Ni Komang Erviani and Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta and Nusa Dua – Police arrested and later released six activists protesting the 2018 Annual Meetings of the International Monetary Fund-
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October 13, 2018
October 11, 2018
Denpasar – Police arrested and later released five activists from the Community Resistance Movement (Komunitas Gerak Lawan) to prevent them from holding a protest action against the ann
Nusa Dua, Bali – An alternative conference on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank's annual meeting this week in Indonesia has been cancelled due to pressure
Seulki Lee, Jakarta – While the 2018 annual meeting of IMF-World Bank Groups entered its third day in Nusa Dua Bali, the parallel global civil society conference has been hassled by loc
Rio Apinino – Police have closed down the Peoples' Global Conference Against the IMF-World Bank which should have opened earlier today at the Radio Republic Indonesia (RRI) Auditorium i
October 10, 2018
Nusa Dua, Bali – A group of Civil Society Organizations (CSO) has called for a moratorium or a halt in new projects funded with foreign loans and a thorough audit into past and ongoing
October 8, 2018
Desy Setyowati – Civil society organisations will hold a People's Summit on Alternative Development on October 8-10 in Sanur, Bali.
October 5, 2018
Busrah Hisyam Ardans, Denpasar – The People's Global Conference Alliance (Aliansi Konferensi Rakyat Global) held a peaceful action in front of the Bali regional police office on Septemb
Scores of students from the People's Movement Against the IMF-World Bank have held a protest action in front of the Bali regional police headquarters to protest policies that restrict p
September 1, 2018
James Massola, Jakarta – Ninety-nine per cent of Australian exports to Indonesia will now be able to enter tax free, or will receive preferential treatment, under the free trade deal st
August 31, 2018
James Massola & Karuni Rompies, Bogor – The Australia-Indonesia free trade deal will be a "massive win-win" for both nations, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says, as it will bring th
August 29, 2018
Lisa Martin – Australian universities are expected to get the green light to start setting up campuses in Indonesia under a new free trade deal.
June 12, 2018
Shotaro Tani, Tokyo – Indonesia is studying the revised Trans-Pacific Partnership agreement reached by 11 nations after the U.S.
February 2, 2018
Jakarta – Coordinating Maritime Affairs Minister Luhut Pandjaitan said on Thursday that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo intended to privatize several airports.
October 11, 2017
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Indonesia is pushing for Australia to open its doors to more Indonesian workers – such as nurses and cooks – as well as removing tariffs on textiles as
August 29, 2017
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Malcolm Turnbull's desire for a "high quality" free trade agreement with Indonesia will confront Jakarta's protectionist impulses, with chief negotiato
June 5, 2017
Shotaro Tani, Tokyo – Indonesia has lost its motivation to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership, due to the U.S.
August 29, 2016
Jakarta – The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement will only benefit US-based information and communication technology (ICT) firms, rather than other companies, an activist has said.
July 9, 2012
Jakarta – Activists have called on the Indonesian government to drop its plan to lend US$1 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and channel the fund instead for domestic pur
January 25, 2010
Sepudin Zuhri, Jakarta – The Indonesian People's Opposition Front (FOR Indonesia) is calling on the government to immediately stop trade liberalisation and pull out of all existing free
Palu – The Central Sulawesi Indonesian People's Opposition Front (FOR Indonesia) was officially declared at 10am at the Gor Palu Park.
October 25, 2009
Iman D. Nugroho, Jakarta – A short afternoon trip that Dandhy Dwi Laksono took recently turned out to be the key to opening a kind of Pandora's box.
February 28, 2007
The left-wing Acehnese Peoples Party (PRA) will be holding its founding congress in the provincial capital of Banda Aceh at the end of February.
September 16, 2006
Andi Haswidi, Batam – Only the rich nations that are not affected by IMF policies benefit from the institution's reforms, a speaker at Batam's International Peoples Forum said Friday.
September 15, 2006
Andi Haswidi, Batam, Riau Islands – Activists said Thursday they had received threats from people claiming to represent local NGOs warning them to call off a planned international antig
September 12, 2006
Fadli, Batam – After threatening to break up any gathering of foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) in Batam, the Riau Islands provincial police on Monday agreed to abide by a Na
September 11, 2006
Fadli, Batam, Riau Islands – Confusion among the police means it remains unclear whether a group of local and international non-governmental organizations will be allowed to hold a foru
September 8, 2006
Ary Hermawan, Jakarta – International NGOs have slammed the Riau Police's decision to ban them from holding a gathering next week on Batam Island to protest the annual World Bank-IMF me
September 7, 2006
Jakarta/Batam – Warned they were unwelcome in Singapore, the site of an upcoming World Bank/International Monetary Fund annual conference, hundreds of NGO activists from 40 countries ch
September 6, 2006
Fadli, Bintan – Foreign and local nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) insisted Tuesday they would go ahead with plans to hold a protest meeting in Batam called the International People
September 1, 2006
Fadli, Batam – Unhappy with the thought that hundreds of activists from 40 countries might flock Batam Island to attend an international forum has made Riau Islands Police think twice a
December 19, 2005
Hong Kong – Four Indonesians who took part in an anti-WTO sit-in that occupied a major thoroughfare in Hong Kong over the weekend have been charged with unlawful assembly, an activist s
December 18, 2005
Machendra Setyo AtmajaIntania Nur Kusuma, Jakarta – Symbols of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) have been burnt by demonstrators from the Indonesian People's Anti-Imperialist Union (P
Ahmad Dani, Jakarta – Coinciding with the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Ministerial Level Conference (KTM) in Hong Kong, 2,000 farmers gathered at Victoria Park on Saturday December 17
Muhammad Nur Hayid, Jakarta – Around 100 people from the Indonesian People's Anti-Imperialist Union (Perisai) demonstrated in front of the State Palace on Sunday December 18.
Ahmad Dani, Jakarta – Actions opposing the World Trade Organisation (WTO) will also been held in Indonesia.
Machhendra Setyo Atmaja, Jakarta – Calls for Indonesia to walkout of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) are growing stronger as it is believed that the Indonesian government gains no be
December 12, 2005
Arin Widiyanti, Jakarta – Concerned about their livelihoods that are being ground down by the advanced countries, though policies being driven by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), far
December 6, 2005
Intania Nur Kusuma, Jakarta – The World Trade Organisation (WTO) will hold its 6th ministerial level meeting in Hong Kong on 13-18 December.
April 28, 2005
Zakki P.
April 20, 2005
Dian Intannia, Jakarta – Around 30 student activists, rural workers and urban-poor activists from the United People's Alliance (Aliansi Rakyat Bersatu, ARB) are demanding that the gover
June 4, 2004
Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Less than three months after the House of Representatives approved the water bill amid public outcry, the government has talked about a plan to privat
February 13, 2004
Gary LaMoshi, Denpasar – A group of 35 Indonesian economists launched a campaign against privatization of state-owned companies on Tuesday in Jakarta.
February 6, 2004
Urip Hudiono, Jakarta – Three non-governmental organizations filed a lawsuit against President Megawati Soekarnoputri on Thursday at the Central Jakarta District Court for issuing Presi
February 4, 2004
[Indonesian trade unionist Dita Indah Sari, chairperson of the Indonesian National Front for Labour struggle, addressed 6000 people at the World Social Forum on January 17.
January 20, 2004
Evi Mariani, Mumbai, India – Indonesian labor activist Dita Sari became one of the stars of the World Social Forum on Monday when she addressed a packed conference on globalization, and
December 23, 2003
Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The bill on water resources, which has been widely criticized for regarding water as a commodity, does not guarantee the rights of ethnic minority gro
August 27, 2003
Evi Mariani, Jakarta – Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), farmer and labor unions from across Indonesia gathered in Jakarta on Tuesday for a two-day meeting to prepare for the Septe
February 5, 2003
Moch. N.
January 20, 2003
Sri Wahyuni, Yogyakarta – Police fired warning shots and beat hundreds of anti-CGI protesters with batons, while representatives of Indonesia's traditional foreign donor countries and i