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• Gus Dur and peace for Papua - Kompas. January 4, 2010
• Supreme Court questions need for human rights court after 'comparative study' - Kompas. January 4, 2010
• NGOs say Sjamsoeddin's appointment damages victims' sense of justice - Kompas. January 6, 2010
• 'There are many roads to Rome' says Sjamsoeddin - Detik.com. January 6, 2010
• 83 intellectuals and pro-democracy activists reject book bannings - Detik.com. January 8, 2010
• Indonesian Communist Party 2010 resurfaces on Facebook? - Detik.com. January 9-11, 2010
• Creation of ad hoc human rights court now in the president's hands - Kompas. January 13, 2010
• Papuan problem must be solved with dialogue - Kompas. January 18, 2010
• IKOHI calls for search of abducted activists, human rights court - Kompas. January 23, 2010
• New anti-neoliberal activist alliance formed in Palu - Media Alkhairaat. January 25, 2010
• Activist alliance calls on government to pull out of ACFTA - Bisnis.com. January 25, 2010
• Pro-democracy alliance calls on Yudhoyono and Boediono to resign - Harian Global. January 27, 2010
• New activist alliance says Yudhoyono has failed the people - Kompas. January 27, 2010
• Thousands mark Yudhoyono's first 100 days with protests across the country - January 28, 2010

• Five protest actions to rock greater Jakarta today - Detik.com. February 2, 2010
• Seven protest actions to shake Jakarta today - Detik.com. February 3, 2010
• Public Examination Board recommends that police reinvestigate Munir murder - Detik.com. February 9, 2010
• Supreme Court judges hearing Munir appeal incompetent – Komnas HAM - Detik.com. February 9, 2010
• To Cijantung they went in search... - Kompas. February 20, 2010
• Papua problem can't be solved with dirty money - Kompas. February 27
• Communism flourished because the elite failed to defend the people - Kompas. February 27, 2010

• IWD rally in Yogyakarta demands equality and freedom for women - Detik.com. March 8, 2010
• Bandung students reject discrimination against women, abuse of migrant workers - Liputan6.com. March 8, 2010
• People's court finds 'SBY' guilty of injustice against women - VIVAnews. March 8, 2010
• IWD commemorated by protest actions in Medan, Yogyakarta and Solo - Liputan6.com. March 8, 2010
• International Women's Day - Yudhoyono stands accused - Tempo Interactive. March 8, 2010
• Women in Palu condemn domestic violence, sexual harassment - Liputan6.com. March 9, 2010
• IWD action in Aceh takes gender inequality, violence against women - Sinar Indonesia. March 9, 2010
• NGOs submit request for constitutional review of book banning law - Kompas. March 9, 2010
• Rights group to submit update on Munir case to UN this week - Kompas. March 10, 2010
• Papuans say special autonomy has failed, freedom of expression being gagged - Kompas. March 18, 2010
• Activists say military cooperation okay if human rights dealt with first - Kompas. March 19, 2010
• Kontras: 12 years of fighting for truth, justice and human rights - Kompas. March 20, 2010
• Perempuan Mahardika condemns banning of ILGA congress in Surabaya - Detik.com. March 24, 2010

• Rights victims file suit against Sjamsoeddin’s appointment - Kompas. April 6, 2010

• May Day demonstration in Bali rejects mass dismissals, outsourcing - Tempo Interactive. May 1, 2010
• Bandung workers say Yudhoyono regime has failed the people - Tempo Interactive. May 1, 2010
• May Day in Bogor commemorated with dangdut music - Kompas. May 1, 2010
• Giant rat joints May Day protests at State Palace - Detik.com. May 1, 2010
• May Day commemorations in Jakarta marred by clashes, arrests - Detik.com. May 1, 2010
• Koja container terminal paralyzed by strike on May Day - Tempo Interactive. May 1, 2010
• Workers in Mojokerto and Jombang demand fair treatment from government - Tempo Interactive. May 1, 2010
• Palembang journalists reject union busing, contract labour - Tempo Interactive. May 1, 2010
• Thousands of workers take to the streets in Medan and Makassar - Detik.com. May 1, 2010
• May Day actions in Semarang call for better working conditions - Detik.com. May 1, 2010
• Workers in Samarinda demand wage increases, welfare improvements - Kompas. May 1, 2010
• Students in Makassar commemorate May Day with protest at mall - Tempo Interactive. May 1, 2010
• May Day commemoration in Solo rejects ACFTA, electricity rate hikes - Detik.com. May 1, 2010
• Students in Surabaya enliven May Day worker demonstration - Tempo Interactive. May 1, 2010
• Protesters in Yogyakarta say workers are not 'cash cows' - Detik.com. May 1, 2010
• 'If working people want prosperity they must take power' - Mahardhika News. May 1, 2010
• Commemorating May Day, thousands of workers besiege State Palace - Berdikari Online. May 2, 2010
• 12 years of reformasi sees little improvement in workers' lives - Survey - Kompas. May 3, 2010
• One hundred candles lit for Marsinah - Detik.com. May 8, 2010
• Papuan political prisoners: Why are we forbidden to speak? - Kompas. May 18, 2010
• Papuan prisoner amnesty more effective if accompanied by dialogue - Kompas. May 19, 2010
• Protesters say legislators have betrayed the spirit of reformasi - Okezone. May 21, 2010
• Commemorating 12 years since Suharto’s fall, students say reformasi is dead - KRjogja.com. May 21, 2010
• Journalists say press freedom still under threat - Kompas. May 31, 2010

• Anti-Israel protests to 'rock' US Embassy and UN office today - Detik.com. June 3, 2010
• Activist alliance calls for justice and freedom for Palestine - KRjogja.com. June 3, 2010
• Activists say 'pork barrel' aspiration fund not the people's aspiration - Detik.com. June 10, 2010
• Five percent parliamentary threshold, but who benefits? - Kompas. June 11, 2010
• Political consultancy fees driving up election campaign costs - Kompas. June 14, 2010
• Military cooperation - Indonesia will not go begging to the US - Kompas. June 15, 2010
• Workers in Mojokerto demand social welfare for the poor - Radar Mojokerto. June 16, 2010
• Activists in Yogyakarta protest planned electricity rate hikes - KRjogja.com. June 16, 2010
• Book bannings no longer contextual or relevant - Kompas. June 17, 2010
• Indonesia needs to ratify UN convention on refugees - Kompas. June 17, 2010
• Papuans in Yogyakarta demand end to military operations in Puncak Jaya - KRjogja.com. June 21, 2010
• Papua solidarity protest in Jakarta calls for end to military operations - Tribunnews.com. June 28, 2010
• Public still anxious about giving voting rights to the TNI - Kompas. June 28, 2010

• Workers say electricity hike will result in wage cuts, more dismissals - Okezone. July 12, 2010

• Protesters reject electricity rate hikes, deadly 'LPG bombs' - Detik.com. August 7, 2010
• Workers say price hikes a 'plot to privatise electricity industry' - Tribunnews.com. August 7, 2010
• Jakarta protesters call for cancellation of electricity rate hike - Viva News. August 7, 2010
• East Java protesters say electricity hike will only burden people further- Antara News. August 7, 2010
• 18 protests actions to enliven Jakarta on first week of fasting month - Detik.com. August 9, 2010
• Increasing parliamentary threshold 'will reduce wasted votes' - Kompas. August 9, 2010

• Activists say Munir case being systematically weakened and neglected - Tribunnews.com. September 5, 2010
• Hundreds of protesters in Jakarta demand resolution to Munir's murder - Tempo Interactive. September 7, 2010
• Commemorating six years since Munir's murder, protesters urge Yudhoyono to act - Kompas. September 8, 2010
• Government not serious about solving Munir case: Suciwati - Tempo Interactive. September 8, 2010
• Tertiary education becoming more elitist, poor students missing out - Kompas. September 13, 2010
• Cross-religious solidarity action for freedom of religion, worship - Jatim News. September 19, 2010
• 1000 candles for HKBP tragedy in Bekasi - Tempo Interactive. September 19, 2010
• Undeterred by arrests, rights activists vow to keep protesting - Tribunnews.com. September 27, 2010
• Arrested rights activists say they will continue seeking justice - Okezone. September 28, 2010
• Families of missing activists still not being given voice... - Kompas. September 30, 2010

• It is as though the state has ceased to exist - Kompas. October 4, 2010
• Labour law revisions will herald 'new form of slavery': Labour activists - Kompas. October 8, 2010
• Without checks and balances, house becoming a rubber stamp - Kompas. October 11, 2010
• Workers say Yudhoyono little more than foreign puppet, time to step down - Indowarta. October 13, 2010
• Student intervention at 'elite activist' meeting end in chaos - Tribunnews.com. October 13, 2010

• Papuan students reject Obama visit, demand closure of Freeport - Tribunnews.com. November 9, 2010
• Papuan students demand closure of Freeport mine - Detik.com. November 9, 2010
• Workers mark Obama visit with protest against labour law revisions - Metrotvnews.com. November 10, 2010
• Rights activists oppose Suharto's nomination as national hero - Kompas. November 10, 2010
• Rights activists disappointed by Papuan military tribunal verdict - Kompas. November 12, 2010
• Workers in Java and Sumatra protest low wages, arbitrary dismissals - Liputan 6 SCTV - November 25, 2010

• Outsourcing sees permanent jobs in formal sector drop to 35 percent - Kompas. December 24, 2010
• House of Representatives, between Setgab and the high cost of politics - Kompas. December 24, 2010
• Human rights protection deteriorates further in 2010 - Kontras - Kompas. December 29, 2010
• Electoral law amendments aim to kill off potential rivals - Kompas. December 30, 2010