako Brimob)...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- As a convicted in blasphemy case, Basuki Tjahaja Purnama "Ahok" should not be jailed in house of detention. The convicted should be fostered in Correctional Institution. "An inmate...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Basuki Tjahaja Purnama "Ahok" attorney,  Fifi Lety Indra was reluctant to respond Supreme Court decision on his client's judicial review. Fifi who is also Ahok's sister...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Supreme Court (MA) has decided to reject the case review petition to challenge the North Jakarta District Courts ruling that sentenced Basuki Tjahaja Purnama "Ahok" to...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- National Movement to Safeguard the Indonesian Ulema (GNPF Ulama) leader cleric Bachtiar Nasir said every citizen has the right to file a petition to challenge a...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Prosecutor Sapto Subroto said Basuki Tjahaja Purnama "Ahok" did not have a new novum to support his appeal. He explained the verdict of Buni Yani who...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok)'s lawyer, Josefina Agatha Syukur said her client has filed judicial review against North Jakarta District Court's ruling on his blasphemy case. Ahok wanted...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Deputy Chairman of Defenders of Cleric and Activist Team (TPUA) Habib Novel Chaidir Hasan said National Police has dropped the case of alleged blasphemy involving former Jakarta...

by: Haedar Nashir, Chairman of Central Board of Muhammadiyah REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, Cases of hate speech related to SARA (ethnicity, religion, and race) and blasphemy were recurring throughout this year. The unsolved...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- The panel of judges at Bandung District Court sentenced Buni Yani one year and six months in prison on the alleged violated Article 32 (1) of the...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- National Mandate Party (PAN) patron Amien Rais conveyed his oration in a demonstration to support Buni Yani on Tuesday (November 14). In his oration, he said the...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG -- The judges Bandung District Court rejected Buni Yani's exception in the alleged hate speech spread through social media. The decision was made at the Arsip Building,...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, CIREBON – At least 11 lawyers of Muslims defender report Chairman of Cirebon's Nasdem party, Sukaryadi, to the local police on Thursday (July 6). They believed Sukaryadi who...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna H Laoly would evaluate the transfer of a defendant on blasphemy case Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) from Mobile Brigade...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Chairman of Presidium of Indonesian Police Watch Neta S Pane reminded the Minister of Law and Human Rights Yasonna Laoly that keeping Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok)...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Chairman of Presidium of Indonesian Police Watch Neta S. Pane argued that it would be a mistake and serious violation to the law when Basuki Tjahaja...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – A member of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok)'s legal team, I Wayan Sudirta, said transferring his client imprisonment to Mako Brimob Detention Center was a right choice....

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok)'s lawyer, I Wayan Sudirta, said he never have any discussion with the law enforcers on blasphemy case. He said he had not...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, BANDUNG – The defendant of alleged violation to Law on Information and Electronic Transactioin, Buni Yani, denied the indictment made by the prosecutor. He was prosecuted by Article...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Attorney General HM Prasetyo  said on Friday that no decision has been made with regard to where Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) would be put after his...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Al-Khaththath's lawyer, Achmad Michdan, said his client never met Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok in Brimob Headquarter Detain Center, Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java. In fact,...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Attorney General's Office (AGO) is still evaluating the decision on its appeal in the blasphemy case involving Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) following the...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) decided to drop his appeal against the two-year jail sentence for the interests of all, his wife, Veronica Tan,...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama alias Ahok who is now in detention has decided to revoke his appeal against the court's sentence of two years in...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, LONDON -- Vice President Jusuf Kalla explained discrimination played no part in the dynamics of Jakarta gubernatorial election and the detention of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok).  He said it...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PALU – Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin responded requests to repeal the law No. 1/PNPS in 1965 on the prevention of blasphemy. He said there should...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Chairman of Muslim Advocate Alliance Abdullah Al Katiri said the government has to clarify the reason of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's detainment transfer.  Moreover, Ahok as the...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Supporters of Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok kept on trying to suspend the detention. The Chairman of Indonesian Muslim Advocate Alliance, Al Katiri said it would...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, WASHINGTON -- In a meeting with media in International Religious Freedom Report last year, Middle East Committe for International Religious Freedom David Saperstein revealed, Pew Research report on...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – Hundreds of Aksi Bela Islam 212 alumni signed a petition on one kilometer fabrics in the parking area of Komnas HAM, Central Java on Friday (May...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Member of advocacy team of the National Movement to Safeguard the Indonesian Council of Ulama's Fatwa (GNPF MUI), Kapitra Ampera, said United Nations should not discredit...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has responded to international concerns over Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama's conviction by asking all the parties to respect the verdict...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) is now detained at Mobile Brigade Headquarter (Mako Brimob), Kelapa Dua, Depok, West Java. The convicted in blasphemy case was transferred from...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) commented on the verdict sentenced to Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok on blasphemy case. He asked all parties to respect...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- After leaving the blasphemy trial location at the Ministry of Agriculture building in South Jakarta, the mass who support Basuki Tjahaja Purnama held demonstration in front...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla stated his sympathy to Ahok after the Jakarta Governor was sentenced for two years of imprisonment in a blasphemy case on...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- Minister of Religious Affairs Lukman Hakim Saifuddin asked all people to refrain in responding judges' decision related to Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok's case. The supporters...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The North Jakarta District Court's panel of judges decided to detain Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama (Ahok) after the court found him guilty of religious blasphemy...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA – The Deputy Chairman of Indonesian Council of Ulama (MUI) Zainut Tauhid said the institution respected judges’ decision on blasphemy case involved Basuki Tjahaja Purnama or Ahok...

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The judges in blasphemy case sentenced the defendant Basuki Tjahaja Purnama "Ahok" to two years imprisontment.  "The defendant is proven guilty and convicingly in blaspheme the religion,...