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September 13, 2007

Jakarta Post - September 13, 2007

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to Bandung on Wednesday was marked by two separate protests attended by hundreds of people.

September 7, 2007

Jakarta Post - September 7, 2007

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – A group of around 200 protesters blockaded the Pondok Pinang-Serpong turnpike all day Thursday to demand long-delayed land compensation from toll road operator

August 23, 2007

Jakarta Post - August 23, 2007

M. Azis Tunny, Ambon – A violent clash between the police and supporters of a gubernatorial election candidate in Ternate, North Maluku province, left 15 people injured Wednesday.

August 22, 2007

Associated Press - August 22, 2007

Ternate – At least four people were wounded by gunshots as police repelled thousands of protesters, some throwing rocks and glass shards, at an airport in eastern Indonesia, officials s

August 21, 2007

Kompas - August 21, 2007

Jakarta – Labour representatives from the Workers Challenge Alliance (AMB) demonstrated at the Supreme Court on Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara in Central Jakarta on Monday August 20.

August 17, 2007

Detik.com - August 17, 2007

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – Workers had their own way of commemorating the anniversary of Indonesia's independence.

Detik.com - August 17, 2007

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – The 62nd anniversary of Indonesian independence failed to prevent student and non-government organisations from demonstrating.

August 16, 2007

Sydney Morning Herald - August 16, 2007

Craig Skehan – The diplomatically sensitive Morning Star independence flag was flown outside the Australian Parliament yesterday by a group of West Papuans – some of whose successful as

July 26, 2007

ABC News - July 26, 2007

Protesters in East Timor have staged a demonstration against Prime Minister John Howard as he left Dili, accusing Australia of interfering in East Timor's political affairs.

July 20, 2007

Jakarta Post - July 20, 2007

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – A voter education group distributed educational brochures for the gubernatorial election Thursday to encourage people to use their right to vote.

July 18, 2007

Tempo Interactive - July 18, 2007

Hambali Batubara, Medan – Student and social organisations in the North Sumatra provincial capital of Medan demonstrated at the Japanese Consulate and the representative offices of PT I

July 16, 2007

Detik.com - July 16, 2007

Iqbal Fadil, Jakarta – Mondays are usually the starting point of each persons activities for the week. Likewise also for demonstrations in the capital.

July 13, 2007

Tempo Interactive - July 13, 2007

Jakarta – Teachers in the Indonesian Teachers Union (PGRI) held a rally in the capital city once again. Last Monday, PGRI deployed hundreds of members from East Java.

Okezone - July 13, 2007

Siswanto, Jakarta – Around 100 residents from Cengkareng in West Jakarta held a demonstration in front of the State Palace on Jl. Medan Merdeka Utara on Friday July 13.

Okezone - July 13, 2007

Idham Gofur, Jakarta – Scores of housewives and children held a demonstration in front of the State Palace on July 13 calling on the government not to surrender the distribution of milk

July 5, 2007

Jakarta Post - July 5, 2007

Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Police in Yogyakarta broke up a rally Wednesday by about 50 Papuan students after they unfurled a Bintang Kejora flag, the symbol of the separatist Free Pap

Detik.com - July 5, 2007

Indra Shalihin, Jakarta – Wearing traditional woven bamboo hats, housewives, farmers and student went to the Constitutional Court on Thursday July 5 to demand that Law No.

July 4, 2007

Detik.com - July 4, 2007

Nadhifa Putri, Jakarta – Around 50 people from the Urban Poor Union (SRMK) descended on the Jakarta city hall en masse today.

April 23, 2007

Metro TV News - April 23, 2007

Madiun – As many as 200 pedicab drivers together with members of the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) held a demonstration in the East Java city of Madiun on Monday April 2

March 23, 2007

Jakarta Post - March 23, 2007

Bekasi – Hundreds of Jati Mulya villagers in Tambun Selatan district, Bekasi, rallied Thursday at car assembly company PT IndoMobil Suzuki International to demand the right to collect a

Detik.com - March 23, 2007

Muhammad Nur Hayid, Jakarta – The ratification of the Draft Law on Capital Investment by the House of Representatives (DPR) is drawing opposition.

March 21, 2007

Jakarta Post - March 21, 2007

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers and activists staged a demonstration outside the House of Representatives on Tuesday, protesting against the bill on capital investment

March 20, 2007

Detik.com - March 20, 2007

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Dozens of students in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held a demonstration on Tuesday March 20 condemning the US invasion of Iraq and demanding that US

Detik.com - March 20, 2007

Zainal Effendi, Surabaya – Scores of protesters from the National Student Front (FMN) demonstrated at the East Java Regional Police Headquarters on Jl.

March 13, 2007

Detik.com - March 13, 2007

Muchus Budi R., Solo – Scores of people demonstrated at the Gladag roundabout in the Central Java city of Solo on March 13 opposing the ratification of the Draft Law on Capital Investme

January 16, 2007

Jakarta Post - January 16, 2007

Jakarta – A protest meant to unseat the President drew only a few hundred demonstrators and caused minor traffic delays in downtown Jakarta on Monday.

December 22, 2006

Radar Mojokerto - December 22, 2006

Bulukumba, Tribun – Dozens of youth and students from the Preparatory Committee of the National Liberation Party of Unity (KP-Papernas) in the Bulukumba regency of South Sulawesi demons

December 21, 2006

Radar Malang - December 21, 2006

Malang - Dozens of protesters from the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) held a demonstration yesterday criticising government policy in the East Java city of Malang.

Radar Mojokerto - December 21, 2006

Mojokerto – Scores of protesters from the Preparatory Committee for the National Liberation Party of Unity (Papernas) in the East Java city of Mojokerto took to the streets on December

December 20, 2006

Kompas Cyber Media - December 20, 2006

Adi Sucipto, Gresik – As many as 15 people from the Gresik chapter of the Preparatory Committee for the National Liberation of Unity or KP-Papernas demonstrated at the Gresik Regional H

Mercury FM - December 20, 2006

The State Grahadi Building on Jl. Gubernur Suryo in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya is a popular target of protest actions.

December 19, 2006

Jakarta Post - December 19, 2006

Multa Fidrus, Banten – Residents of a Bintaro housing complex have threatened to ram road blockades developer PT Jaya Real Property plans to use to close access from Pondok Aren to Cipu

November 17, 2006

Java Post - November 17, 2006

Yogyakarta - Scores of protesters demonstrated in front of the Agung State Place Building in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta yesterday criticising the state of the nation, particula

November 15, 2006

Jakarta Post - November 15, 2006

Suherdjoko, Cilacap – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono was greeted Tuesday by hundreds of protesting residents when he arrived to open a new coal-burning power plant in Cilacap, Centr

Jakarta Post - November 15, 2006

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Protesters demanding an increase in the minimum wage scuffled with security officers Tuesday in front of the offices of the Bandung regency and local legisla

Jakarta Post - November 15, 2006

Jakarta – With six days to go before the arrival of US President George W. Bush in Indonesia, protests against his 10-hour visit reached a new volume across the country Tuesday.

October 7, 2006

Jakarta Post - October 7, 2006

Tangerang – It was business as usual at the construction site of Pamulang Square near Lake Tujuh Muara on Jl.

October 5, 2006

Jakarta Post - October 5, 2006

Jongker Rumteh, Manado – Residents of North Minahasa, North Sulawesi, are protesting a future gold mining operation in the regency because of a possible plan to dispose of tailings into

September 27, 2006

Jakarta Post - September 27, 2006

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Residents of Saritem, the oldest red-light district in Bandung, West Java, were enraged Tuesday when public order officers began closing brothels as part of

September 26, 2006

Jakarta Post - September 26, 2006

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Muslims in Medan are blaming state power company PLN for recurring power cuts, which they say are disrupting special activities during the fasting month of Rama

September 23, 2006

Jakarta Post - September 23, 2006

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – Hundreds of residents of the mainly Muslim Rawa Buntu village and Kencana Loka housing complex in Serpong staged a rally Friday to protest the construction of

September 21, 2006

Jakarta Post - September 21, 2006

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September 20, 2006

Green Left Weekly - September 20, 2006

Max Lane – Protest demonstrations continue to sprout every day across Indonesia on almost every kind of issue – socio-economic injustice, political abuse, administrative arbitrariness a

September 19, 2006

Jakarta Post - September 19, 2006

Hundreds of village heads from across the country took to the streets in Jakarta on Monday, demanding what they called an improvement in their living standards.

Jakarta Post - September 19, 2006

Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara – A campus demonstration by angry students rallying to demand the resignation of their university rector turned violent Monday when the students clashed with

September 15, 2006

Jakarta Post - September 15, 2006

Panca Nugraha and Fadli, Mataram/Batam – More than 50 Mataram residents rallied outside the PLN building in West Nusa Tenggara on Thursday over the rotating blackouts imposed in the cit

September 5, 2006

Jakarta Post - September 5, 2006

Kupang – Hundreds of university students here rallied Monday to demand their rector be fired for incompetence.

August 28, 2006

Detik.com - August 28, 2006

Arfi Bambani Amri, Jakarta – Around 50 people from the West Papua Peoples United Struggle Front (Pepera) demonstrated in front of the US Embassy on Monday August 28 calling for the defe

August 25, 2006

Jakarta Post - August 25, 2006

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Four people were injured Thursday when protests against a plan to name the winner of the West Sulawesi gubernatorial election turned ugly.

May 22, 2006

Jakarta Post - May 22, 2006

Mataram, Lombok – Some 350 teachers in East Lombok staged a protest Saturday, threatening to boycott Monday's national final test in junior high schools if the administration failed to