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Criminalisation & Attacks on Activism

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March 14, 2026

Tempo - March 14, 2026

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan has urged President Prabowo Subianto to pay close attention to the acid

Tempo - March 14, 2026

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The International NGO Forum on Indonesian Development (INFID) has strongly condemned the acid attack on Andrie Yunus, deputy coordinator of the Commission f

Tempo - March 14, 2026

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has urged the Indonesian National Police (Polri) to swiftly solve the case of the acid attack on Commission for Mi

Tempo - March 14, 2026

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Former Indonesian Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) investigator Novel Baswedan has suggested that the acid attack on human rights activist Andrie Yunus

Tempo - March 14, 2026

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders, Mary Lawlor, has urged Indonesia to investigate the acid attack on Andrie

March 13, 2026

Jakarta Globe - March 13, 2026

Muhammad Aulia, Jakarta – Police are investigating an acid attack on Andrie Yunus, deputy coordinator of the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence, or KontraS, and are

Tempo - March 13, 2026

Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Deputy External Affairs Coordinator of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS) Andrie Yunus was attacked with acid by unidentifie

Amnesty International Indonesia Press Release - March 13, 2026

Responding to an acid attack on human rights activist Andrie Yunus in Jakarta, Amnesty International Indonesia's executive director Usman Hamid said:

CNN Indonesia - March 13, 2026

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition strongly condemns and calls for a thorough investigation into the acid attack on Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) D

GEBRAK Statement - March 13, 2026

The Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) strongly condemns the acid attack on Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator Andrie Yunus that o

Tempo - March 13, 2026

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has condemned the acid attack against Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator for External Affairs of

Civil Society Coalition Statement - March 13, 2026

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition condemns and strongly criticises the acid attack on Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator Andrie Yunu

March 9, 2026

Amnesty International Indonesia Press Release - March 9, 2026

Responding to the acquittal of four activists accused by authorities of inciting people to commit violent acts during the August 2025 protests, Amnesty International Indonesia's Executi

March 6, 2026

CNN Indonesia - March 6, 2026

Jakarta – Lokataru Foundation Director Delpedro Marhaen is asking the state to restore the honour and dignity of himself and his three colleagues after a panel of judges at the Central

Tempo - March 6, 2026

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) appreciates the decision of the Central Jakarta District Court judges to acquit Delpedro Marhaen and three other activ

February 27, 2026

Amnesty International Press Release - February 27, 2026

Responding to the sentence demands of the public prosecutor against Delpedro Marhaen and his three colleagues in the incitement case related to the August 2025 mass protests being heard

CNN Indonesia - February 27, 2026

Jakarta – Lokataru Foundation Director Delpedro Marhaen has questioned the legal proceedings against the police officers who killed an online motorbike taxi driver (ojek) named Affan Ku

Tempo - February 27, 2026
Nabiila Azzahra, Jakarta – Prosecutors have demanded two-year prison sentences for four defendants linked to the August 2025 demonstrations, including Delpedro Marhaen Rismansyah.

The de

February 19, 2026

Kompas.id - February 19, 2026

Nino Citra Anugrahanto – The mass arrest of protesters in August 2025 is considered to be have been a large-scale operation to silence pro-democracy activists.

February 14, 2026

CNN Indonesia - February 14, 2026

Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) says that the panel of judges at the Central Jakarta District Court have granted a request for a transfer of detention for three

February 6, 2026

Kompas.com - February 6, 2026

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – A number of University of Indonesia (UI) students have reported allegations of terror and the distribution of personal data (doxing) to t

February 4, 2026

Tempo - February 4, 2026

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesian influencer Abil Sudarman experienced a cyberattack after creating a video criticizing a job posting by the Ministry of Communication and Digital

January 20, 2026

Harian Bogor Raya - January 20, 2026

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

January 16, 2026

Agence France-Presse - January 16, 2026

Jakarta – An Indonesian court found a woman guilty of incitement on Jan.

International joint statement - January 16, 2026

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

Kompas.com - 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

January 15, 2026

Tempo - 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

Kompas.com - 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

Tempo - January 14, 2026

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 Post Editorial - 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

Human Rights Monitor - 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

Tempo - January 3, 2026

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Indonesian Minister of Human Rights Natalius Pigai has addressed the recent wave of terror targeting influencers.

Kompas.com - January 3, 2026

Singgih Wiryono, Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – Influencers, activists and even university professors have been targeted in a series of terror attacks.

January 2, 2026

Tempo - January 2, 2026

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.

The Independent (UK) - 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

Tempo - January 2, 2026

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

January 1, 2026

Liputan6 - January 1, 2026

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

Tempo - 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

Kompas.com - January 1, 2026

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

December 31, 2025

Tempo - December 31, 2025

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

Tempo - December 31, 2025

Hendrik Yaputra, Jakarta – Constitutional law lecturer Herdiansyah Hamzah of Mulawarman University has warned that a recent wave of threats and intimidation targeting activists, content

Joint Statement - 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

Tempo - December 31, 2025

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

December 30, 2025

CNN Indonesia - 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.

CNN Indonesia - December 30, 2025

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

Tempo - December 30, 2025

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

Tempo - 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

CNN Indonesia - 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

CNN Indonesia - December 22, 2025

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

CNN Indonesia - 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.