Jakarta – Journalists and students rallied together in Bandung in front of Gedung Sate in the West Java capital, in a protest over the recent student vs journalist fracas at SMAN 6 High School in Jakarta.

"Violence is not the way," Syahid Yogga, a student demonstrator from SMAN 12 Bandung, said on Tuesday as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Yogga added that it was the responsibility of teachers and the government to set examples for students, who he said were most likely still emotionally unstable.

Bandung Journalists spokesman Iman S. Nurdin said more protection was needed for journalists doing their job.

"Journalists' job is to fulfill the public's right to information. Journalists are the public's partners in the field of information and not the public enemy," he said.