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Indonesia

  • 24 Dec 2018
    3m

    Search for survivors continues in Indonesia as government warns tsunami death toll will rise

    The search for survivors is continuing in Indonesia, two days after the tsunami hit coastal towns. The government is warning that the death toll will rise, with more than a thousand people injured and thousands more displaced from their homes.

  • 29 Sep 2018

    Earthquake and tsunami kill hundreds in Indonesia

      First the earthquake, hitting 7.5 on the richter scale, and then the tsunami with waves up to 6 metres high struck the Indonesian coast. The city of Palu on the island of Sulawesi was devastated; homes, businesses and hospitals were flattened. Hundreds have been confirmed dead with hundreds more reported missing or injured.

  • 27 Nov 2017
    3m

    Bali: Experts warn volcanic eruption imminent

    A hundred thousand people living around the Mount Agung volcano on Bali have been told to evacuate their homes – as experts warned that a large eruption could be imminent. The mountain has been spewing large clouds of volcanic ash thousands of feet into the sky for several days – but Indonesian authorities have now…

  • 26 Feb 2016
    Jonathan Miller

    Transgender madrassa closes due to death threats

    The director of the world’s first and only Islamic boarding school for transgender women has confirmed that her madrassa has been forced to close following violent death threats.

  • 13 Feb 2016
    Jonathan Miller

    Indonesia’s transgender madrasa

    The transgender madrasa, tucked away down an alleyway behind a large mosque, was founded in 2008, after an earthquake in which many waria died. It offers an oasis of hope and dignity and operates koranic instruction in defiance of more conservative imported strands of Islam which have gained prominence in recent years.

  • 14 Jan 2016

    Jakarta attack: at least seven killed by bombs and gunfire

    Isis claims responsibility after six explosions are followed by gun battles in the Indonesian capital Jakarta. Five attackers are believed to be among the dead.

  • 25 May 2015

    Malaysia finds 139 graves in abandoned trafficking camps

    Malaysian authorities discover signs of torture and graves with multiple bodies in more than two dozen abandoned camps linked to human trafficking.

  • 21 May 2015

    Rohingya will not be saved by the new 'no push-back' policy

    As odious as the business of smuggling people across the Andaman Sea is, the traffickers and the “boat people” fleeing Burma and Bangladesh share a common cause.

  • 20 May 2015

    Nightmare at sea ends for the 'green boat' migrants

    The mystery of the ‘green boat’ was solved this morning when 400-odd occupants of a rickety fishing trawler turned up on the Indonesian coast in the early hours of this morning.

  • 20 May 2015

    Stranded at sea: Rohingya migrants offered shelter

    Indonesia and Malaysia agree to end their policy of pushing migrants boats back out to sea, and instead say they will provide temporary shelter to thousands stranded at sea.

  • 19 May 2015

    Pushed back out to sea: clock ticking for Rohingya migrants

    UN agencies urge Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand to stop pushing migrant boats back out to sea, as fears grow for those stranded with dwindling food supplies.

  • 15 May 2015

    Thousands of migrants stranded off Indonesia

    Up to 8,000 Rohingya and Bangladeshi migrants are thought to be stranded at sea as Indonesia and other south Asian governments prevent them from coming ashore.

  • 29 Apr 2015

    Indonesia's executions: a weak president acting tough

    The execution of eight convicted drug traffickers by Malaysia is a demonstration of the underlying weakness of the country’s President.

  • 28 Apr 2015

    Indonesia deaf to pleas to spare death row drugs convicts

    The pending executions of nine Indonesian and foreign nationals on drug offences have strained the country’s relations with the international community and, in particular, Australia.

  • 28 Apr 2015

    Indonesia executes eight drug traffickers

    Eight drug traffickers are reportedly executed by firing squad in Indonesia after pleas for clemency from around the world were rejected – but a Filipino woman is spared the death penalty.

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