Anita Rachman – Anti-government demonstrators brought a water buffalo to Jakarta's Hotel Indonesia traffic circle on Thursday morning.

Anita Rachman – Some observers say today's anti-government rallies are not as big as last month's World Anticorruption Day demonstrations. But they disagree on the reasons why.

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Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – Recruited protesters are paid to shout, crowd public minibuses and carry banners defaming figures related to the Bank Century saga, all for a tidy sum of Rp 2

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar, South Sulawesi – Students held a demonstration against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono in Makassar on Wednesday, criticizing him for not delivering his cam

The North Sumatra Pro-Democracy Movement says that the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono, as well as the rotten political elite, hav

Kinanti Pinta Karana – Some 300 residents of Eks Yon Angkub Military Housing Complex in Cililitan Besar, East Jakarta protested against a planned eviction on Monday.

Medan – Around 100 people staged a rally Wednesday outside the North Sumatra legislative council in Medan in support of the Corruption Eradication Commission's (KPK) investigation of a

Jakarta – Thousands of workers took to the streets in Surabaya, East Java, and Semarang, Central Java, on Thursday to protest the implementation of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement

Purwokerto, Central Java – Several students threw rotten eggs at a picture of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during a rally protesting the Bank Century bailout, in Purwokerto, Centr

Nurfika Osman – Hundreds of students, parents and activists rallied on Sunday, calling for the abolition of the national examination and threatening a boycott if the government insists

Palembang – Thousands of contract workers employed at schools in South Sulawesi marched on the provincial administration building Friday, demanding the full time status of civil servant

Student groups and activists plan to hold rallies on Jan. 28 and Jan.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Thousands of workers from across West Java staged a rally in Bandung on Wednesday, demanding the implementation of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Agreement be po

A cluster of organizations and academics is planning a rally this month to demand President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono resign or be forced out of office over a series of perceived shortco

Madura, East Java – Fifteen activists from the Indonesian Muslim Student Movement (PMII) in Sumenep, Madura, East Java, began a hunger strike Tuesday night, Antara reported Wednesday.

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Dozens of students from the Indonesian Muslim Students Action Association (KAMMI) rallied at the West Java Legislative Council in Bandung on Tuesday to prote

Amanda Ferdina, Jakarta – Supporters of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) from the Indonesian People's Solidarity Coalition (KSRI), who were protesting against the launch of the

Amanda Ferdina, Jakarta – Shouting "Long live SBY", on Wednesday December 30 scores of protesters form the Indonesian People's Solidarity Coalition (KSRI) demonstrated at the launch of

University students burned a Democratic Party flag during a demonstration protesting the Bank Century case in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Monday.

Jakarta – At least six students from Mulawarman University in Samarinda were wounded in a clash with security guards when a rally against regulations on a dropout system turned ugly Thu

Luh De Suriyani and Wasti Atmodjo, Denpasar – Hundreds of NGOs, community activists and victims of legal and human right abuses commemorated International Human Rights Day on Thursday w

Students from Hasanuddin University in Makassar, South Sulawesi, took to the streets on Thursday, burning images of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Vice President Boediono and Finan

Mega Putra Ratya, Jakarta – A number of protest actions will colour Jakarta today with at least nine demonstrations expected to inundate various parts of the capital.

A man was arrested carrying three molotov bombs during a rally in front of the Parliament Building at Jalan Gatot Subroto on Tuesday.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is scheduled to announce his response on Monday to the recommendations made by the fact-finding team tasked with investigating the scandal at the Corr

Nine rallies are scheduled for Jakarta on Thursday and will likely cause traffic delays.

Jakarta – Hundreds of people who called themselves The People's Movement for Education, Politics, Law, and Human Rights (Gempita), Friday afternoon, gathered outside the Corruption Erad

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Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Padang – About 2,000 traders at the Pasar Raya traditional market in Padang, West Sumatra, rallied Wednesday outside the city's legislative council building, prote

Multa Fidrus – An ongoing project to reclaim land from Lake Rawa Kayu Antap in Rempoa subdistrict, East Ciputat district, South Tangerang, by a housing developer has sparked protests fr

Arientha Primanita – Hundreds of students of Arastamar Theological College protested in front of the City Hall on Monday demanding the city administration restore water and electricity

Bandung – Hundreds of quake victims from Pengalengan, Bandung regency, occupied the regency legislative building on Monday to demand clarification on the reconstruction program for thei

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James Balowski, Jakarta – Street protests across Indonesia greeted the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Budiono on October 20.

Motorists beware – nine demonstrations to be held in Jakarta on Thursday are likely to cause traffic havoc in the capital.

Zal Gibran – Hundreds of university students in Makassar, South Sulawesi, celebrated Youth Pledge Day on Wednesday with protests demanding that the government fulfill its promises, incl

Jayapura – Around 200 people blocked a road in front of Papua Police Headquarters in Jayapura on Friday, as part of a protest against a decision to transfer the Jayapura Police chief.

About 400 students from the students executive board (BEM) throughout Bandung who intended to hold a rally in Jakarta during Tuesday's presidential inauguration were prevented from leav

Febriyan and Apriadi Gunawan, Bandung/Medan – A number of mass demonstrations took place in Jakarta as well as in other regions on Tuesday as the People's Consultative Assembly held a p

Denpasar – Protesters gathered Tuesday at the Bali Legislative Council to denounce what they claimed was neoliberal economics under newly inaugurated President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of students from various groups in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held an action opposing the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoy

Taufik Wijaya, Palembang – The inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono on October 20 was also greeted by protest actions in Palembang, South Sumat

Elvan Dany Sutrisno, Jakarta – Twenty 'black pearls' formed an orderly line in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) Gelding Nusantara Building on October 20 demanding that Presid

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Around 100 activists from the Volunteers of the People's Struggle for the Liberation of the Motherland (Spartan) demonstrated in the Central Java provin

Muhammad Nur Abdurrahman, Makassar – It has not just been in Jakarta and Java that mass actions opposing the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President

Didi Syafirdi, Jakarta – Only half a day after being inaugurated as the president and vice president for 2009-2014, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Boediono are being urged to solve five k

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – Demonstrations during the inauguration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono on October 20 also occurred in the resort island of Ba

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Around 100 demonstrators succeeded in reaching the road opposite the House of Representatives (DPR) on Tuesday October 20.

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers from various labour organisations held a protest action at the front gates of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta on Octobe