Tag: Basuki Tjahaja Purnama

Barack Obama called for tolerance and respect in his childhood home of Indonesia Saturday, amid rising religious tensions in the ...

A Indonesian Islamist leader who helped organise mass protests against Jakarta's Christian governor has been named a suspect in a ...

The wife of Jakarta's Christian governor told a tearful press conference Tuesday her husband had withdrawn his appeal against a ...

Jakarta's jailed Christian governor Monday appealed his conviction for blaspheming Islam, his legal team said, as the United Nations stepped ...

Supporters of Jakarta's Christian governor staged a colourful rally outside city hall Wednesday a day after he was jailed for ...

Jakarta’s Christian governor has been sentenced to two years in jail for blasphemy, a harsher-than-expected ruling critics fear will embolden ...

Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years Tuesday after being found guilty of blasphemy, in a shock decision that ...

Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years on Tuesday after being found guilty of committing blasphemy, capping a saga ...

Jakarta's Christian governor, who was jailed for blasphemy Tuesday, won much praise for his efforts to clean up the traffic-choked ...

A guilty verdict and two-year jail sentence for Jakarta's Christian governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama on blasphemy charges have fuelled concerns ...

The outgoing governor of Jakarta has been sentenced to two years in prison for blasphemy and inciting violence. Basuki Tjahaja ...

Jakarta's Christian governor was jailed for two years Tuesday after being found guilty of committing blasphemy, capping a saga seen ...

Islamic hardliners staged a noisy protest Tuesday against Jakarta's Christian governor as a court prepared to deliver its verdict in ...

Indonesia said Monday it would disband the local branch of radical Islamist group Hizb ut-Tahrir, as concerns grow about hardliners ...

US Vice President Mike Pence Thursday praised Indonesia's moderate form of Islam as 'an inspiration' at the start of a ...

US Vice President Mike Pence Thursday praised Indonesia's moderate form of Islam as "an inspiration" at the start of a ...

Jakarta's Christian governor may escape jail for alleged blasphemy after prosecutors Thursday recommended only probation, a day after he lost ...

Polling has closed in a run-off election for the post of Jakarta's governor, seen by many as a key test ...

A Muslim former government minister took a strong lead Wednesday over Jakarta's Christian incumbent governor in a divisive run-off election ...

Voters in Jakarta are choosing a governor in a run-off election, that has been called "the dirtiest and most divisive" ...