Taufiq Siddiq, Jakarta – The Police have started to close off access to Merdeka Palace with barbed wire today, Oct.
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October 17, 2019
Arya Dipa and Bambang Muryanto, Bandung – Hundreds of protesters – students and activists – rallied in big cities on Thursday to demand that the President issue a regulation to revoke
October 11, 2019
Jakarta – The hashtag #Reformasidikorupsi (Reform corrupted), which became the tagline for recent nationwide rallies in the country, has inspired a musical protest that amplified prote
October 6, 2019
David Lipson – My first story reporting from Indonesia was about a mob.
Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and presidential confidant Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan admits that he is confused about the wave of demonstrations by students and civi
October 2, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – Coordinating Minister of Maritime Affairs Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan called for today's street protest put forth nonviolence as he claims the government has done its be
Jakarta (Bisnis) – After the wave of massive demonstrations in Jakarta for the last few days, toll gates belong to state-owned toll operator Jasa Marga in several locations were damage
October 1, 2019
Indonesia's parliament was sworn in on Tuesday for a new session that comes amid sometimes violent protests against several new or proposed laws, including one that critics say has cri
Jakarta – Amid heightened security measures following days of protests that ended with clashes, university students took to the streets on Tuesday with flowers in their hands as a symb
Police in Indonesia have been widely criticized for their heavy-handed approach to securing student-led protests nationwide that have entered its second week, with one particular incid
More than 500 people were arrested after clashes in Indonesia's capital amid nationwide protests against a raft of divisive reforms – including banning pre-marital sex and weakening th
James Massola and Karuni Rompies, Jakarta – Heavily-armed security forces stood guard in front of Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday as thousands of protesters attempted to disrupt the
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Nicola Smith – Indonesian police fired tear gas in central Jakarta on Monday after a new round of protests against controversial legal reforms descended into running street battles.
September 30, 2019
Kharishar Kahfi and Karina Maharani Tehusijarana, Jakarta – The wave of protests against the government and the House of Representatives is expected to continue on Monday as the legisl
Thousands rallied across Indonesia Monday in fresh demonstrations sparked by a raft of divisive legal reforms, including banning pre-marital sex and weakening the anti-graft agency.
Jakarta – Riot police in Indonesia have clashed with protesters as thousands of students resumed demonstrations against a new law they say has crippled the country's anti-corruption ag
Antara & Nur Yasmin, Jakarta – About 6,000 members of the military and police were set to be deployed in Jakarta on Tuesday to secure the inauguration of the new national legislatu
Shinta Maharani, Jakarta – The massive university students' protest dubbed Gejayan Memanggil (Gejayan is Calling) was echoed again to be held today, September 30, in Yogyakarta.
September 28, 2019
Fresh protests broke out across Indonesia on Friday as the president ordered a probe into two student deaths during a wave of demonstrations against divisive legal reforms, including b
September 27, 2019
Arlina Arshad – Indonesia's chief security minister Wiranto said yesterday that the student protests in the country were being hijacked by a group set on disrupting Parliament and the
September 26, 2019
Hundreds of Indonesians gathered in several major centers across the archipelago today as authorities braced for more violent opposition to a major overhaul of the criminal code (RKUHP
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The University of Indonesia's (UI) students' executive board (BEM) suspected that there were a number of people intentionally provoking the college students' p
Robertus Wardi & Heru Andriyanto, Jakarta – The chief security minister said on Thursday that the government had "enough evidence" to suspect that the orchestrators behind this wee
Jakarta – A second Indonesian student has died after protesters clashed with police on Indonesia's Sulawesi island during a rally against legislation that critics fear would undermine
Fikri Arigi and Friski Riana, Jakarta – SETARA Institute openly criticized police repression against the criminal code draft bill (RKUHP) students' protest and maintains that police's
Fikri Arigi, Jakarta – Amnesty International deemed the Indonesian police force has abused its authority in suppressing the massive student rally at the House of Representatives (DPR)
September 25, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – Thousands of Indonesia's university students in various regions have once again taken to the streets to protest the revisions of several laws including the one on Co
Nurhadi, Surabaya – Thousands of students joined in Surabaya Student Executive Body (BEM) Alliance staged demonstrations, rejecting the amended KPK Law and Criminal Code draft bill at
Stanley Widianto, Jakarta – Indonesian students rallied for a third day on Wednesday against proposed new laws, including a criminal code that would ban extramarital sex and insulting
James Massola and Amilia Rosa, Jakarta – Thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across Indonesia to protest draconian changes to the country's criminal code and the we
Kharishar Kahfi and Ghina Ghaliya, Semarang/Medan/Jakarta – Student protesters across the country clashed with police officers when thousands once again took to the streets to reject w
More than 300 university students and police in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta were being treated in hospital on Wednesday, a day after violent clashes with police during nationwide prot
September 24, 2019
Jakarta – Students are on the move again!
Thousands of university students from across Indonesia have once again taken to the streets in a continuation of a series of protests against what they perceive to be attempts by the g
September 24 marks the commemoration of National Farmers Day.
Andita Rahma, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for Politics, Law, and Security Affairs Wiranto appealed to all university students to stop the demonstration which he considered a waste
August 16, 2019
Four police officers in Cianjur, West Java have been hospitalized due to burn injuries they sustained while securing a student protest in the regency, with one officer reportedly suffe
March 18, 2019
Jakarta – Residents living near the Burangkeng disposal site in the regency of Bekasi in West Java have unblocked access for the authorities to enter the area after being promised comp
March 15, 2019
Jakarta – Protesting residents of Burangkeng village in Bekasi, West Java, have closed access to a nearby waste disposal (TPA) site for 10 days, demanding the local administration pay
November 30, 2018
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November 24, 2018
Aman Rochman, Malang – Hundreds of app-based ojek (motorcycle taxi) drivers staged a protest on Friday in Malang, East Java, condemning presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto for his r
November 22, 2018
It wasn't long ago that presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto had to deal with the PR nightmare caused by his allegedly demeaning joke about the people of Boyolali, but the Gerindra c
Yulia Savitri, Palembang – Scores of truck and bus drivers staged a protest in front of the South Sumatra governor's office in Palembang, South Sumatra, on Wednesday, demanding the imme
November 21, 2018
Something stank in Village of Beliung yesterday evening, and it was easy to see what it was.
May 3, 2018
Pribadi Wicaksono, Yogyakarta – The Indonesian Islamic Students Movement (PMII) said that the riot that broke out in front of the UIN Sunan Kalijaga yesterday which protested against th
February 2, 2018
President Joko Widodo was a guest of honor at a celebration of the 68th anniversary of Universitas Indonesia (UI) this morning, but the event will perhaps be best remembered for one stu
Jakarta – The Depok Heritage Community in West Java staged a rally on Friday, to demand President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo turn the 300-year-old Rumah Cimanggis building in the region into
December 17, 2017
Jakarta – Tens of thousands of protesters took to the street Sunday against the US decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel's capital, the latest show of support for the Palestinians in the countr
December 10, 2017
Jakarta – Thousands of Indonesian Muslims protested Sunday in Jakarta against US President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, in the latest global show of solidarity