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Criminalisation & Attacks on Activism

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September 23, 2025

Tempo - September 23, 2025

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta -The Jakarta Metropolitan Police (Polda Metro Jaya) have extended the detention of activist Delpedro Marhaen and several other suspects in an alleged incitement

September 16, 2025

Tempo - September 16, 2025

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police are probing all Lokataru Foundation staff as witnesses in the alleged incitement case against its director, Delpedro Marhaen.

September 12, 2025

Tempo - September 12, 2025

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Brigadier General Freddy Ardianzah, Head of the Information Center for the Indonesian Military (TNI), stated that there are alleged criminal acts of defama

September 10, 2025

CNN Indonesia - September 10, 2025

Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) Director Ardi Manto Adiputra reported alleged acts of terror against him to the Jakarta Metro Jaya Regional Police on Tuesday Septemb

Mongabay - September 10, 2025

Rhett Ayers Butler – He taught mathematics in a small state school on Flores and organized the parish youth group on weekends. Numbers ordered his days; community gave them purpose.

Tempo - September 10, 2025

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – An environmental activist who has been advocating against geothermal development in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) was found dead in a hut in Sikusama, Tonggo

Mongabay - September 10, 2025

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The mysterious death of Vian Ruma, a 30-year-old activist opposing a geothermal project on Flores Island, has intensified calls for stronger protection of

September 9, 2025

CNN Indonesia - September 9, 2025

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has strongly criticised the efforts by the Indonesian Military (TNI) Cyber Unit to legally ensnare influencer Ferry Irwandi.

September 8, 2025

Tempo - September 8, 2025

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Commander of the Cyber Unit (Dansat) at the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) Headquarters, Juinta Omboh Sembiring, suspects that influencer Ferry Irwand

September 6, 2025

CNN Indonesia - September 6, 2025

Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) rejects the charges against activists who have been arrested for allegedly inciting students and children to take part in demonstration

September 5, 2025

Tempo - September 5, 2025

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metro Police searched the personal residence of Lokataru Foundation Director Delpedro Marhaen, after the activist was named a suspect for al

September 3, 2025

Tempo - September 3, 2025

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The Jakarta Metropolitan Police have named Delpedro Marhaen, Executive Director of the Lokataru Foundation, and five other individuals as suspects for incitem

Jakarta Globe - September 3, 2025

Reza Hery Pamungkas, Jakarta – Jakarta police have arrested and named six people as suspects for allegedly instigating violent protests outside Indonesia's parliament complex, including

August 29, 2025

Merdeka Secretariat Press Release - August 29, 2025

West Papuan civil society and political groups and solidarity networks are calling for urgent action following a wave of arrests and political repression by the combined security forces

August 13, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - August 13, 2025

On 25 July 2025, Mr Yordan Nyamuk Karunggu, a Papuan activist from Nduga Regency, Papua Highlands Province, rejected accusations by Indonesian intelligence operatives and student groups

Human Rights Monitor - August 13, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – Between April and July 2025, Papuan students in the Indonesian cities Gorontalo, Surabaya, Makassar, and Yogyakarta faced an alarming escalation of coordinated i

August 7, 2025

Tempo - August 7, 2025

Nabiila Azzahra, Linda Trianita – Protesters who took part in International Labour Day or May Day rallies earlier this year are now being intimidated by unknown individuals.

August 1, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - August 1, 2025

Indonesia – Amnesty International Indonesia released a troubling report on 14 July 2025, documenting attacks against at least 104 human rights defenders across 54 separate cases during

July 24, 2025

Mongabay - July 24, 2025

Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – Two of Indonesia's most prominent environmental experts are facing a lawsuit that activists say is part of a wider trend of silencing scientists who testif

July 22, 2025

Tempo - July 22, 2025

Syifa Alifa, Jakarta – The Executive Board of the University of Indonesia Student Council (BEM UI) has responded to President Prabowo Subianto's statement that protesters using the hash

July 21, 2025

Amnesty International Indonesia Statement - July 21, 2025

Responding to President Prabowo Subianto's statement that the Indonesia Gelap (Dark Indonesia) protests in February 2025 were financed by corruptors, Amnesty International Indonesia Dep

Tempo - July 21, 2025

Antara, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto claimed that Indonesia's national development is currently on the right track.

Tempo - July 21, 2025

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto claimed that corruptors pay the masses for demonstrations under the titles 'Dark Indonesia' (Indonesia Gelap) and 'Let's

July 20, 2025

CNN Indonesia - July 20, 2025

Solo – President Prabowo Subianto has again touched on the wave of demonstrations in early 2025. He accused the actions of being fabricated by those who wanted make Indonesia fail.

July 17, 2025

Tribunnews - July 17, 2025

Abdi Ryanda Shakti, Jakarta – Amnesty International Executive Director Usman Hamid has highlighted an alleged digital attack against democracy activist Neni Nur Hayati after she critici

July 16, 2025

Jakarta Post - July 16, 2025

Radhiyya Indra, Jakarta – Human rights group Amnesty International Indonesia has documented what it calls a "massive" wave of attacks on human rights defenders in the first half of 2025

July 15, 2025

Halmaheranesia - July 15, 2025

Musmaulana – The North Maluku Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has condemned the actions and methods used by intelligence officers suspected of being from the North Maluku R

July 14, 2025

Amnesty International Indonesia Press Release - July 14, 2025

More than 100 human rights defenders experienced various forms of attacks in the first half of 2025 said Amnesty International Indonesia today in Jakarta.

Tempo - July 14, 2025

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Sukma N Loppies, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia issued a report on Monday July 14 which details attacks on human rights defenders that have occurred on a

July 4, 2025

TAPOL - July 4, 2025

In the last few months, a disturbing trend has become apparent in a string of incidents across Indonesia: the sending of innocuous packages that contain the corpses of dead animals.

July 2, 2025

Arah Juang - July 2, 2025

Sharon Muller – Terror against Papuan students has again been launched in several cities around Indonesia.

June 29, 2025

Suara Papua - June 29, 2025

Jayapura – A series of terror acts have again befallen Papuan students who are studying in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya.

June 26, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - June 26, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – On Saturday morning, 31 May 2025, at approximately 11:00 am, Papuan political activist, Mr Er Giban, 18, was subjected to intimidation and ill-treatment by membe

June 20, 2025

Jubi Papua - June 20, 2025

Jayapura – The Papuan Student Alliance or AMP, which is located at the Kamasan dormitory in Yogyakarta, Central Java, was sent four packages containing a chicken carcass, chicken droppi

June 18, 2025

Human Rights Monitor - June 18, 2025

Indonesia, West Papua – Human rights organisations have condemned the trial process against Mr Rife Kerebea (see photo on top, source: Suara Papua) as unfair.

June 17, 2025

Jurnalistika - June 17, 2025

An advocate for victims of sexual violence against ethnic Chinese women during the May 1998 tragedy, Ita Fatia Nadia, says she has suffered repeated incidents of intimidation after crit

June 11, 2025

June 10, 2025

Suara Papua - June 10, 2025

Reiner Brabar, Jayapura – Terror and intimidation against Papuan students continue to occur every year, as do acts of racism.

June 9, 2025

Tempo - June 9, 2025

Rofiqi Hasan (Kontributor), Denpasar – Terror through the delivery of pig's head was experienced by the Papuan Student Alliance in Bali.

Tempo - June 9, 2025

Linda Lestari, Jakarta – Mei Susanto, the head of the Policy Study Center at the Faculty of Law, Padjadjaran University (Unpad), said the animal carcass terror as received by Tempo

June 7, 2025

Tempo - June 7, 2025

Jakarta – Papua students in Denpasar, Bali, received two packages containing rotting pig heads on Friday, June 6, 2025.

Suara Papua - June 7, 2025

Jayapura – Papuan students in the Balinese capital of Denpasar were sent a package containing a rotten pig's head delivered by an online motorcycle taxi on June 6 at around 3 pm.

June 6, 2025

Jakarta Post - June 6, 2025

Gembong Hanung, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia (UI) and several civil society organizations have condemned the police's alleged use of excessive force and criminalization of stud

June 5, 2025

Tempo - June 5, 2025

Najha Nabilla, Jakarta – The police have named Cho Yong Gi, a student at the University of Indonesia, as a suspect in the tumult during the May Day labor demonstration in 2025.

TAUD Press Release - June 5, 2025

Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) provided assistance on June 3 and 4 to 14 protesters who were arbitrarily arrested by the police at a May Day 2025 rally in front of the

June 3, 2025

CNN Indonesia - June 3, 2025

Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) says that the naming of 14 people as suspects, which is part of the investigation related to the May Day demonstration in front of the p

May 30, 2025

Tempo - May 30, 2025

Sahat Simatupang, Medan – Delima Silalahi, an environmental activist in Toba Regency, North Sumatra, received a package containing a bloody carcass of a bird at her home in Silangit, To

May 12, 2025

Tempo - May 12, 2025

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Khaerudin Hamid Ali Sulaiman, the legal counsel for the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) student, identified as SSS, has issued an apology to President P

May 10, 2025

CNN Indonesia - May 10, 2025

Jakarta – Rights groups from Amnesty International Indonesia to the Bandung Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) have criticised the National Police (Polri) Criminal Investigations Directorate's

Tempo - May 10, 2025

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Head of the Presidential Communication Office (PCO), Hasan Nasbi, responded to the arrest of a Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) student for posting a mem