Christians in Indonesia’s Aceh province whose churches were burned and dismantled in 2015 have appealed to Komnas HAM to resolve the discrimination they claim they have faced. The appeal follows the latest incident in which local authorities suspended construction of an official residence for the pastor of the Pakpak Dairi Protestant Church in Aceh Singkil […]
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The racial and religious prejudice faced by the Jakarta governor of Chinese descent, who is now imprisoned for blasphemy, is not a new phenomenon in Indonesia. Ethnic Chinese and Christians in Indonesia have experienced systematic and prolonged discrimination throughout the nation’s history. Earlier this month, former Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, better known as Ahok, was […]