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September 7, 2022

Jakarta Globe - September 7, 2022

Jakarta – The foreign exchange reserves have remained unchanged at $132.2 billion at the end of August from a month earlier, thanks to tax and oil and gas revenues, Bank Indonesia, the country's central bank, said on Wednesday.

The result halted eight consecutive months of decline and reflected Indonesia's resilience against rising global financial market volatility.

Jakarta Post - September 7, 2022

Endy Bayuni, Jakarta – In the run-up to Saturday's announcement that the price of major subsidized fuel brands would increase, the government made a compelling argument that the huge sum it was spending to keep gasoline cheap was morally indefensible because the lion's share of the money went to people who drove cars.

September 6, 2022

Reuters - September 6, 2022

Jakarta – Thousands of people rallied in Indonesia's biggest cities on Tuesday, seeking to pile pressure on the government to reverse its first subsidised fuel price hike in eight years amid soaring inflation.

The Strategist - September 6, 2022

David Engel, Albert Zhang and Jake Wallis – ASPI has analysed thousands of suspicious tweets posted in 2021 relating to the Indonesian region of Papua and assessed that they are inauthentic and were crafted to promote the policies and activities of the Indonesia government while condemning opponents such as Papuan separatists.

Jakarta Post Editorial - September 6, 2022

Jakarta – With less than two weeks until the United Nations General Assembly convenes for high-level dialogue in New York, the government continues to avoid a straight answer as to whether President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will make his first in-person appearance at the annual global forum.

Jakarta Globe - September 6, 2022

Muhammad Aulia, Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – Ratu Atut Chosiyah, who made history by becoming the country's first female governor, was released on parole on Tuesday after serving time in prison since she was first convicted of corruption in September 2014.

Tempo - September 6, 2022

Antara, Jakarta – Bogor Mayor Bima Arya Sugiarto allocated Rp4.6 billion from the general allocation fund (DAU) for providing social assistance to people affected by the hike in fuel prices, including public transport drivers.

Tempo - September 6, 2022

Riri Rahayu, Jakarta – The President of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal, declared that the workers will conduct a nationwide strike in November or December against the hike in subsidized fuel prices.

Tempo - September 6, 2022

Jakarta (Antara) – The government has announced that all regions of Indonesia are under the public activity restriction or PPKM level 1, the least stringent of the four-level COVID-19 curbs.

Tempo - September 6, 2022

Jakarta (Bisnis.com) – The Indonesian rupiah opened today's trade, September 6, with a gain on the US dollar. According to Bloomberg's data, the rupiah climbed 0.13 percent to trade or Rp14,887.5 per US dollar, while the greenback index weakened 0.26 percent to 109,535.

Detik News - September 6, 2022

Detik.com Team, Jakarta – Demonstrations opposing the recent fuel (BBM) price hike continued on Tuesday in several parts of the country, both in the Greater Jakarta area (Jabodetabek) as well as in other cities. The demonstrations were held by various different groups including students, workers and the general public.

CNN Indonesia - September 6, 2022

Jakarta – The Kendari municipal police along with the Kendari municipal government in South-East Sulawesi have prepared free busses to take children to school while public transport mini-busses (angkot) are on a mass strike over the recent fuel (BBM) price hike.

Kompas.com - September 6, 2022

Aryo Putranto Saptohutomo, Jakarta – Indonesia Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) Director Gufron Mabruri says he hopes that the time limit for investigating the 2004 assassination of renowned human rights activist Munir Said Thalib – which will expire tomorrow on September 7 – will not become an excuse for the government not to pursue and try the masterminds behind the crime.

Jakarta Post - September 6, 2022

Wike D. Herlinda, Jakarta – The government is preparing a cushion to soften the blow of the recent subsidized fuel hike on the transportation sector, considering that the cost of fuel is a major component in transportation.

Kompas.com - September 6, 2022

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) President Said Iqbal is urging the House of Representatives (DPR) to form a special committee (Pansus) to oppose the recent increase in the price of fuel (BBM).

Sindo News - September 6, 2022

Bachtiar Rojab, Jakarta – An alliance of workers and social organisations held a protest action today against the recent increase in the price of subsidised fuel (BBM) in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Senayan, Central Jakarta.

Southeast Asia Globe - September 6, 2022

Jack Brook – Hours before he was bludgeoned into a coma, Yulianus Yeimo was singing worship songs at a bonfire in 2014. Christmas was still several weeks away, but the festivities began early in Paniai, a region within Indonesia's Central Papua province.

The Interpreter - September 6, 2022

Parker Novak – It's been hard to miss Jose Ramos-Horta, the President of Timor-Leste, in the news over the past couple of weeks. He's been doing the rounds with major media outlets, including the ABC and Guardian Australia.

UCA News - September 6, 2022

Thousands of people in Timor-Leste lined the streets of the capital Dili to welcome the Catholic-majority nation's first on Sept. 5.

Cardinal Da Silva, Archbishop of Dili was returning home after attending a consistory on Aug. 27 during which Pope Francis created 20 new cardinals including himself and five others from Asia.

Coconuts Jakarta - September 6, 2022

Laborers and university students are staging protests throughout the country today, demanding the government reverse its subsidized fuel price hike.

Coconuts Jakarta - September 6, 2022

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has confirmed that he will meet with the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) to aid in the anti-graft body's probe into the capital's hosting of the Formula E race in June.

Though the electric car race itself was, by all accounts, a success, questions about possible off-track shady dealings linger.

Tabloid Jubi - September 6, 2022

Jayapura – The Papua Office of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM Papua) announced nine points from their investigation into the murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents in Mimika Regency.

Associated Press - September 6, 2022

Edna Tarigan and Fadlan Syam, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers and students in Indonesia rallied on Tuesday demanding the government cancel fuel price hikes, a politically sensitive issue that has triggered past unrest.

September 5, 2022

Suara.com - September 5, 2022

Erick Tanjung – Student groups in various parts of the country took to the streets on Monday September 5 to hold demonstrations protesting the recent fuel (BBM) price hike.

In Jakarta, an alliance of students from the Indonesian Islamic Students Movement (PMII) held a protest action against the price hike near the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Monday afternoon.

Kompas.com - September 5, 2022

The government's policy of raising fuel (BBM) prices has attracted opposition from many parties with student groups in different parts of Indonesia holding demonstrations on Monday September 5 to articulate their opposition.

Kompas.com - September 5, 2022

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – The number of women who were victims of violence throughout 2021 totaled some 27,335 people.

Tabloid Jubi - September 5, 2022

Jayapura, Jubi – Member of the Religious Working Group of the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) Rev. Nicolas Degey condemned all forms of torture and killing of humans on earth, especially the killing of Papuans which kept recurring and had never seen justice.

Tabloid Jubi - September 5, 2022

Jayapura, Jubi – The Papua Office of the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM Papua) has started an investigation into the murder and mutilation of four civilians from Nduga Regency in Timika, Mimika Regency.

Coconuts Jakarta - September 5, 2022

What was briefly the cheapest fuel in the land has been pulled from circulation, as private gas station chain Vivo's Revo 89 variant is reportedly no longer available nationwide.

Tempo - September 5, 2022

Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria called on the people who are planning to hold protests against the increase in subsidized fuel prices not to commit anarchic actions.

"Don't let the demonstration turns into anarchy," said Riza at the Jakarta City Hall, Monday, September 5, 2022.

The Diplomat - September 5, 2022

Sebastian Strangio – Indonesia has bitten the bullet and cut its subsidies for fuel, after the government's attempts to hold down the cost of petrol amid rising global oil prices threatened to blow a multi-billion dollar hole in the national budget.

Straits Times - September 5, 2022

Jakarta (Bloomberg) – Indonesia is bracing for protests this week after the government raised fuel prices by more than 30 per cent to curb soaring subsidies, as higher costs hit households and small businesses across the archipelago.

Fulcrum - September 5, 2022

Max Lane – While public opposition to Indonesia's proposed revision to its Criminal Code has stalled its passage in parliament, the conservative political establishment looks set to have the upper hand unless the bill's critics can turn the tide with louder protests.

Associated Press - September 5, 2022

Rod McGuirk, Canberra – East Timor's President Jose Ramos-Horta arrived in Australia on Tuesday for a state visit as negotiations over lucrative gas resources reach a critical stage for his impoverished nation.

Jakarta Globe - September 5, 2022

Muhammad Aulia, Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto didn't show up in a crucial hearing with the House of Representatives' Defense and Foreign Affairs Commission with the country's military budget high on the agenda on Monday.

Jakarta Globe - September 5, 2022

Yustinus Paat, Jakarta – United Development Party (PPP) Chairman Suharso Monoarfa has been ousted by clerics grouping in three oversight councils, a party executive said on Monday, allegedly because of his past remarks suggesting that Muslim clerics in the party demanded payment whenever he wanted to meet them.

Coconuts Jakarta - September 5, 2022

While the nation is still exhaustively poring over every little detail in the murder case of Police Brigadier Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat almost two months since he was gunned down, another story of cop-on-cop violence has been reported in Lampung.

Tempo - September 5, 2022

Bisnis.Com, Jakarta – A number of textile entrepreneurs expressed deep worries about the government's decision to increase the subsidized fuel price, Pertalite and Solar, by more than 30 percent as it would drop people's purchasing power.

Reuters - September 5, 2022

Jakarta – Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr met with his Indonesian counterpart Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Monday for a state visit focused on bolstering defence, trade and other ties between the two neighbours.

Jakarta Post - September 5, 2022

Wike D. Herlinda, Jakarta – At about the same time as the government decided on an increase in the price of Pertamina's subsidized fuels, private gas-station operator Vivo reduced the price of its Revvo 89 fuel to Rp 8,900 (US$0.60) per liter, well below Pertalite's Rp 10,000 per liter.

September 4, 2022

IFEX - September 4, 2022

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has identified 19 articles in the draft criminal code of Indonesia that could criminalize the work of journalists. If passed, these new provisions could stifle press freedom ahead of the 2024 elections.

This statement was originally published on aji.or.id on 30 August 2022.

September 3, 2022

Human Rights Watch News Release - September 3, 2022

Robbie Newton, Coordinator, Asia – Authorities arrested six Indonesian soldiers this week suspected in the killing and mutilation of four Indigenous Papuans in Indonesia's West Papua province.

Jakarta Globe - September 3, 2022

Jakarta – The government announced a long-anticipated fuel prices increase on Saturday in a move to rein in the state budget deficit this year and better allocate the subsidies to the poor.

Jakarta Post Editorial - September 3, 2022

Jakarta – When one of our citizens dies an unnatural death in a foreign country, the government has a duty to find out why it happened and see to it that justice is upheld. This is true of almost any government in the world bound by the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.

Reuters - September 3, 2022

Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – The government raised subsidized fuel prices by about 30 percent on Saturday, top officials said, as it moves to rein in ballooning subsidies despite a risk of mass protests.

September 2, 2022

Jubi TV - September 2, 2022

Jayapura – The General Criminal Investigation Directorate of the Papua Police has revealed the motive for the murder and mutilation of four Nduga residents in Timika was a robbery.

Tabloid Jubi - September 2, 2022

Jayapura – Spokesperson for the Papua Peace Network (JDP) Yan Cristian Warinussy said President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo did not commit to resolving conflicts in the Land of Papua. Jokowi has repeatedly visited Papua without ever showing real steps to resolve the conflict.

Coconuts Jakarta - September 2, 2022

With the frequency that data breaches have been reported in Indonesia lately, we wouldn't be surprised if hackers manage to learn about that embarrassing incident we experienced in sixth grade at this point.

Radio New Zealand - September 2, 2022

Seven people have been found guilty of treason after raising the banned Morning Star flag in West Papua, a province of Indonesia.

In the Jayapura District Court this week, the seven were each jailed for 10 months and fined.

The flag is considered a symbol of the West Papua struggle for independence and has been strictly barred by the Indonesian authorities.

Asia Pacific Report - September 2, 2022

Pacific Media Watch – The co-founder of Tabloid Jubi, Victor Mambor has been presented with the 2022 Udin Award from Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) during the organisation's 28th-anniversary celebration.