Intolerance & Racial or Ethnic Discrimination

July 2015

News/West Papua
Suara Papua – July 30, 2015

Oktovianus Pogau, Jayapura – The president of the Evangelical Church of Indonesia (GIDI), Pastor Dorman Wandikmbo insists that the mushola (small mosque) that was burnt down recently in Karubaga district, Tolikara regency, Papua, was built on land owned by the GIDI.

News/West Papua
Intelijen – July 22, 2015

Teropong Senayan – The razing of an Islamic prayer room in the Tolikara district of Papua was carried out by a group pursuing the agenda of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI) to re-implant its ideology in Indonesia.

News/West Papua
Peka News – July 22, 2015

State Intelligence Agency (BIN) chief Sutiyoso says that the riot in Tolikara, Papua was aimed at attacking President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo.

February 2015

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – February 12, 2015

Jakarta – President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo has signed Government Regulation (PP) Number 2/2015 on the handling of social conflicts.

According to the copy uploaded to the Cabinet Secretariat website on Thursday, the PP is referred to as an implementing regulation of Law Number 7/2012 on Social Conflict Management.