Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, West Kutai, East Kalimantan – Thousands of residents in two West Kutai villages are protesting efforts by a palm oil firm to clear land for a plantation, argui
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June 20, 2012
A rally has been held in New Zealand in response to recent violence in Indonesia's West Papua region including the alleged shooting of the pro-independence leader Mako Tabuni last week.
June 16, 2012
Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Two activists wearing Sumatran tiger costumes along with several members of Greenpeace visited a KFC fast food restaurant on Jl.
June 14, 2012
Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar lampung – Thousands of farmers from four districts in Ogan Ilir regency, South Sumatra, staged a rally in front of local police headquarters on Wednesday, prote
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – With a month to go before gold mine company PT Agincourt Resources starts production on a 1,639 square-kilometer plot of land in South Tapanuli regency, North S
June 9, 2012
Banda Aceh – Dozens of university students here joined in a "Rejecting Corruptors Community" rally on Saturday, a protest directed against the visit of Democratic Party chairman Anas Ur
May 5, 2012
Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – The work of the Mesuji regency administration in Lampung province ground to a halt on Friday after the regent's building was burned down by an angry mo
May 4, 2012
Hundreds of Indonesians staged a rally in front of the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta on Thursday, urging the Malaysian government to investigate local police who shot and killed three In
May 2, 2012
Surabaya – Around 500 residents from Banjarasri village and surrounding villages in Tanggulangin district in Sidoarjo, East Java, rallied Wednesday against Lapindo Brantas Inc.'s plan t
April 27, 2012
Akhirul Anwar/JIBI, Jogja – Scores of people from the United People's Committee (KBR) held an action in front of the Beringharjo Market on Jl.
April 20, 2012
Medan – Hundreds of traders at the Petisah Market in Medan, North Sumatra, went on strike in protest over alleged rampant illegal fees and discrimination by the market's management.
April 19, 2012
Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Victims of the hot mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java, are once again demanding that Lapindo Brantas Inc.
April 18, 2012
Sidoarjo – Minarak Lapindo Jaya (MLJ), the Bakrie company handling the Lapindo mudflow, says that it has yet to pay Rp 1.023 trillion (US$127 million) in compensation for victims of the
April 16, 2012
Surabaya – A rally staged by thousands of citizens affected by the Lapindo mudflow in East Java turned violent when protestors clashed with police officers on Monday.
April 12, 2012
Jakarta – In democracy, everyone has the right to speak out, including elementary students.
April 11, 2012
Demonstrations were held in Jayapura on April 5 in support of a groundbreaking conference held in The Hague, The Netherlands, to examine pathways to the reinstatement of the New Guinea
April 10, 2012
Dozens of student demonstrators pelted the office of gold miner Newmont Nusa Tenggara on Monday over a recent court ruling allowing it to continue dumping tailings in Senunu Bay in West
February 29, 2012
Makassar – Students in the city took to the streets on Tuesday in protest at the planned increase in fuel prices on April 1.
January 17, 2012
Medan – The police forcefully dispersed a massive rally by public minivan drivers in Medan, North Sumatra, on Monday as it was held without a permit.
January 13, 2012
Hundreds of demonstrators in Ambon, Maluku, came close to blows with members of the provincial legislature on Thursday.
Jakarta/Mataram – After a series of deadly incidents and demonstrations across the country, which mostly pitted locals against mining and plantation firms backed by the police and milit
January 12, 2012
Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Around 150 university students, activists and farmers grouped under the People's Coalition of West Nusa Tenggara staged a rally on Thursday
Ezra Sihite & Bayu Marhaenjati – A large rally against the abuse of landowners' rights outside the House of Representatives building in Jakarta turned rowdy on Thursday when the cro
January 11, 2012
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of people occupied the governor's office in Medan on Tuesday, prompting an end to administrative activities and throwing city thoroughfares into total
Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – On a breezy, cloudy Tuesday afternoon, 45-year-old Yahya Hasan was trying to comfort his wife, Purwati, 47, who lay weak beside him under a makeshift tent er
December 20, 2011
Jakarta – Residents living along Jl.
December 19, 2011
Jakarta – Three university students were admitted to hospital due to injuries received after allegedly being beaten by police dispersing a demonstration on Saturday.
December 16, 2011
Agus Triyono – Thousands of university students from across Jakarta are expected to hold a rally on Saturday calling for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to step down in response to t
December 15, 2011
Jakarta – Ten students from Bung Karno University remain in detention at Jakarta Police headquarters on Thursday after a rally turned violent.
Zaky Pawas – Several police officers were injured and 10 students from Bung Karno University were arrested after an antigovernment rally in Central Jakarta turned to chaos on Wednesday.
December 13, 2011
Ulma Haryanto – After dying from burns sustained when he set himself on fire in an apparent protest at the Presidential Palace, Sondang Hutabarat is becoming a rallying point for moveme
December 12, 2011
Jakarta – The death of Sondang Hutagalung, a student who set himself on fire in an anti-government protest, has sparked an online movement to make him an icon for an antigraft movement.
December 11, 2011
Jakarta – An 22-year-old Indonesian man has died after setting himself on fire near the presidential palace, according to police, in what is believed to be the country's first self-immo
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Some hundred workers in Medan, North Sumatra staged a rally on Saturday, calling on the government to address their rights and curb human rights violations.
December 10, 2011
Ulma Haryanto, Agus Triyono & Zaky Pawas – Slowly, the identity of the man believed to have set himself on fire in front of the Presidential Palace on Wednesday is being revealed.
Nani Farida, Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum became the target of protesters as demonstrators rallied for World Anticorruption Day in several cities across Indonesi
December 9, 2011
Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Commemorating International Anti-Corruption Day, which falls Friday, hundreds of university students in Makassar staged rallies on Thursday, demanding that t
December 8, 2011
Raisa Premiera – A group of vocal supporters continued an overnight vigil outside a Jakarta hospital on Thursday to support a man who dramatically set himself on fire during a suspected
December 7, 2011
Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite a new promise from the home affairs minister to send a long-delayed bill on village governance to the legislature, village ch
Banyumas – Around 400 hawkers protested the decision of railway company PT KAI to ban them from operating inside trains, saying that the decision would foster unemployment.
December 6, 2011
Medan – Hundreds of drivers of motor-powered tricycles, locally known as becak motor, staged a rally at the municipal office against what they claimed was discriminatory treatment by th
December 5, 2011
Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Michelle Natalie – Thousands of village chiefs protesting at the House of Representatives say they won't leave for at least a week to force the government
November 18, 2011
Gede Suardana, Denpasar – A protest action against the 19th ASEAN Summit in Balinese provincial capital of Denpasar on Friday November 18 was marred by a scuffle between police and demo
November 16, 2011
Hundreds of members of the Islamic hard-line group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia demonstrated against the imminent arrival in Bali of US President Barack Obama at the Hotel Indonesia traffic
November 14, 2011
North Maluku students demonstrated outside the Ternate mayor's office on Monday demanding the resignation of Deputy Mayor Arifin Djafar after he was recently photographed clubbing in a
Jayapura – Thousands of protesters staged a pro-independence rally in Indonesia's restive and resource-rich Papua region Monday demanding a referendum for self-determination.
November 13, 2011
Hundreds of Islamists rallied in Central Jakarta on Sunday to protest against this week's visit by US President Barack Obama.
November 1, 2011
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of people from traditional communities in North Sumatra rallied at the governor's office in Medan on Monday, demanding the return of customary land se
Maumere – Hundreds of people, including dozens of Catholic priests in Maumere diocese, rallied in front of the Sikka Legislative Council in Maumere, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, on Monda
Banjir Ambarita, Ezra Sihite & Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – Police have set a deadline of today for thousands of striking workers at Freeport-McMoRan's giant gold and copper mine in Pap