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A man speaks after a “standing prayer” organised to honour Osama, in Khartoum May 3, 2011. — Reuters pic JAKARTA, May 4 — Indonesian Islamists hailed Osama bin Laden as a martyr today, illustrating sympathy for the al Qaeda leader killed by US forces among Southeast Asian militant groups, one of which predicted a major reprisal attack. Indonesia and the Philippines, both home to terror groups with links to al Qaeda, have heightened security after the killing of Osama on Monday, with Jakarta increasing police presence ahead of an annual meeting of regional leaders at the weekend.
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La difficile «guérison» des djihadistes indonésiens
Harry Setya Rahmadi rêvait d'«anéantir les mécréants», de «mourir en martyr sous les balles américaines», il est devenu un jeune loup du marché des changes. Yusuf Adirima était un exalté en quête d'adrénaline qui pourchassait les chrétiens dans les Moluques. Il fait rôtir des canards à longueur de journée.
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INDONÉSIE • Le pied de nez des Balinaises au droit coutumier | Courrier international
Fin 2010, Ketut Widi, une jeune mère de famille balinaise, a reçu une bonne nouvelle et une mauvaise. La bonne, c’était que le tribunal civil de Denpasar [chef-lieu de l’île] accédait à sa requête de divorce, son mari étant le plus clair du temps absent du domicile conjugal. La mauvaise, c’était que le juge accordait le droit de garde de leurs deux enfants au père. A Bali, la loi sur le divorce se conforme au purusa , une règle patriarcale du droit coutumier hindou de l’île. Aussi, en cas de séparation, les enfants suivent systématiquement leur père et si, dans des cas extrêmement rares, la justice accorde la garde à la mère, le père n’est pas tenu de lui verser de pension alimentaire.
Bahasyim sentenced to 10 years in prison | The Jakarta Post
The Jakarta Post | Fri, 02/04/2011 11:14 AM JAKARTA: Judges at South Jakarta District Court on Wednesday sentenced former tax official Bahasyim Assifie (see photo) to 10 years in prison for corruption. Bahasyim was found to be unable to prove the source of funds amounting to more than Rp 60 billion (US$6.8 million) and $681,487, which he had channeled to several accounts belonging to his wife and children.
Greta Nabbs-Keller, a PhD student at Griffith Asia Institute and regular guest blogger on The Interpreter, writes: Natalie Sambhi has touched on an important issue in her 17 November piece on the Australia-Indonesia relationship and the need to reconcile engagement with Indonesia's military (TNI) against a foreign policy which supports the protection of human rights. It is in fact a challenge for all liberal democracies, including Indonesia. How does the state achieve a balance between pragmatism and principle in foreign policy objectives? There are a number of problems in Natalie's piece, however, which render her overall argument problematic.
Reader riposte: Indonesian human rights
The grainy and badly shot footage shows men dressed in what appear to be military uniforms, kicking and abusing indigenous Papuan villagers. Indonesia's national police spokesman has said the Papuan police are now investigating the case and their first priority is to find out whether the video is authentic. Marwoto Soeto says that if the video has been made by people who are trying to taint the image of Indonesia, then the police investigation will focus on them. There is a significant military presence in Papua, which the government says is necessary to maintain security in the province because of the existence of separatist groups.
Indonesia investigates police 'torture footage'
The works of authors such as the late Pramoedya Ananta Toer were routinely banned by Suharto During the regime of former president Suharto, it was regularly used to clamp down on books and publications that were deemed dangerous by the government. But the law remained in place even after he stepped down in 1998 after governing Indonesia for three decades, and has been used even after Indonesia made the transition to a democracy. Long seen as a regulation that was out of touch with Indonesia's new democratic values, human rights groups had called for the law to be revoked. But it was only after a group of Indonesian writers, whose books last year fell foul of the regulations took their grievances to the constitutional court, that the decision to strike down the law was made.
Indonesia Suharto-era book banning law lifted
More controversy is expected when Ms Sandioriva takes part in Miss Universe Clerics in Indonesia's conservative Muslim province of Aceh say they are outraged that an Acehnese woman has won the title of Miss Indonesia. Qori Sandioriva, 18, won the Miss Indonesia title on Friday, beating 37 other contestants for the crown. The clerics say that by failing to wear a veil during the competition she has betrayed her Acehnese roots and brought shame to the province.
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