Index: ASA 21/031/2012

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar lampung – An angry crowd burned down a police station in Pesawaran regency, Lampung, at 2 a.m.

Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has requested that the security forces not be arrogant in continuing to chase, arrest and interrogate people who do not know anything

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A crowd on Monday went on the rampage at the Pancur Batu District Prosecutor's Office in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, following the death of a detainee who was

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar Lampung – Thousands of residents from 11 villages rallied outside the local office of state-owned plantation firm PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) VII Bunga Mayan

Jakarta – Hundreds of people blockaded the toll road serving Jakarta-Bekasi near the Jatibening toll road entrance and set a pickup, owned by state toll road operator PT Jasa Marga, on

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar Lampung – The Lampung Coastal Care Community Alliance (AMPPL) has increased its protest over the construction of a terminal and coal stockpile area on the Panja

Ulma Haryanto & Jonathan Vit – As a capital city and seat of government, Jakarta attracts frequent protests, for better or for worse.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Sand field farmers in Kulonprogo, Yogyakarta, are strongly opposed to a plan proposed by the provincial administration to open an iron-sand mining project

Denpasar – Indonesian students and a sister community in Melbourne, Australia, staged a rally in support of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) at Federation Square in Denpasar

Jakarta – Hundreds of farmers from the Indonesian Tobacco Growers Association (APTI) rallied against a draft regulation on tobacco on Tuesday, further fouling congestion in several area

Yogyakarta – Scores of activists from the Yogyakarta Women's Network (JPY) in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta demonstrated at the regional police headquarters on Tuesday July 3.

Bandung – Dozens of university students in Bandung, West Java, staged a rally against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, whom they accused of failing to eradicate corruption.

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, West Kutai, East Kalimantan – Thousands of residents in two West Kutai villages are protesting efforts by a palm oil firm to clear land for a plantation, argui

A rally has been held in New Zealand in response to recent violence in Indonesia's West Papua region including the alleged shooting of the pro-independence leader Mako Tabuni last week.

Ainur Rohmah, Semarang – Two activists wearing Sumatran tiger costumes along with several members of Greenpeace visited a KFC fast food restaurant on Jl.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – With a month to go before gold mine company PT Agincourt Resources starts production on a 1,639 square-kilometer plot of land in South Tapanuli regency, North S

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandar lampung – Thousands of farmers from four districts in Ogan Ilir regency, South Sumatra, staged a rally in front of local police headquarters on Wednesday, prote

Banda Aceh – Dozens of university students here joined in a "Rejecting Corruptors Community" rally on Saturday, a protest directed against the visit of Democratic Party chairman Anas Ur

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – The work of the Mesuji regency administration in Lampung province ground to a halt on Friday after the regent's building was burned down by an angry mo

Hundreds of Indonesians staged a rally in front of the Malaysian Embassy in Jakarta on Thursday, urging the Malaysian government to investigate local police who shot and killed three In

Surabaya – Around 500 residents from Banjarasri village and surrounding villages in Tanggulangin district in Sidoarjo, East Java, rallied Wednesday against Lapindo Brantas Inc.'s plan t

Akhirul Anwar/JIBI, Jogja – Scores of people from the United People's Committee (KBR) held an action in front of the Beringharjo Market on Jl.

Medan – Hundreds of traders at the Petisah Market in Medan, North Sumatra, went on strike in protest over alleged rampant illegal fees and discrimination by the market's management.

Indra Harsaputra, Sidoarjo – Victims of the hot mudflow disaster in Sidoarjo, East Java, are once again demanding that Lapindo Brantas Inc.

Sidoarjo – Minarak Lapindo Jaya (MLJ), the Bakrie company handling the Lapindo mudflow, says that it has yet to pay Rp 1.023 trillion (US$127 million) in compensation for victims of the

Surabaya – A rally staged by thousands of citizens affected by the Lapindo mudflow in East Java turned violent when protestors clashed with police officers on Monday.

Jakarta – In democracy, everyone has the right to speak out, including elementary students.

Demonstrations were held in Jayapura on April 5 in support of a groundbreaking conference held in The Hague, The Netherlands, to examine pathways to the reinstatement of the New Guinea

Dozens of student demonstrators pelted the office of gold miner Newmont Nusa Tenggara on Monday over a recent court ruling allowing it to continue dumping tailings in Senunu Bay in West

Makassar – Students in the city took to the streets on Tuesday in protest at the planned increase in fuel prices on April 1.

Medan – The police forcefully dispersed a massive rally by public minivan drivers in Medan, North Sumatra, on Monday as it was held without a permit.

Hundreds of demonstrators in Ambon, Maluku, came close to blows with members of the provincial legislature on Thursday.

Jakarta/Mataram – After a series of deadly incidents and demonstrations across the country, which mostly pitted locals against mining and plantation firms backed by the police and milit

Panca Nugraha, Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara – Around 150 university students, activists and farmers grouped under the People's Coalition of West Nusa Tenggara staged a rally on Thursday

Ezra Sihite & Bayu Marhaenjati – A large rally against the abuse of landowners' rights outside the House of Representatives building in Jakarta turned rowdy on Thursday when the cro

Hasyim Widhiarto, Jakarta – On a breezy, cloudy Tuesday afternoon, 45-year-old Yahya Hasan was trying to comfort his wife, Purwati, 47, who lay weak beside him under a makeshift tent er

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of people occupied the governor's office in Medan on Tuesday, prompting an end to administrative activities and throwing city thoroughfares into total

Jakarta – Residents living along Jl.

Jakarta – Three university students were admitted to hospital due to injuries received after allegedly being beaten by police dispersing a demonstration on Saturday.

Agus Triyono – Thousands of university students from across Jakarta are expected to hold a rally on Saturday calling for President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to step down in response to t

Zaky Pawas – Several police officers were injured and 10 students from Bung Karno University were arrested after an antigovernment rally in Central Jakarta turned to chaos on Wednesday.

Jakarta – Ten students from Bung Karno University remain in detention at Jakarta Police headquarters on Thursday after a rally turned violent.

Ulma Haryanto – After dying from burns sustained when he set himself on fire in an apparent protest at the Presidential Palace, Sondang Hutabarat is becoming a rallying point for moveme

Jakarta – The death of Sondang Hutagalung, a student who set himself on fire in an anti-government protest, has sparked an online movement to make him an icon for an antigraft movement.

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Some hundred workers in Medan, North Sumatra staged a rally on Saturday, calling on the government to address their rights and curb human rights violations.

Jakarta – An 22-year-old Indonesian man has died after setting himself on fire near the presidential palace, according to police, in what is believed to be the country's first self-immo

Nani Farida, Jakarta – Democratic Party chairman Anas Urbaningrum became the target of protesters as demonstrators rallied for World Anticorruption Day in several cities across Indonesi

Ulma Haryanto, Agus Triyono & Zaky Pawas – Slowly, the identity of the man believed to have set himself on fire in front of the Presidential Palace on Wednesday is being revealed.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Commemorating International Anti-Corruption Day, which falls Friday, hundreds of university students in Makassar staged rallies on Thursday, demanding that t