Petition: Foundation should withdraw World Statesman Award to Indonesia’s President

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Berlin, 22 Mai 2013

Dear readers,

our colleagues from ETAN in New York have raised a petition to withdraw the World Statesman Award to Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The Award was given by the New York based Appeal of Conscience Foundation. Given the situation of religious freedom in Indonesia and the President’s role in it the Foundation’s choice is “bizarre” say Jeremy Menchik in tablet.mag. 

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Posted on 05:41 AM in Activities, democracy, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Society & Religion, Watch's Open Letters
Tags: Indonesia, human rights, petition, religion, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

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by Basilisa Dengen

 

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