Bandung – Students from the West Java Campus Advocacy Institute (LDK) coordinating body staged a rally at the Gedung Sate building in Bandung on Thursday to protest a planned state visit by US President Barack Obama.

West Java LDK coordinator Rizqi Awal said the group's protest was tied to the WikiLeaks documents, which revealed previously classified facts about the US invasion of Iraq. "It shows Obama is not much different from his predecessor, George W. Bush," Rizqi told the crowd.

As a country that opposes any form of colonialism, Indonesia should stick to this principle, he added. "Indonesia should also oppose colonial intentions by the US in Iraq."

The brief rally ran peacefully and the students left after reading out several demands.