Sugihono, Jakarta – Apparently with the firm intention of supporting an action opposing the recent fuel price increases at the State Palace in Central Jakarta, Indonesian Democratic Par

Anwar Khumaini, Jakarta – Student demonstrations against the recent fuel price increases are moving towards anarchic acts involving frequent clashes with police.

TMC/Ibnu R., Jakarta – Protest actions and public transport strikes will colour various parts of the capital today, Wednesday May 28.

Jakarta – City police chose a persuasive approach to deal with protests following clashes between police officers and university students last week, a police spokesperson said Tuesday.

Abdul Khalik and Aditya Suharmoko, Jakarta – The quick disbursement of cash aid to lower income families has tempered protests after the government raised fuel prices, helping President

Jakarta – Hundreds of public minivan drivers in Jakarta staged a strike Monday, demanding an official fare increase in the wake of fuel price rises, leaving many commuters and students

Jakarta – City police have begun investigations into police officers involved in a clash with student protesters at National University (Unas) at Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta.

Erwida Maulia, Jakarta – The National University (Unas) has welcomed lawmakers' support for the release of students who have been in police custody since a clash between police and stud

Jakarta – Students in Semarang and Makassar began a hunger strike Monday to protest the government's recent fuel price increases.

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights is setting up a special team to investigate a clash between police officers and student protesters at National University (Unas) in Pas

Indra Subagja, Jakarta – As soon as the price of fuel was officially increased at 12 midnight, 26 people from the People's Struggle Front (FPR) held a protest action in front of the Sta

Irwan Nugroho, Jakarta – The police attack on the University of Indonesia campus this morning has left those who witnessed it dumb founded after they watched hundreds of police officers

Jakarta – Police arrested more than 100 protesters in the Indonesian capital Saturday after some burnt tyres and threw molotov cocktails during a rally over fuel price rises, police sai

Mustaqim Adamrah, Jakarta, Semarang, Kupang – More than 100 people were arrested Saturday during protests at National University (Unas) in Pasar Minggu, South Jakarta.

Presi Mandari, Jakarta – Angry students hurled molotov cocktails at police after Indonesia hiked the cost of gasoline by 33 (sic) percent Saturday to rein in subsidies that are explodin

Telly Nathalia, Jakarta – Indonesia's government jacked up fuel prices on Saturday, sparking protests, but some $1.5 billion of cash handouts intended to cushion the blow for poor famil

Aditya Suharmoko and Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – After weeks of uncertainty, the government on Friday raised subsidized fuel prices by an average of 28.7 percent to help salvage the state b

[The following is a slightly abridged translation of a statement by the People's Struggle Front (FPR) condemning recent acts of violence by police against peaceful protests opposing

Jakarta – Twenty students were detained by city police and were named suspects of various crimes after being arrested at recent demonstrations, a city police spokesperson said Thursday.

Jakarta, Cirebon, Yogyakarta, Makassar – Thousands of students across the nation took to the streets Wednesday to reject the government plan to increase fuel prices and provide direct c

Jakarta – Indonesians took to the streets in angry protests over the soaring cost of food and a planned fuel price hike Wednesday, as an economic "crisis" overshadowed the 10th annivers

[The following is a compilation of abridged translations from Detik.com and Tempo Interactive covering protest actions around the country on May 21 against the Indonesian government's p

Jakarta – Thousands of students took to the streets across Indonesia on Wednesday to protest the government's plan to raise fuel prices.

Jakarta Police detained 18 students from Mercu Buana University who took over a fuel truck during a rally in West Jakarta on Tuesday.

Firman Hidayat, Samarinda – Around 500 students, NGO activists, and laborers in Samarinda demonstrated today protesting the government's plan to increase fuel prices.

Bibin Bintariadi, Jakarta – The Central Board of Nahdlatul Ulama (PBNU) will announce their position over the fuel price increases.

Jakarta – The Regional Representatives Council (DPD) has added pressure on the government to reconsider its plan to raise fuel prices, saying the policy will severely impact on the coun

Report on an attack against the secretariat of the Political Committee of the Poor (KPRM) in Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, Saturday, May 17, 00.10 local time.

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Lower income families urged the government on Friday to ensure proposed fuel price hikes would not cause the prices of other basic commodities to increase.

[The following is a translation of a leaflet produced for mass distribution in the poor residential areas along the planned march route to the State Palace for a mass action on May 2

Medan – Hundreds of protesters from the National Liberation Front (FPN) demonstrated at the North Sumatra Regional House of Representatives building and the offices of the North Sumatra

Desy Nurhayati, Jakarta – Leaders of several major factions in the House of Representatives will confirm their opposition to the government's plan to increase fuel prices during a consu

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – The government doesn't need to be concerned about the massive demonstrations by students opposing planned fuel price hikes.

Nograhany Widhi K, Jakarta – A former director of the State Intelligence Coordinating Body (Bakin), Dr. A.C.

Nograhany Widhi K, Jakarta – Devide et impera.

Jakarta – Workers in the 1-3 million rupiah per month wage group will be further squeezed if the planned fuel price increases come into effect.

Jakarta – Thousands of students across the country took to the streets Monday in opposition to fight the government's plan to raise fuel prices.

The battle drum of the Indonesian people's resistance to the planned fuel price increases has been sounded – students, the urban poor, workers, farmers and women in every corner of the

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – Major political parties are throwing their support behind the government's unpopular plan to raise fuel prices early next month.

Kediri – Protest actions against the government's planned fuel price hikes continued in a number of cities around the country.

Ika Krismantari, Jakarta – State oil and gas company PT Pertamina is struggling to control the distribution of subsidized fuels as panic buying has followed the government's announcemen

The government has raised the price of fuel, triggering protests everywhere.

Jakarta – A new study by the Indonesian Institute of Sciences has examined the way different communities in the country were impacted by the 2005 increase in fuel prices.

Banda Aceh – A plan by the Aceh government to liquidate the Asean Aceh Fertilizer (AAF) factory and have it managed by a foreign company has been opposed by the Aceh People's Party (PRA

Imron Rosyid, Surakarta – Employers in the Central Java city of Surakarta (Solo) have threatened to send thousands of their workers onto the streets if the government goes ahead and inc

Jakarta – Dozens of people, many of them mothers with small children in tow, protested outside City Hall on Friday the water rate increase.

Jakarta – After the chaos that met the first disbursement of the government's cash assistance program in October, the first day of the second disbursement went off without a hitch on Mo

Nurvita Indarini, Jakarta – Just because he increased fuel prices, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is facing a class action.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Several factions in the House of Representatives have urged the government to review its fuel price hike policy, which they said had created a huge burden

Tomi Soetjipto, Jakarta – It was billed as a way to cushion the blow for Indonesia's poorest of the poor.