Combating discrimination and human rights violations through Post-Legislative Scrutiny
Franklin De Vrieze of the Westminster Foundation for Democracy discusses the use of post-legislative scrutiny to combat human rights violations. Strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights can benefit from a correct assessment of the implementation of legislation, identifying its impact, remedying possible gaps and addressing unintended consequences of legislation. When visiting Indonesia recently, […]
Tolikara: Majority-minority ties and its discontent
AL KHANIF, The Jakarta Post London | Sat, July 25, 2015 | 10:15 am Most Indonesians were shocked by the incident in Tolikara, Papua, when Muslims who held an Idul Fitri prayer service in a local mosque were disrupted by a violent Christian mob affiliated with the Evangelical Church of Indonesia (GIDI). Some Muslims overreacted […]
Rohingya: The problem of minority groups
AL KHANIF, The Jakarta Post London | Wed, May 27, 2015 | 07:25 am The Rohingya have long experienced state-sanctioned discrimination. Recently, they have been persecuted as a result of the influence of hate speeches by Buddhist monk Ashin Wirathu. His speeches added fuel to communal conflicts in 2012 and 2013. Since then, many Rohingya […]
Blaspheming religion vs blaspheming humanity
AL KHANIF, The Jakarta Post Jakarta | Fri, December 23, 2016 | 09:09 am In the past few months, Indonesia, particularly Jakarta, has been on high alert for massive protests to persecute a person accused of blaspheming a religion. The reactions of people and organizations supporting the protests demonstrate their choice of protecting religion over respecting humanity. […]