Story Archive
2015-05-29
Migrants recount beatings by smugglers and deadly fights at sea.
2015-05-26
After a traumatic journey by boat, 15-year-old does not want to go back to a refugee camp in Bangladesh.
2015-05-20
Thailand turned away their boat three times, and Malaysian sailors threatened to shoot them if they did not leave territorial waters, passengers say.
2015-05-15
“There is no Rohingya in Myanmar,” official says, as fishermen pull hundreds from the sea near Indonesia.
2015-05-14
Such tests have nothing do to with national security and discriminate against women, human rights activists say.
2015-05-11
Thailand’s southern neighbors are facing an influx of boat people from Myanmar and Bangladesh.
2015-05-07
Non-Muslims should also be more respectful of the beliefs of others, Indonesia’s religious affairs minister says.
2015-05-05
The dissemination of such photos online is a tool for recruiting youths to the Islamic State (IS), experts in Indonesia say.
2015-05-04
The U.S. has placed a $1-million bounty on the head of Abdul Basit Usman.
2015-04-29
Homosexuality and adultery, among other things, can result in public canings for Muslims and non-Muslims in the Indonesian province.
2015-04-28
Australia to recall its ambassador to Indonesia in protest.
2015-04-27
Some Muslim groups are voicing opposition to capital punishment, as the clock ticks down to the expected executions of drug offenders, amid an international outcry.
2015-04-24
Stern condemnation, but no key strategy, emerge at historic gathering in Indonesia.
2015-04-23
But a greater role for the armed forces in fighting terrorism could initiate a slide back into Suharto-era military dominance in civilian life, activists warn.
2015-04-21
Nasir Abas, formerly with al-Qaeda-linked Jemaah Islamiyah (JI), says he opposes violence against civilians in Islam’s name.
