No to cancellation of the death penalty for three Indonesian Catholics.
Fresh witnesses come forward to testify in their defence, the Attorney General calls it a "hoax" and repeats "the death sentence cannot be cancelled" .
Fresh witnesses come forward to testify in their defence, the Attorney General calls it a "hoax" and repeats "the death sentence cannot be cancelled" .
A group of lawyers from various religious backgrounds want the death sentences reversed and name 16 suspects they believe are behind the Poso clashes. Plot scenario against the three Catholics is reconstructed.
In a meeting with the attorney general in Jakarta today, Bishop Suwatan of the diocese of Manado asked him to call off the executions. A leader from the Muslim community in North Sulawesi was with him. The three men on death row are scapegoats. If they are executed, the true identity of the culprits won't be known.
Police confiscate a revolver from his home, "Memento" of the inter-religious clashes in Ambon in 2000.
521 people are still missing after floods in early January which killed 76 people and left thousands living in emergency shelters. Local Catholics have thrown themselves into collecting and distributing emergency relief items and organising psychological support for survivors.
The big fire came after a blast outside Sion Church and a firefight between soldiers and policemen.
The causes of the shooting are unclear; the event sparked panic in Poso, where inter-faith tension is rife.
The suspect is called Mulyana. There is controversy about a task force set up by the government to resolve violence in Central Sulawesi. "Crazed splinter groups" of the army are accused of involvement in inter-faith clashes.
More than 3,000 people are evacuated; many are now homeless. Torrential rains cause flooding and landslides.
The blast in Palu on 31 December killed seven people. Security measures have been stepped up across the province, which has seen an escalation of anti-Christian violence in recent months. Police have excluded involvement of the Islamic terrorist group, Jemaah Islamiyah.
Warning sent via text messaging announces Kupang will suffer the same fate as Bali on New Year Eve. The area is largely Catholic and Protestant. More than 2,000 soldiers and police officers are deployed.
The Procurator General has said the three men will not be executed in the Christmas period. Indonesian MPs have expressed concern about the different standards used in applying the death penalty to Islamic convicts as opposed to others.
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