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• Komnas HAM finds evidence of serious rights violations in Puncak Jaya - Detik.com. January 4, 2011
• Land conflicts over palm oil plantations on the rise - Kompas. January 5, 2011
• Komnas HAM finds widespread torture, murder committed by TNI in Papua - Kompas. January 5, 2011
• There are still many armed groups in Papua: TNI chief - Kompas. January 6, 2011
• Komnas HAM accused of being indecisive, wishy-washy over Papua torture case - Kompas. January 8, 2011
• Victims of human rights violations say law enforcement corrupt, discriminatory - Kompas. January 10, 2011
• Soldiers in Papua torture video on trial for 'disobeying orders' - Kompas. January 14, 2011
• WikiLeaks: US sent US$100,000 to manipulate social media in Indonesia - Detik.com. January 19, 2011
• Soldiers confess to Papua torture video, claim they were 'annoyed' by OPM harassment - Kompas. January 20, 2011
• Kontras: Human rights violations in Papua still high - Detik.com. January 21, 2011
• New book reveals CIA role in consolidation of Suharto's New Order regime - Kompas. January 22, 2011
• Thousands of Papuans occupy MRP, reject special autonomy - Tempo Interactive. January 26, 2011
• Papuan protesters call on government to implement MRP recommendations - KRjogja.com. January 27, 2011
• Student protesters say government only serves the interests of capital - KRjogja.com. January 28, 2011
• Papuan protesters say special autonomy has failed - CyberNews. January 28, 2011
• Students call for Yudhoyono's resignation, anti-capitalist government - Liputan 6. January 29, 2011

 

• Decline in workers' purchasing power threatens consumption, national industry - Kompas. February 4, 2011
• Women's rights activists say pornography law intruding into people's private lives - Okezone.com. February 4, 2011
• New report finds human rights violations on the rise post-reformasi - Kompas. February 12, 2011
• Film reveals violence suffered by women victims and survivors of the 1965 affair - Kompas. February 12, 2011
• Domestic workers turn Hotel Indonesia into 'giant laundry' - Detik.com. February 14, 2011
• Domestic workers take to the streets demanding decent wages, protection - Seruu.com. February 14, 2011
• Dita Sari looses 3kg since becoming Labour Ministry spokesperson - Detik.com. February 16, 2011

• Corporations must also be held liable for rights violations - Kompas. March 4, 2011
• Discrimination and violence against women on the rise: Komnas Perempuan - Kompas. March 8, 2011
• Women workers ask 'after 100 years are women free from oppression' - Okezone. March 8, 2011
• Muslim protesters say 'gender equality is capitalistic empty jargon' - Detik.com. March 8, 2011
• Women activists in Makassar call for end to human trafficking - Okezone. March 8, 2011
• Activists in Yogyakarta call for women to become active, organised and united - Detik.com. March 8, 2011
• Activists call on government to pay attention to women's welfare - MedanBisnis. March 9, 2011
• Sharp rise in attacks on human rights, democracy activists - Kompas. March 21, 2011

• Private sector using land acquisition law to trample over people's land rights - Kompas. April 4, 2011
• Student alliance demands release of arrested colleges - KRjogja.com. April 4, 2011
• Draft intelligence law: Don't forget human rights violations - Kompas. April 6, 2011
• Draft intelligence law will trigger police, BIN rivalry - Detik.com. April 18, 2011
• Only 16 percent of the ownership of land controlled by the TNI is clear - Detik.com. April 19, 2011
• Video of clash between farmers and TNI in Kebumen released - Detik.com. April 20, 2011
• New political parties still elitist, offer little hope for change - Kompas. April 24, 2011
• Land conflicts between the TNI and the people rooted in 1965 - Kompas. April 25, 2011
• Protesters condemn TNI, call for withdrawal of troops from disputed area - Detik.com. April 26, 2011
• Deindustrialisation, phase 2 - Kompas. April 28, 2011
• House criticised over moves to get US travel ban on Syamsoeddin lifted - Detik.com. April 28, 2011
• National Republic Party 'selling' Tommy because the people miss Suharto - Detik.com. April 28, 2011

• May Day actions centered on Malioboro, Yogya on state of high-alert - Tempo Interactive. May 1, 2011
• May Day protests in Yogya call for end to outsourcing, contract labour - Detik.com. May 1, 2011
• Police blockade prevents Makassar workers from occupying airport - Detik.com. May 1, 2011
• Women workers in Bandung demand right to breastfeed - Okezone.com. May 1, 2011
• May Day heats up in Jakarta after protesters set fire to tyres - Detik.com. May 1, 2011
• Workers and students unite for May Day in Bandung - Okezone.com. May 1, 2011
• Hundreds of workers in Jakarta descend on Labour Ministry - Detik.com. May 1, 2011
• Surrounded by razor wire, parliament besieged by hundreds of workers - Detik.com. May 1, 2011
• Students in Bali condemn government for failing migrant workers - Okezone.com. May 1, 2011
• Workers alliance calls for improved working conditions - Komhukum. May 1, 2011
• Workers in Semarang say government sides with capitalists, not workers - CyberNews. May 1, 2011
• Workers in Sukabumi say they have no time to perform ritual prayers - Pikiran Rakyat. May 1, 2011
• Journalists in Aceh call for improved safety guarantees and welfare - Media Indonesia. May 1, 2011
• Activists and workers in Lampung say workers' rights being trampled on - Republika. May 1, 2011
• Workers call for cancelation of ASEAN-China free trade agreement - VIVAnews. May 1, 2011
• Workers in Purwokerto commemorate May Day with 'sleep in' - Media Indonesia. May 1, 2011
• Boyolali workers reject contract labour, call for women workers' rights - Solo Post. May 1, 2011
• Solo workers commemorate May Day by 'destroying the walls of capital' - CyberNews. May 1, 2011
• Workers clash with police at Jakarta airport - Detik.com. May 1, 2011
• Labour based political parties failing to attract voters - Kompas. May 2, 2011
• 3 Malaysians arrested for taking photos at ASEAN Summit protest in Jakarta - Detik.com. May 5, 2011
• Protesters say 'marijuana is Indonesia's future' - Detik.com. May 7, 2011
• Activists turned politicians yet to make their mark - Kompas. May 14, 2011
• Residents protest arrest of sex workers, violence by public order officers - Yogya Tribune. May 19, 2011
• Strategic economic sectors dominated by foreign interests - Kompas. May 23, 2011
• Liberalisation leading to foreign control of food sector - Kompas. May 25, 2011
• Selling Suharto's New Order 'successes' misleading - Kompas. May 25, 2011
• Electoral participation could drop to 60 percent by 2014 - Kompas. May 29, 2011

• Security approach triggering widespread rights violations in Papua - Kompas. June 3, 2011
• Student protesters say draft intelligence law threat to freedom - Detik.com. June 23, 2011
• Intelligence law designed to weaken people's movement, increase repression - KRjogja.com. June 23, 2011
• Anti-democratic, military forces behind draft intelligence law - Starberita. June 23, 2011
• Student protest against draft intelligence law ends in clash - Liputan 6. June 23, 2011
• Intelligence law will limit democratic space, destroy progressive movement - Pos Kota Kaltim. June 23, 2011

• Solidarity action in Jakarta condemns arrest of Malaysian socialists - Detik.com. July 1, 2011
• Protesters demand end to attacks on freedom of speech, release of PSM activists - Democratic Student Front (FMD). July 1, 2011
• Draft national security law smacks of New Order security approach - Kompas. July 6, 2011

• People's Liberation Party slams activist's arrest at Papuan independence demo - Indowarta. August 3, 2011
• Thousands of West Papuans demand referendum - Java Post. August 3, 2011
• Papuans reject 1969 'Act of Free Choice' - Liputan 6. August 3, 2011
• Political elite using fasting month to polish public image - Kompas. August 5, 2011
• Security approach perpetuating violence in Papua: Activists - Kompas. August 9, 2011
• Six years on, past human rights violations in Aceh still neglected - Kompas. August 15, 2011

• Police deny torture claims following arrests and raid in Abepura - Kompas. September 5, 2011
• Wikileaks source Sutanto backpedals on intelligence agency role in Munir murder - Kompas. September 13, 2011
• Two years on, Yudhoyono still ignoring recommendations on abducted activists - Kompas. September 29, 2011
• We must maintain our vigilance against communism - Army chief of staff - Liputan 6. September 30, 2011

• People's Liberation Party chronology of Freeport shooting - Tribunnews.com. October 10, 2011
• Public trust in government at rock bottom: Survey - Kompas. October 10, 2011
• Intelligence bill draws protests from students, NGOs - Metrotv News. October 11, 2011
• Student action against intelligence law ends in chaos - Detik.com. October 11, 2011
• Yogyakarta protesters demand nationalisation of Freeport - KRjogja.com. October 13, 2011
• Students and journalists assaulted, scores arrested at Jakarta protest - Detik.com. October 19, 2011
• Occupy Jakarta protest say capitalism has derailed national development - Metro TV News. October 19, 2011
• Occupy Jakarta movement seeks to build movement for real change - Antara News. October 19, 2011
• Capitalism only benefits 1%, the other 99% suffer say Occupy Jakarta protesters - Liputan 6. October 19, 2011
• House supports police action against Papuan People's Congress - Detik.com. October 20, 2011
• Cirebon students blockade road, give government the 'bottoms up' - Detik.com. October 20, 2011
• Student protesters in Solo call on president Yudhoyono to resign - Detik.com. October 20, 2011
• Students in Semarang present legislators with 'corpse' - Detik.com. October 20, 2011
• Students protesters in Jakarta say State Palace a 'nest of corruptors' - Media Indonesia. October 20, 2011
• Student protest in Jember accuses 'Yudhoyono of doing political summersaults' - Kompas. October 20, 2011
• Malang students say government has failed, call for Yudhoyono's resignation - Detik Surabaya. October 20, 2011
• Students in Palembang say Yudhoyono has failed to lead Indonesia - Sriwijaya Post. October 20, 2011
• Yudhoyono and Boediono 'pray in front of corpse' at Samarinda action - Kaltim Tribune. October 20, 2011
• Students in Makassar blockade road, call on Yudhoyono to resign - Metro TV News. October 20, 2011
• Protest in Jakarta ends in chaos after students set fire to tyres - Detik.com. October 20, 2011
• Protesters in Surabaya and Kediri condemn Yudhoyono administration - Tempo Interactive. October 20, 2011
• Occupy Jakarta, an awareness building movement for social change - Pelita Online. October 21, 2011

• Demanding referendum, thousands of Papuans protest in Jayapura - Detik News. November 14, 2011
• Thousands of Papuans take to the streets calling for referendum - Okezone. November 14, 2011
• Again, Papuans protest demanding independence - Tempo Interactive. November 14, 2011
• Protesters say Papua already independent, call for international recognition - Java Post. November 18, 2011
• Anti-ASEAN Summit protesters scuffle with police in Bali - Detik News. November 18, 2011
• Protest in Medan calls for law reform, strengthening of gender perspectives - Detik News. November 25, 2011
• Women in Lhokseumawe demand protection, fulfillment of women's rights - Serambi News. November 25, 2011
• Activists commemorate Anti-violence Against Women Day in Surabaya - Detik Surabaya. November 27, 2011

• Papuans in Yogyakarta call for referendum, independence from Indonesia - Okezone. December 1, 2011
• Papuan protesters in Jakarta demand recognition of Papuan independence - Viva News. December 1, 2011
• Student protesters in Jakarta say Papuan independence a 'historical fact' - Tribune News. December 1, 2011
• There have been no rights violations under Yudhoyono's watch: Minister - Detik News. December 12, 2011
• Yudhoyono administration has failed to protect human rights: Survey - Kompas. December 12, 2011