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Controversial alliances open rifts in Prabowo presidential campaign
Supporters wear T-shirts bearing portraits of Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, left, and his running mate Hatta Rajasa. Pic: AP. An intriguing 10 days of presidential campaigning in...
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Indonesia: Team Prabowo hits back at ‘cheap’ human rights allegations
Indonesian presidential candidates, Joko Widodo, third left, and Prabowo Subianto, second left, greet each other during a televised debate in Jakarta, Monday. Pic: AP. Gerindra deputy goes on attack...
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Tough love: City mayor shuts down Southeast Asia’s largest red light district
Sex workers in the Dolly red-light district sit on a road in protest against the closing of the prostitution complex in Surabaya, Wednesday. Pic: AP. As the addled current of twenty-first century...
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Who to follow on Twitter for Indonesian election updates
Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto. Pic: AP. On Wednesday July 9, Indonesia’s estimated 187 million eligible voters will head to the polls for the country’s third direct presidential...
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Who’s who in Indonesia’s presidential election?
Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, second left, his running mate Hatta Rajasa, left, Joko Widodo, second right and his running mate Jusuf Kalla are introduced to the audience by...
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Could the Indonesian presidential election be “stolen”?
Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto, second left, his running mate Hatta Rajasa, left, Joko Widodo, second right and his running mate Jusuf Kalla are introduced to the audience during a...
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No end in sight as Indonesian election stalemate drags on
Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto gestures during an interview in Bogor, West Java, Indonesia, Friday. Pic: AP. On Wednesday last week, Indonesia’s estimated 187 million voters went to...
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Prabowo’s petulance mars Jokowi’s Indonesia election win
Defeated Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto speaks during a press conference in Jakarta, Tuesday. Pic: AP. Another day of immense drama in the Indonesian capital has culminated in a...
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‘Losing is not an option': How far will Prabowo go after election defeat?
Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo, left, and his defeated opponent Prabowo Subianto. Pic: AP. On Tuesday this week, just hours before the official winner of Indonesia’s presidential election was...
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Sex workers battle authorities in Indonesia’s Dolly red light district
A ‘karaoke girl’ shouts protests against the city government’s move to close down the Dolly prostitution complex in Indonesia. Pic: AP. At the end of last week, families across Indonesia were getting...
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Prabowo still confident ahead of ‘pointless’ Indonesia election appeal
Prabowo Subianto. Pic: AP. On Wednesday this week, a team of 95 lawyers representing defeated presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto will head to Indonesia’s Constitutional Court as part of a...
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Jokowi’s Challenge – Part 1: The timely rise of a furniture salesman?
Joko Widodo. Pic: AP. Despite having been involved in politics for little more than nine years, Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo has already contested four separate elections — all of which he won — and is now...
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Jokowi’s Challenge – Part 2: High hopes and harsh realities
Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo. Pic: AP. The rags to riches tale of Indonesia’s Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo captivated millions of voters and aroused widespread optimism during this year’s election,...
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Prabowo goes home empty-handed after a dramatic day in Indonesia
Supporters of losing presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto run to avoid tear gas fired by riot police during a protest near the Constitutional Court in Jakarta, Indonesia, Thursday. Pic: AP....
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Jokowi’s Challenge – Part 3: An end to impunity or same old injustices?
Indonesian President-elect Joko Widodo with members of his campaign team, including former general and spy chief Hendropriyono, far right. Pic: AP. During this year’s presidential contest, the...
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Jakarta International School child sexual abuse trial continues
Police officers escort child sexual abuse suspects Afrischa Setyani, center, and Syahrial, rear, to their trial in Jakarta. Pic: AP. The trial of an alleged child sexual abuse ring will reconvene at...
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Thailand steps up its dubious war on drugs
Pic: AP. Authorities round up ‘addicts’ and place them in compulsory treatment centres Last week, in the early hours of Tuesday morning, a joint task force of 250 army and police personnel descended on...
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A new enemy within? Surabaya sex workers go underground
A ‘karaoke girl’ shouts protests against the city government’s move to close down the Dolly prostitution complex in Indonesia in June. Pic: AP. On the morning of June 18 this year, at least 1,449 sex...
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Indonesia struggles to accommodate exodus of Surabaya sex workers
A sex worker checks her smartphone as she and others wait for customers in a brothel at Dolly prostitution complex in Surabaya earlier this year. Pic: AP. Three months ago, in the Indonesian city of...
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Ex-Dolly sex workers face Papua witch hunt
Sex workers wait for customers inside a brothel at now defunct Dolly complex in Surabaya. A number of former Dolly workers are believed to have moved to Papua. Pic: AP. At a distance of almost 2,000...
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