Herawati Nurlia – Amnesty International Indonesia has highlighted the series of incidents of terror and threats that have befallen activists from the University of Indonesia Student Exe
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January 20, 2026
January 16, 2026
Hanifah Salsabila, David Oliver Purba, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid believes that Laras Faizati's probationary sentence of one year of superv
Jakarta – An Indonesian court found a woman guilty of incitement on Jan.
We, the undersigned organisations, collectives, and individuals across the world, express our deep concern regarding the prosecution of Laras Faizati, a young Indonesian woman and dedic
January 15, 2026
Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia Climate and Energy Campaign Manager Iqbal Damanik on Wednesday submitted evidence of an alleged intimidation campaign to Indonesia's Nati
January 14, 2026
Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – Environmental activist and Greenpeace Indonesia Forest Campaigner, Iqbal Damanik, has reported the recent terror and threats he experienced
Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Climate and Energy Campaign Manager of Greenpeace Indonesia, Iqbal Damanik, and a content creator, Yansen, visited the National Police's Criminal Investig
January 9, 2026
Jakarta – Terror and intimidation have long been part of Indonesian politics, including during the relatively democratic period following the downfall of the New Order authoritarian reg
January 8, 2026
On 7 December 2025, at approximately 10:40 am, police officers forcibly detained indigenous environmental and land-rights defender, Mr Stenly Dambujai, outside the Divine Mercy (Kerahim
January 3, 2026
Singgih Wiryono, Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – Influencers, activists and even university professors have been targeted in a series of terror attacks.
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Human Rights Natalius Pigai has addressed the recent wave of terror targeting influencers.
January 2, 2026
Ananda Teresia – A Molotov cocktail was thrown at the home of an Indonesian government critic, while others have received intimidating messages, rights campaigners said on Friday, warni
Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – Greenpeace Indonesia is preparing to report an alleged act of intimidation against one of its senior campaigners, following what the organization describ
M. Raihan Muzzaki, Jakarta – The Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, views the new Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) and Penal Code (KUHP) as flawed laws.
January 1, 2026
Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, said that a series of attacks on activists and social media influencers have a co
Singgih Wiryono, Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that the new Criminal Code (KUHP) and the Criminal Proced
Winda Nelfira, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia has highlighted the series of terror attacks at the end of 2025 that befell Greenpeace Indonesia activist Iqbal Damanik and infl
December 31, 2025
At the end of 2025 as we welcome the New Year, grief and sorrow have added to the lengthy kaleidoscope of evils and incompetence inflicted by the administration of President Prabowo Sub
Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Constitutional law lecturer Herdiansyah Hamzah of Mulawarman University has warned that a recent wave of threats and intimidation targeting activists, content
Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator for External Affairs at Kontras, warns of a growing pattern to silence critics through terror under President Prabowo Subiant
Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – As 2025 draws to a close, a troubling pattern of intimidation has emerged in Indonesia, targeting activists, influencers, artists, and journalists who h
December 30, 2025
Jakarta – A chicken carcass was sent to the home of Greenpeace Indonesia Climate and Energy Campaign Manager Iqbal Damanik on Tuesday December 30.
Jakarta – Four defendants who are being tried in Jakarta on charges of allegedly inciting the August 2025 demonstrations plan to go on a hunger strike until the entire trial process con
Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Campaign Manager for Climate and Energy at Greenpeace Indonesia, Iqbal Damanik, received terror threats from an unknown person on Tuesday morning, De
December 29, 2025
Dinda Shabrina, Jakarta – Those who criticized the way floods were handled in Aceh, West Sumatra, and North Sumatra reportedly faced various forms of digital repression.
December 24, 2025
Jakarta – Former ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) employee Laras Faizati Khairunnisa, who is facing a one-year prison sentence for allegedly inciting the August protests, insis
December 22, 2025
Denpasar – The Bali Regional Police (Polda) have revealed that three of the four activists arrested in Bali last week have been released.
Jakarta – Several families of detainees involved in the August 2025 protests from North Jakarta filed a complaint over alleged criminalisation by the authorities with the National Human
December 19, 2025
Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Prosecutors from the Attorney General's Office (AGO) have indicted four activists arrested after the August nationwide unrest, accusing them of spreading social me
December 16, 2025
Eko Susanto, Magelang – The Magelang City District Police have arrested two Tidar University (Untidar) students and a Ruang Juang (Struggle Space) activist.
Larissa Huda, Jakarta – The first court hearing of three activists accused of inciting the August 2025 demonstrations was marked by symbolic action.
December 9, 2025
Adyaksa M, Poso – The detention of Kristian Toibo, a resident of Watutau Village in Lore Peore district, Poso regency, has sparked criticism from environmental activists.
November 27, 2025
Jakarta – Indonesian Centre for Environmental Law (ICEL) Executive Director Raynaldo G.
November 11, 2025
Eryanto Nugroho – The transfer of detained activists to the Jakarta High Prosecutor's Office on October 29 was marked by dramatic scenes.
October 30, 2025
Between 1 and 7 October 2025, Mrs Selly Selegani, a Papuan female human rights activist known for her advocacy against the Wabu Block gold mining project in Intan Jaya Regency, was subj
October 29, 2025
Fia Hamid-Walker – On 8 October 2025, the Cibinong District Court made a significant decision, dismissing a plantation firm's civil suit against two Bogor Agriculture Institute (IPB) pr
October 27, 2025
Responding to the verdict of the South Jakarta District Court judge on the pre-trial motion by a number of activists against the legal actions of the Metro Jaya Jakarta Regional Police
October 21, 2025
Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – Iqbal Ramadhan was taken aback when he received a summons from the Jakarta Metro Police in mid-September.
October 17, 2025
Rendy Tisna – A lower court in the Jakarta suburb of Bogor ruled in October in favor of environmental scientists Bambang Hero Sarahjo and Basuki Wasis, dismissing a lawsuit brought by B
October 7, 2025
Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – The South Jakarta District Court has set a preliminary hearing date for Lokataru Foundation Director Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah and three other suspec
September 23, 2025
Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta -The Jakarta Metropolitan Police (Polda Metro Jaya) have extended the detention of activist Delpedro Marhaen and several other suspects in an alleged incitement
September 16, 2025
Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Jakarta Metro Police are probing all Lokataru Foundation staff as witnesses in the alleged incitement case against its director, Delpedro Marhaen.
September 12, 2025
Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Brigadier General Freddy Ardianzah, Head of the Information Center for the Indonesian Military (TNI), stated that there are alleged criminal acts of defama
September 10, 2025
Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) Director Ardi Manto Adiputra reported alleged acts of terror against him to the Jakarta Metro Jaya Regional Police on Tuesday Septemb
Hans Nicholas Jong, Jakarta – The mysterious death of Vian Ruma, a 30-year-old activist opposing a geothermal project on Flores Island, has intensified calls for stronger protection of
Rhett Ayers Butler – He taught mathematics in a small state school on Flores and organized the parish youth group on weekends. Numbers ordered his days; community gave them purpose.
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – An environmental activist who has been advocating against geothermal development in East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) was found dead in a hut in Sikusama, Tonggo
September 9, 2025
Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has strongly criticised the efforts by the Indonesian Military (TNI) Cyber Unit to legally ensnare influencer Ferry Irwandi.
September 8, 2025
Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Commander of the Cyber Unit (Dansat) at the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI) Headquarters, Juinta Omboh Sembiring, suspects that influencer Ferry Irwand
September 6, 2025
Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) rejects the charges against activists who have been arrested for allegedly inciting students and children to take part in demonstration
