Andreas Harsono
@andreasharsono.bsky.social
Author, Indonesia, Human Rights Watch, journalism, religious freedom and belief, freedom of expression, West Papua https://www.andreasharsono.net/
How Israel and the U.S. covered up American Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing in the West Bank? www.youtube.com/watch?v=cylX...
How Israel and the US covered up Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing | Featured Documentary
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November 11, 2025 at 7:46 AM
How Israel and the U.S. covered up American Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Akleh’s killing in the West Bank? www.youtube.com/watch?v=cylX...
When Congress rescinded US$1.1 billion allocated for public broadcasting in the U.S., Bob Ross Inc. saw an opportunity to help by auctioning 30 of his paintings to raise some money for the television stations where he did his painting education www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRML...
Auction of Bob Ross paintings aims to fill funding gaps for public broadcasting
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November 11, 2025 at 6:04 AM
When Congress rescinded US$1.1 billion allocated for public broadcasting in the U.S., Bob Ross Inc. saw an opportunity to help by auctioning 30 of his paintings to raise some money for the television stations where he did his painting education www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRML...
In Guinness World Records, you'll find the shortest, tallest and fastest. Behind the spectacle is an auditing system so strict it has crushed many more record attempts than it has certified www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0fE...
The system behind Guinness World Records
YouTube video by 60 Minutes
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November 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
In Guinness World Records, you'll find the shortest, tallest and fastest. Behind the spectacle is an auditing system so strict it has crushed many more record attempts than it has certified www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0fE...
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least 10 people and displacing more than 1.4 million others apnews.com/article/typh...
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Typhoon Fung-wong blew out of the northwestern Philippines on Monday after setting off floods and landslides, knocking out power to entire provinces, killing at least 10 people and displacing more than 1.4 million others apnews.com/article/typh...
Anthony Grey, a correspondent for Reuters, was detained in 1967 for two years in a room in Beijing, becoming a global symbol of China’s isolation and of the anti-foreigner hysteria spawned by its Cultural Revolution www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
Anthony Grey, Journalist Held Hostage by China for Two Years, Dies at 87
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November 11, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Anthony Grey, a correspondent for Reuters, was detained in 1967 for two years in a room in Beijing, becoming a global symbol of China’s isolation and of the anti-foreigner hysteria spawned by its Cultural Revolution www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
In Vietnam, more than 160 political prisoners are currently locked up simply for exercising their basic rights. Rights bloggers and activists face police harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and interrogation on a daily basis www.hrw.org/video-photos...
Free Vietnam’s Political Prisoners!
In Vietnam, more than 160 political prisoners are currently locked up simply for exercising their basic rights. Rights bloggers and activists face police harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and in...
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November 11, 2025 at 2:33 AM
In Vietnam, more than 160 political prisoners are currently locked up simply for exercising their basic rights. Rights bloggers and activists face police harassment, intimidation, surveillance, and interrogation on a daily basis www.hrw.org/video-photos...
Cambodian authorities have arbitrarily arrested and charged at least 16 journalists, social media users, and political opposition members, for expressing their views on social media about the Thai-Cambodia border conflict www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Cambodia: Border Conflict Critics Arrested
Cambodian authorities have arbitrarily arrested and charged at least 16 people for expressing their views on social media about the Thai-Cambodia border conflict in July and August 2025.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Cambodian authorities have arbitrarily arrested and charged at least 16 journalists, social media users, and political opposition members, for expressing their views on social media about the Thai-Cambodia border conflict www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
The failure to hold Soeharto and his abusive generals to account facilitates the whitewashing and distortion of history. This "national hero" status will make it even harder for Indonesian authorities to end impunity for serious human rights violations www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Indonesia’s President Declares Late Dictator Soeharto a ‘National Hero’
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto declared 10 people “national heroes” on November 10, which Indonesia celebrates as Heroes Day. Among them was the late President Soeharto, who ruled Indonesia fro...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The failure to hold Soeharto and his abusive generals to account facilitates the whitewashing and distortion of history. This "national hero" status will make it even harder for Indonesian authorities to end impunity for serious human rights violations www.hrw.org/news/2025/11...
Gen. Suharto is a hero to some groups in Indonesia, but obviously, not a hero to many other groups. It’s much better if Indonesia is to end these jokes about national heroes. Let the public decide their own respective heroes www.arabnews.com/node/2621860...
November 10, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Gen. Suharto is a hero to some groups in Indonesia, but obviously, not a hero to many other groups. It’s much better if Indonesia is to end these jokes about national heroes. Let the public decide their own respective heroes www.arabnews.com/node/2621860...
In Jakarta, 280 CSOs from 31 provinces met at the Indonesia Civil Society Forum 2025, discussing the roles and challenges of society in a democracy. It's shrinking due to government repression, limited public participation and poor transparency www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...
Civic groups urge solidarity amid 'shrinking' democracy - Society - The Jakarta Post
A national forum for civic groups has called on advocacy organizations of all types to present a united front to fight back against any attempts to undermine country’s incipient democratic decline.
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November 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
In Jakarta, 280 CSOs from 31 provinces met at the Indonesia Civil Society Forum 2025, discussing the roles and challenges of society in a democracy. It's shrinking due to government repression, limited public participation and poor transparency www.thejakartapost.com/indonesia/20...
Jakarta’s traffic paralysis, especially during bad weather, is more than just an inconvenience, it’s an economic drain as congestion slows business activity, worsens air quality and erodes productivity. The price tag is IDR 100 trillion annually www.thejakartapost.com/business/202...
Time is money: The Rp 100 trillion price tag on Jakarta’s congestion - Economy - The Jakarta Post
Jakarta’s traffic paralysis, especially during bad weather, is more than just an inconvenience, it’s an economic drain as congestion slows business activity, worsens air quality and erodes productivit...
www.thejakartapost.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Jakarta’s traffic paralysis, especially during bad weather, is more than just an inconvenience, it’s an economic drain as congestion slows business activity, worsens air quality and erodes productivity. The price tag is IDR 100 trillion annually www.thejakartapost.com/business/202...
An American teacher and his teenage son died after being stung dozens of times last month by what appeared to be "murder hornets" in a forest in Laos. Swarms by murder hornets are rare but have been reported throughout the region www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
Attacked by Swarm of Wasps, American Father and Son Die in Laos
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November 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
An American teacher and his teenage son died after being stung dozens of times last month by what appeared to be "murder hornets" in a forest in Laos. Swarms by murder hornets are rare but have been reported throughout the region www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/w...
Indonesia’s police chief said a suspect believed to be involved in explosions at a mosque inside a Jakarta high school complex, which caused dozens of injuries, was a student there, and an investigation is under way into his background and possible motive www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
Student suspect investigated after Indonesia mosque blast injures dozens
Injured are taken to hospital after an explosion occurred during Friday prayers at a mosque inside a school complex.
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November 8, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Indonesia’s police chief said a suspect believed to be involved in explosions at a mosque inside a Jakarta high school complex, which caused dozens of injuries, was a student there, and an investigation is under way into his background and possible motive www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...
A permanent peace agreement in Gaza could pave the way for Indonesia as well as Saudi Arabia to normalize ties with Israel, according to a senior White House official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity apnews.com/article/trum...
With fragile Gaza ceasefire holding, Trump wants to make headway on Indonesia-Israel normalization
In the weeks since Israel and Hamas agreed to a fragile ceasefire and hostage deal, Indonesia has emerged as an intriguing partner to Trump.
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November 8, 2025 at 10:06 AM
A permanent peace agreement in Gaza could pave the way for Indonesia as well as Saudi Arabia to normalize ties with Israel, according to a senior White House official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity apnews.com/article/trum...
From forced conscription to brutal interrogation centers, this one-hour documentary “War with the Junta” examines the changing conflict dynamics and desperate tactics that the generals are perpetrating to stay in power www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC5_...
Exposing the hidden horrors on Myanmar’s battlefields I Al Jazeera Investigations
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November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
From forced conscription to brutal interrogation centers, this one-hour documentary “War with the Junta” examines the changing conflict dynamics and desperate tactics that the generals are perpetrating to stay in power www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC5_...
Sri Owen, a woman born in 1935 in Padang Panjang, Sumatra Island, moved to Wimbledon, working for BBC and later writing popular cookbooks on Indonesian cuisine, died in London at 90 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/d...
November 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Sri Owen, a woman born in 1935 in Padang Panjang, Sumatra Island, moved to Wimbledon, working for BBC and later writing popular cookbooks on Indonesian cuisine, died in London at 90 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/d...
A very good year to read and to think about my public role as a reporter
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Curious about the Nieman Fellowship? Join us online from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism for a live Q&A session to learn what it’s like to spend a year studying as a Nieman Fellow at Harvard Univ...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:12 AM
A very good year to read and to think about my public role as a reporter
The UN Security Council has voted in favour of a US resolution to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ahead of his White House visit next week. Sharaa helped lead a rebel offensive that ousted Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 share.google/ooryOcukMsET...
UN lifts sanctions on Syrian president ahead of White House visit
US ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz said the move sent a "strong political signal" that Syria was in a "new era".
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November 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
The UN Security Council has voted in favour of a US resolution to lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa ahead of his White House visit next week. Sharaa helped lead a rebel offensive that ousted Bashar al-Assad in December 2024 share.google/ooryOcukMsET...
For years, Gen Z shoppers have been driving the rise of secondhand fashion. Now rising prices and new tariffs announced by the White House earlier this year are pushing even more Americans to follow their lead www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQzB...
Why Americans Are Suddenly All In On Thrift Clothes
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November 6, 2025 at 11:22 PM
For years, Gen Z shoppers have been driving the rise of secondhand fashion. Now rising prices and new tariffs announced by the White House earlier this year are pushing even more Americans to follow their lead www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQzB...
Artificial intelligence is to exact a high price from the earth. It’s a price that became clear to Kate Crawford, a researcher who has tracked the environmental effects of A.I. for more than a decade www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDoC...
A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain
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November 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Artificial intelligence is to exact a high price from the earth. It’s a price that became clear to Kate Crawford, a researcher who has tracked the environmental effects of A.I. for more than a decade www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDoC...
Indonesia President Prabowo wants to extend the Whoosh high-speed rail to Java’s easternmost city of Banyuwangi, beyond Surabaya that was earlier touted as the end point. Amid ongoing concerns over its $72 million annual debt, he would take responsibility share.google/HsEbxM59KcXI...
Prabowo wants to extend Whoosh by about 1,000km; says Indonesia ‘strong enough’ to handle high-speed rail debt
Indonesia's president said he sees no issue paying around US$72 million annually in interest expense, because the rail project’s benefits must be taken into account.
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November 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Indonesia President Prabowo wants to extend the Whoosh high-speed rail to Java’s easternmost city of Banyuwangi, beyond Surabaya that was earlier touted as the end point. Amid ongoing concerns over its $72 million annual debt, he would take responsibility share.google/HsEbxM59KcXI...
Mexico's leader Claudia Sheinbaun explained in a press conference how a man came up and groped her while she was on a street talking to citizens. She filed a complaint against the man, calling for more awareness of harassment against women in Mexico www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R0O...
Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum addresses groping incident
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November 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Mexico's leader Claudia Sheinbaun explained in a press conference how a man came up and groped her while she was on a street talking to citizens. She filed a complaint against the man, calling for more awareness of harassment against women in Mexico www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R0O...
Democrats, furious about President Trump’s remaking of American government and society, turned out in extraordinary numbers for an off-year election to sweep virtually every competitive election on the map www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Democrats, furious about President Trump’s remaking of American government and society, turned out in extraordinary numbers for an off-year election to sweep virtually every competitive election on the map www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...
Sound analysis from economist Muhamad Chatib Basri on Indonesia's good economic growth but fragile middle class. He helps to describe why millions of young Indonesian were involved in street protests nationwide
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November 4, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Sound analysis from economist Muhamad Chatib Basri on Indonesia's good economic growth but fragile middle class. He helps to describe why millions of young Indonesian were involved in street protests nationwide
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
carnegieendowment.org/research/202...
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and several other UN rights experts raised concerns about reports of environmental destruction, lack of Indigenous consent, and intimidation of environmental defenders in Weda Bay, North Maluku 🇮🇩 cri.org/indonesia-un...
November 4, 2025 at 8:37 AM
The UN Working Group on Business and Human Rights and several other UN rights experts raised concerns about reports of environmental destruction, lack of Indigenous consent, and intimidation of environmental defenders in Weda Bay, North Maluku 🇮🇩 cri.org/indonesia-un...