Jakarta (Antara) – At least 600 joint personnel from the Indonesian Military (TNI), the National Police (Polri), and Public Order Agency (Satpol PP) were deployed to secure four demonst
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December 12, 2022
September 24, 2022
Fajar Pebrianto, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo was working at the Bogor Presidential Palace during the mass protest staged by religious-based mass organization PA 212 in Jaka
September 23, 2022
Muhsin Sabilillah (Intern), Jakarta – The Metro Jaya Police Chief Inspector General Fadli Imran proposed for mass protests to be moved from public streets at West Medan Merdeka street t
September 6, 2022
Jakarta – Thousands of people rallied in Indonesia's biggest cities on Tuesday, seeking to pile pressure on the government to reverse its first subsidised fuel price hike in eight years
Edna Tarigan and Fadlan Syam, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers and students in Indonesia rallied on Tuesday demanding the government cancel fuel price hikes, a politically sensitive issue
Laborers and university students are staging protests throughout the country today, demanding the government reverse its subsidized fuel price hike.
September 5, 2022
Antara, Jakarta – Jakarta Deputy Governor Ahmad Riza Patria called on the people who are planning to hold protests against the increase in subsidized fuel prices not to commit anarchic
Erick Tanjung – Student groups in various parts of the country took to the streets on Monday September 5 to hold demonstrations protesting the recent fuel (BBM) price hike.
April 21, 2022
Jakarta – Protesters from the Indonesian Student Alliance (AMI) and the Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) say that the government of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo and Vice Presi
Antara, Jakarta – The National Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) personnel set up barbed wire barricades at the main gate of the House of Representatives (DPR) Building on Jalan Gatot Su
April 12, 2022
Jakarta – Student demonstrations have been held simultaneously in various parts of the country – from the west to the east – rejecting the discourse on postponing the 2024 elections and
July 24, 2021
Yerica Lai, Jakarta – Police set out barbed wire and concrete barricades around the Presidential Palace in Central Jakarta on Saturday in an effort to tighten security after calls for a
December 2, 2020
Irfan Kamil, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia says that the police committed acts of violence when securing the protest actions against the Draft Omnibus Law on Job Creation in
November 17, 2020
Jakarta – Hundreds of workers and students from the Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) began moving off from the House of Representatives (DPR) parliamentary complex in Jakarta to
Jakarta – Hundreds of workers from the Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) have begun packing the area near the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta in a follow up ac
November 10, 2020
Jakarta – On Tuesday November 10 an alliance of social organisation grouped under the Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) held a long-march from the International Labour Organisati
Jakarta – A protest action opposing Law Number 11/2020 on Job Creation took place in the Medan Merdeka area of Central Jakarta on the afternoon of Tuesday November 10.
November 9, 2020
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October 29, 2020
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairwoman Megawati Soekarnoputri has taken a jab at the country's millennials, questioning their contribution t
October 28, 2020
Friski Riana, Jakarta – Coinciding with the Youth Pledge Day [Sumpah Pemuda], the labor unions GEBRAK and the Indonesian People's Faction (FRI) announced to hold a rally at Central Jaka
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM SI) is set to hold another round of protests against the omnibus law on job creation on Wed
Jakarta – Labor unions and university students have once again taken to the streets in Jakarta to protest against the Job Creation Law, this time expressing their discontent in conjunct
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Hundreds of students held a demonstration against the Omnibus Law of the Job Creation Law in the Arjuna Wiwaha Horse Statue area, at Jalan Merdeka Barat, Centra
October 23, 2020
Rosa Folia – Under a scorching sun, thousands of students and workers gathered in the Indonesian capital Jakarta this week to demand President Joko Widodo withdraw a controversial Jobs
October 22, 2020
Jakarta – Workers and students are expected to stage another rally in front of Merdeka Palace, Central Jakarta, on Thursday as protests against the omnibus law on job creation enter the
October 21, 2020
Jakarta – A series of demonstrations around the country against the recently enacted Omnibus Law on Job Creation took place on Tuesday October 20 to coincide with the first year of Pres
Ghina Ghaliya, Jon Afrizal and Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta, Jambi and Medan – Thousands of students and members of labor unions took to the streets again on Tuesday to continue voicing opp
October 20, 2020
Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Thousands of students from the National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM SI) are set to take to the streets again on Tuesday to demand th
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Ghina Ghaliya, Jakarta – Experts and activists have called for a larger civil movement and collective civil disobedience to convey public distrust in the government following the passag
October 19, 2020
Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry has announced that 123 college students across the country were tested positive for COVID-19 after taking part in protests against the Job C
October 17, 2020
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – Thousands of students from the National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM SI) staged another round of protests on Friday to demand that Pr
October 16, 2020
Jakarta – Security authorities have deployed 18,000 personnel to beef up security amid the continuing protests against the controversial Job Creation Law by university students in Centr
James Balowski – Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Indonesia last week in a series of angry and sometimes violence protests against the passage of the government's
Yudha Baskoro – Hundreds of students defied the rain on Friday as they conducted a peace protest against the recently-adopted job creation law, demanding that the law be abolished.
October 15, 2020
Jakarta – Muhammadiyah, one of Indonesia's largest Muslim organizations, has criticized what it called an excessive use of force by police officers against people protesting against the
October 13, 2020
Jakarta (Reuters) – Hundreds of workers riding motorbikes and waving flags held a rally in the Indonesian capital Jakarta yesterday, as protests calling on President Joko Widodo to repe
Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – Democrat Party Chairman and former Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) in Monday's virtual talk show uploaded in his Youtube channel addressed the
Jakarta – Trade unions and social organisations again held protest actions against the Omnibus Law on Job Creation on Monday October 12.
Jakarta – The National Police on Monday deployed around 7,500 Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers to ensure public safety and security in Jakarta amid continuing protests against the newly
Alya Nurbaiti, Jakarta – What began as a peaceful protest against the Job Creation Law turned into riots on Tuesday as violent opposition to the controversial law continued in the capit
Pipin Jamson – After three days of smaller actions, on October 8 larger demonstrations exploded in scores of cities and towns in Indonesia, including the capital Jakarta and the other m
October 12, 2020
Agustinus Beo Da Costa, Jakarta – Hundreds of workers riding motorbikes and waving flags held a rally in the Indonesian capital Jakarta on Monday, as protests calling on President Joko
Rizki Fachriansyah and Jon Afrizal, Jakarta and Jambi – Members of labor unions and the general public have once again taken to the streets nationwide to protest the controversial Job C
Edward Aspinall – The last week has seen a wave of huge protests around Indonesia against the new so-called omnibus law – a massive law that amends 79 existing statutes and is touted by
October 11, 2020
Alya Nurbaiti and Ardila Syakriah, Jakarta – The Education and Culture Ministry's Higher Education directorate general issued a circular on Friday calling on university students not to
October 10, 2020
Jakarta – The National Police have denied a claim made by Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) accusing the force of allocating hundreds of billions of rupiah to make preparations for prote
Budi Sutrisno, Jakarta – Activists have accused the police of using excessive force against protesters and journalists during Thursday's protests against the omnibus Job Creation Law, w
Jakarta (Bloomberg, Reuters) – Indonesia's police detained thousands of people protesting against the newly passed omnibus law, according to state news agency Antara, amid concerns that
Arya Dipa, Bambang Muryanto and Aman Rochman, Bandung, Yogyakarta and Malang – Clashes between protesters and the police continued for a third day on Friday, as cities throughout the co