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“We were accused of fighting against the government, and appropriating public land and dwellings without government permits. The parents of some students were also denounced ...

"We are just here to tell the truth, and basically this is our sacred duty as Christians to help the poor. It would even be ...

“I am completely traumatized by what happened that night. I told doctors that I could not think of anything. Just a blank mind."

"We are being made homeless. Our law suppresses the weak in service of the powerful. Our dreams have been broken.”

“This was the first time in my close to two decades of teaching that I faced a situation where I could be arrested for a ...

"Ideally, laws based on Islamic teachings should only apply to Muslims. In practice, however, such laws are applied to all with no exceptions."

In Indonesia, conservative and sometimes violent Islamist tendencies have been on the rise in recent years.

“I am shaken by the news that has reached us from Myanmar—the degree of brutality with which the security forces are apparently prepared to shoot ...

“Everybody is afraid of the terrorists. But we stand for the One who protects us all. Our faith tells us that God won’t let us ...

“The suicide bombing is not only the concern of Catholics but also the concern of all the entire nation and the Indonesian state."