1. June 9-10 2010 open forum convened by the MRP and Traditional Papuan people. Consensus reached that Otsus has "totally failed".

Jayapura – Thousands of Papuans rallied on Thursday to urge the provincial legislature to demand a referendum on self-determination, and reject the region's special autonomy within Indo

Arientha Primanita – A protest on Wednesday by about 200 angry contract teachers in front of City Hall turned ugly after they claimed they were being ignored and began throwing pots and

Rana Akbari Fitriawan and Panca Nugraha, Bandung/Mataram – Hundreds of workers took to the streets in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday to reject the central government's plan to raise ele

Jakarta Globe – Two groups with two distinct messages are currently protesting outside National Police headquarters as celebrity Luna Maya undergoes questioning in relation to the Peter

Alie Usman, Jakarta – Scores of demonstrators from the group Solidarity for Papua (SUP) that had gathered at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Monday June 28, end

Yogyakarta – Scores of Papuans from the group Solidarity for Papua (SUP) held a protest action at the Yogyakarta monument in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Monday June 21.

Yogyakarta – Activists from the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan, formerly LMND-PRD) opposing planned increases to the basic electricity rate (TDL) next July

Mojokerto – Scores of activists from the Independent Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggle (FNBPI-Independent) held a protest action and distributed leaflets in front of the Moj

Jakarta – Dozens of activists from various cities staged a rally at the Proklamasi Monument in Central Jakarta on Saturday to oppose a government plan to build nuclear power plants.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – About 200 activists of Islamic groups rallied outside the National Police Headquarters in South Jakarta on Friday, demanding dissolution of the counterterror

Lia Harahap, Jakarta – Three people wearing masks with pictures of pigs on them brought a clay earthen pitcher. They also waved monopoly money in the air.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) alleges that land grabs by large-scale plantation companies are leading to rapid environmental degradation in West Kalimantan.

Yogyakarta – Demonstrators from the People's Challenge Alliance (ARM) held a protest action at the University of Gajah Mada (UGM) traffic circle in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta o

Reza Yunanto, Jakarta – Anti-Israeli demonstration will continue to rock the capital city today.

Semarang (Central Java) – Dozens of students protested against the humanitarian aid group attack, demanding the UN Security Council stop Israeli aggression.

Mataram – Violence triggered by constant rolling blackouts have prompted the authority of state-owned electricity company PT PLN in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) to turn to the police for pr

Amir Tejo, Mojokerto (East Java) – Activists involved in a protest last week in Mojokerto, East Java, claim that the organized mob that turned the rally violent and attacked police and

Amir Tejo, Mojokerto (East Java) – At least 19 people were injured, 22 vehicles destroyed and a meeting room at the district legislature burned in organized rioting here on Friday that

A mob set cars alight and damaged the Regional Legislative Council (DPRD) building in Mojokerto, East Java on Friday.

Rana Akbari Fitriawan, Bandung – A hundred students staged a rally in front of the Bandung Institute of Technology (ITB) campus on Jl.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Dozens of high school and university students staged a joint protest to reject National Education Minister Muhammad Nuh's visit to Medan on Saturday.

Unruly teachers attempted to gain access to the House of Representatives compound on Wednesday by scaling the gate during a demonstration against poor working conditions.

Mega Putra Ratya, Jakarta – Around 200 people from the Indonesian People's Opposition Front (FOR Indonesia) held an action in which 100 candles were lit at the Hotel Indonesia traffic c

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Fourteen demonstrations are planned in Jakarta on Thursday, adding to already increased road congestion as a result of the ongoing police crackdown on traffic violations and private mot

Nurfika Osman – The case of two elderly widows threatened with eviction from their government-owned homes continues to draw the ire of citizens' groups, even as the government fails to

Rana Akbari Fitriawan, Bandung – Around 150 traders grouped under the association of traditional kiosks and markets (Pesat) staged a rally on Monday in Bandung, demanding the government

Semarang – Students affiliated with the Indonesian Muslim Students for Unitary Movement (KAMMI) demanded the police rid the system of case brokers, locally abbreviated as markus.

Clashes have broken out outside the headquarters of the Tangerang Public Order Agency in Banten during a demonstration by members of the Benteng Chinese community who are protesting aga

Ayu Cipta, Jakarta – Residents of Benteng, Tangerang used various ways to show their rejection of the eviction that will be carried out by the local police today.

Five demonstrations of unknown size are scheduled for Monday, adding to already congested roads following the long weekend.

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Malang, East Java – Student Executive Bodies of Muhammadiyah universities across the country staged a rally Wednesday in Malang, East Java, protesting the haram ed

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Heavy security by military and police during the President's brief visit did not stop a violent rally in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Tuesday.

Semarang, Central Java – Dozens of Sragen residents staged protest at Central Java Police headquarters in Semarang Monday, calling the police to investigate charges allegedly involving

Hamluddin, Bekasi – Around 300 street singers in Bekasi are demanding free health benefits from the local government.

Ulma Haryanto – Four jaipong dancers took to the stage in Central Jakarta on Sunday morning to show off a traditional dance they say is in peril because of a law that could restrict suc

Aidi Yursal, Medan – In a massive rally to defend the rights of Palestinians, thousands of supporters of the Islamic-based Prosperous Justice Party (PKS) protested here on Sunday, calli

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – With the Jakarta administration's deaf ear on the request to review its public order agency, a group of NGOs rallied Friday in front of the City Hall, Centra

Nurfika Osman & Camelia Pasandaran – As students continued to clash with police in Makassar on Friday after four officers were arrested the day before for attacking students, Nation

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Hundreds of students from several campuses clashed with police in Makassar on Wednesday and Thursday, leaving three police posts and the student organization

Batam, Riau Islands – Employees of PT Tri Karya Abadi (TKA), a bauxite mining company in Dompak, Tanjung Pinang, staged a protest at the Tanjung Pinang District Court demanding the comp

Jakarta – Around 5,000 of people gathered outside the East Java legislative council in Surabaya on Thursday in a show of support for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice Presiden

Student demonstrations were still ongoing at a number of universities in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Thursday, with students also damaging and blocking public roads.

Jakarta – Around 150 vendors from various traditional markets across the city rallied Tuesday at the City Council to protest the planned relocation of abattoirs.

Farouk Arnaz, Putri Prameshwari & Ulma Haryanto – With the controversial Bank Century bailout inquiry serving as backdrop, police went head to head with demonstrators as a confronta

Putri Prameshwari, Ulma Haryanto & Zaky Pawas – Teenager or housewife, anybody can get money and a free meal for joining a rally in Jakarta, to either yell, dance, sing or all of th

Putri Prameshwari & Ulma Haryanto – Fears of tear gas, water cannons and baton-wielding riot police weren't enough to stop determined protesters from drawing attention to their caus

While rallies have caused traffic chaos in the capital over the past two days as the House of Representatives deliberated over its investigation into the Bank Century bailout, for some

Jakarta – Hundreds of demonstrators rallied Monday outside the Public Works Ministry in South Jakarta to demand that corrupt officials be prosecuted for the loss of Rp 92 billion in sta