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TEMPO Marks 50 With the End of an Era

Posted by Asia Views | Mar 9, 2021 | Insight, Viewpoints | 0 |

Power, Politics & Corruption

Posted by Asia Views | Feb 6, 2021 | Insight, Viewpoints | 0 |

DO OR DIE DEMOCRACY

Posted by AsiaViews | May 14, 2019 | Insight, Viewpoints | 0 |

INTER-KOREA PEACE PROCESS POSES CHALLENGES FOR ASEAN

by AsiaViews | Dec 21, 2018 | Archive, ASEAN, Daily Briefs, Regions | 0 |

South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s policy provides incentives for member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to facilitate engagement with North Korea — but some countries are cautious...

MYANMAR RESUMES ‘CLEARANCE OPERATIONS’ AFTER 2 KILLED

by AsiaViews | Dec 21, 2018 | Archive, Daily Briefs, Myanmar, Regions | 0 |

Myanmar forces are conducting new rounds of “clearance operations” in conflict-hit Rakhine state after four local Buddhists were attacked and two killed, the commander-in-chief’s office said on Thursday, Agence-France Presse...

PHILIPPINE LAWMAKER WANTS TO HONOR SOUTH CHINA SEA RULING

by AsiaViews | Dec 21, 2018 | Archive, Daily Briefs, Philippines, Regions | 0 |

A Philippine lawmaker has proposed a bill to honor an international court’s ruling in favor of Manila in its maritime dispute with Beijing in the South China Sea, saying the move would boost national pride, South China Morning...

INDONESIA DETAINS SUSPECTS UNDER TOUGHER ANTI-TERROR LAW

by AsiaViews | Dec 21, 2018 | Archive, Daily Briefs, Indonesia, Regions | 0 |

Indonesian police have detained about 20 suspected militants as security is stepped up ahead of the Christmas and New Year’s holiday season, National police chief Tito Karnavian said on Thursday, Reuters reports. The...

ASIA CENTRAL BANKS TO SLOW RATE

by AsiaViews | Dec 21, 2018 | Archive, ASEAN, Daily Briefs | 0 |

Asian central banks that have been forced into aggressive rate hikes this year have been given some breathing room in 2019, after the U.S. Federal Reserve struck a more dovish tone in its monetary policy for the year ahead,...

INDONESIA OPENS MILITARY BASE ON EDGE OF SOUTH CHINA SEA

by AsiaViews | Dec 20, 2018 | Archive, Daily Briefs, Indonesia, Regions | 0 |

Indonesia this week opened a military base with more than 1,000 personnel on the southern tip of the disputed South China Sea, where the territorial claims of China and several other countries overlap, South China Morning Post...

FACEBOOK REMOVES ACCOUNTS LINKED TO MYANMAR MILITARY

by AsiaViews | Dec 20, 2018 | Archive, Daily Briefs, Myanmar, Regions | 0 |

Facebook has removed hundreds of pages and accounts in Myanmar with hidden links to the military, the platform said on Wednesday, as the company scrambles to respond to criticism over failures to control hate speech and...

PHILIPPINE REBELS ABDUCT SOLDIERS AND MILITIAMEN

by AsiaViews | Dec 20, 2018 | Archive, Daily Briefs, Philippines, Regions | 0 |

Communist guerrillas abducted two soldiers and at least a dozen militiamen in an attack on an army base in the south of the Philippines on Wednesday, the Associated Press reports, quoting Military Chief of Staff General Benjamin...

EX-GOLDMAN MALAYSIAN BANKER FACES US EXTRADITION

by AsiaViews | Dec 20, 2018 | Archive, Daily Briefs, Malaysia, Regions | 0 |

Malaysia on Wednesday moved to extradite to the United States, Ng Chong Hwa, the former Goldman Sachs managing director embroiled in the multi-billion-dollar 1MDB scandal, even as he faces charges in the Southeast Asian...

THAI YOUTUBER FACES CHARGES OVER DRESS DESIGN BY ROYALTY

by AsiaViews | Dec 20, 2018 | Archive, Daily Briefs, Regions, Thailand | 0 |

A popular transgender YouTuber is facing lese majeste and computer crime charges, after she allegedly criticized the dress designed by Princess Sirivannavari Nariratana for Thailand’s Miss Universe entrant and replied to her own...

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EXTRICATING NDONESIAN CHILDREN FROM ISIS INFLUENCE ABROAD

Indonesia urgently needs to revisit the possibility of repatriating the neediest of its young citizens stranded abroad, whose families had earlier joined ISIS. Most of these children are in camps in northern Syria but there are also small numbers in the Philippines, Afghanistan and Iraq. “Extricating Indonesian Children from ISIS Influence Abroad”, the latest report from the Institute for Policy Analysis of Conflict (IPAC) argues that the government could begin by bringing back small groups of unaccompanied children under ten years of age, who pose minimal security risk and are most vulnerable to deteriorating conditions in the camps.“The problem is that health and security conditions are worsening by the day in the Syrian camps, and the children are growing older,” says Dyah Kartika, IPAC analyst. “They need access to schools, a nurturing environment, and medical attention. If the government waits too long, the children will be further exposed to ISIS ideology.” The new report examines a 2019 list of Indonesians in camps and prisons run by the Kurdish Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF). The Indonesian government has been trying to verify their citizenship, but with pseudonyms, misspellings and bad transliterations, it is a daunting task. At the time the data was collected, between March and June 2019, there were 555 Indonesians in SDF camps and prisons, including 367 children. Among the children, approximately 277 were under the age of ten and 34 were unaccompanied. In June 2021, there are fewer than ten children who are both unaccompanied and under the age of ten that could be prioritized for return. Bringing back children of ISIS families is no easy task. The report analyses the main challenges faced by the Indonesian government. These include definitional issues, bureaucratic competition, the difficulty of verifying nationality, evaluating the toll of exposure to conflict, assessing security risk, and finding relatives or others willing to provide care once the children are returned. In addition, COVID has meant stringent restrictions on travel, placing further obstacles in the way of repatriation. There are several models for rehabilitation of children exposed to violent extremism in Indonesia that could be modified to accommodate the needs of children repatriated from abroad. The report examines these models and argues that the government does not need to have every detail of rehabilitation programs in place before it starts extricating children from ISIS influence. It can start by bringing back the most vulnerable children and then modify programs as needed.

“It’s important that the government see these children as victims” says Dyah. “They deserve a chance to be children again.”

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