Jakarta – A group of Indonesian women Thursday campaigned against state-condoned violence by distributing flowers, pamphlets and black ribbons in a Jakarta main street.

Some 20 activists from the "Voice of Concerned Mothers" (SIP) rights group knocked on car windows, jumped onto buses and stopped passers-by amid busy lunchtime traffic, calling on people to say "no to violence."

"We are campaigning against all forms of violence, especially violence against women and especially acts that were supported, defended and allowed to happen by the state," said SIP's Karlina Leksono.

Leksono said the public had learned about a long list of human rights abuses in their country only after the end of the 32-year-long New Order era of ousted president Suharto. "It is time for us to join our hands and say no more to violence," Leksono said, adding that the black ribbons were a sign of mourning. Leksono was arrested earlier this year when campaigning against the soaring price of milk.

The SIP is most active in subsidizing sales of milk for low-income mothers of children under the age of five. The group along with several human rights groups had been subjected to various forms of terror and harassment, ranging from phone calls and kidnap threats to receiving a grenade in the mail.