Indonesia: Minority Groups Freedom of Religion and Beliefs Remain on Paper


Minority religious groups still face uncertain law enforcement resulting from many local regulations incompatible with international human rights principles and standards.

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | Int'l Desk
Source/Credit: Scoop Independent News
By Asian Legal Resource Centre | February 26, 2018

The Asian Legal Resource Centre (ALRC) wishes to inform the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) about the on-going problems of freedom of religion and beliefs in Indonesia. So far the Government has failed to settle the old problems of religious conflict; therefore the same patterns still recur. These problems are twofold: #1 banning the establishment of places of worship by anti-tolerant groups and # 2 persecution of minority groups such as Ahmadiyya and Shi’a, up until today. The problem of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) of Shi’a and Ahmadiyya in Lombok and Sidoardjo remains unresolved. They cannot go back to their home towns due to no security guarantee for them. For more than five years, Shi’a congregations remain in the same modest apartment managed by the East Java administration in Sidoarho. Even after this long period of time has passed, the Shi’a congregations are made to not feel at home.
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