Ryan Dagur

Ryan Dagur

Ryan Dagur is a Jakarta-based journalist with more than a decade of experience covering Indonesia's social, political, cultural and religious landscape. His work spans human rights reporting, ethnic minority issues, sex abuse scandals and accountability journalism — stories that demand both persistence and precision.

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German nun's legacy continues transforming the lives of disabled Indonesians

Founded six decades ago, the St. Damian Rehabilitation Center for Leprosy and Disability has empowered thousands of disabled Indonesians to improve their lives.

Holy Spirit Sr. Frederika Tanggu Hana speaks with female survivors of violence at St. Theresa Shelter in Labuan Bajo, eastern Indonesia. Accompaniment and trauma-informed care are central to daily ministry at the shelter, founded in 2018. (Ryan Dagur)

Nun walks with abuse survivors in the shadows of Indonesia's tourism boom

Holy Spirit Sr. Frederika Tanggu Hana runs the only shelter for women and children who are survivors of violence in Labuan Bajo, a quickly growing port town at the western tip of Flores, a predominantly Catholic island in Indonesia.