Arientha Primanita & Markus Junianto Sihaloho – Despite a new promise from the home affairs minister to send a long-delayed bill on village governance to the legislature, village ch

Banyumas – Around 400 hawkers protested the decision of railway company PT KAI to ban them from operating inside trains, saying that the decision would foster unemployment.

Medan – Hundreds of drivers of motor-powered tricycles, locally known as becak motor, staged a rally at the municipal office against what they claimed was discriminatory treatment by th

Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Michelle Natalie – Thousands of village chiefs protesting at the House of Representatives say they won't leave for at least a week to force the government

Gede Suardana, Denpasar – A protest action against the 19th ASEAN Summit in Balinese provincial capital of Denpasar on Friday November 18 was marred by a scuffle between police and demo

Hundreds of members of the Islamic hard-line group Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia demonstrated against the imminent arrival in Bali of US President Barack Obama at the Hotel Indonesia traffic

Jayapura – Thousands of protesters staged a pro-independence rally in Indonesia's restive and resource-rich Papua region Monday demanding a referendum for self-determination.

North Maluku students demonstrated outside the Ternate mayor's office on Monday demanding the resignation of Deputy Mayor Arifin Djafar after he was recently photographed clubbing in a

Hundreds of Islamists rallied in Central Jakarta on Sunday to protest against this week's visit by US President Barack Obama.

Banjir Ambarita, Ezra Sihite & Ririn Radiawati Kusuma – Police have set a deadline of today for thousands of striking workers at Freeport-McMoRan's giant gold and copper mine in Pap

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of people from traditional communities in North Sumatra rallied at the governor's office in Medan on Monday, demanding the return of customary land se

Maumere – Hundreds of people, including dozens of Catholic priests in Maumere diocese, rallied in front of the Sikka Legislative Council in Maumere, Flores, East Nusa Tenggara, on Monda

Markus Junianto Sihaloho – The bashing of an unarmed student protestor by presidential guards has been decried by civil society organizations that say the incident casts doubt on the gu

Yuli Krisna – Presidential guards were once again found wanting after the second security breach this week allowed a student protester to rush toward Vice President Boediono.

Maumere – A group of students staged a hunger strike in front of the Maumere Legislative Council's building in East Nusa Tenggara on Thursday, protesting alleged embezzlement of social

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Hundreds of students from universities and NGOs in Makassar, South Sulawesi, commemorated Youth Pledge Day on Friday by conducting demonstrations.

A number of UNCEN student organisations along with the KNPB, the National Committee for West Papua, have announced the establishment of a movement to oppose Freeport.

Indonesia's Presidential Guard tackled and appeared to punch and kick a student on Friday as he attempted to protest against the government's increasingly dismal record fighting against

Agus Triyono – A group called on Indonesians to occupy the Freeport office in Jakarta and demand the deportation of foreign workers from the country.

Jakarta – Protesters from Jakarta to Makasssar took to the streets Wednesday to mark the end the first year of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's second term in office.

Jakarta – The Occupy Jakarta movement inspired by Occupy Wall Street in New York continues to reverberate with no end in sight in the midst of the controversy surrounding the cabinet re

Elizabeth Oktofani – Following Wednesday's violent government crackdown on a peaceful pro-independence rally in Jayapura, some pro-Indonesian Papuan activists are saying the rally's tru

Banjir Ambarita, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Ezra Sihite – Six people have been found dead a day after security officers fired shots while breaking up a pro-independence rally in Pap

Apriadi Gunawan, Rizal Harahap and Arya Dipa, Medan/Pekanbaru/Bandung – Students from across the country took to the streets on Thursday to protest "President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's

Syahrul Hidayat, Palembang – Student activists from the Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI) held an action to commemorate the second year of the administration of President

Hasbi, Samarinda – Actions today commemorating the second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono were not just held at the St

Muhammad Aminudin, Malang – The second year of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono's administration was commemorated by students in the East Java city o

Makassar – Hundreds of students from the Anti-DPR Budget Committee Front held a protest action underneath the Makassar flyover in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar on Th

Fatkhurrohman Taufiq and Hari Tri Wasono, Surabaya – The second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono was commemorated with

Triono Wahyu Sudibyo, Semarang – Hundreds of students in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang held a protest action on Thursday October 20 to mark the second year of Presiden

Syamsul Hadi and Marcus Suprihadi, Jember – The second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono was marked by a protest action by sco

Faiq Rhesa, Cirebon – Around 20 students from the Reformasi Student Front (FMR) blockaded Java's northern coast road at the intersection of Jl. Brigjend Darsono and Jl.

Muchus Budi R., Solo – The Greater Solo Indonesian Muslim Students Action Front (KAMMI) called for the resignation of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boedion

Rudy Polycarpus, Jakarta – Commemorating the second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono, around 500 students from the Nati

Ari Saputra, Jakarta – A protest action commemorating the second year of the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono ended in chaos after

E Mei Amelia R and Ari Saputra, Jakarta - Two demonstrators from the University of Indonesia (UI) Student Action Front (FAM) were assaulted during a scuffle with police at the Hotel Ind

Anita Rachman – It's official. Today marked the kick off of the Indonesian version of Occupy Wall Street: Occupy Jakarta.

Jakarta – In concert with the Occupy Wall Street movement that is calling for reforms to the United States' economic policies, a similar movement has emerged in Indonesia.

Andri Yudhistira, Jakarta – A number of people in the name of "Occupy Jakarta" protested in front of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) on Jl. Sudirman in Jakarta on October 19.

Jakarta – Scores of people attended the "Occupy Jakarta" protest action on the grounds of the Jakarta Stock Exchange (JSX) building on Wednesday October 19.

Anita Rachman – An Indonesian version of the Occupy Wall Street movement that went global over the weekend might gain supporters, activists and observers say, if only its organizers cou

Jakarta – Issues concerning the Malaysia-Indonesia border in West Kalimantan which were played up by the Indonesian media, caused a group of Indonesians to stage a demonstration outside

Jakarta – Thousands of Papuans rallied in front of the Papuan People's Assembly in Abepura, Jayapura, on Tuesday, demanding a referendum on the province's independence from Indonesia.

On Tuesday, a group of farmers protested in front of the Trade Ministry in Jakarta against the arrival of imported potatoes that they say were having a detrimental impact on sales of ho

Jakarta – Members of the Islamic Student Assocation (HMI) clashed with riot police during a rally in front of the Kediri Regional Representatives Council (DPD) office on Thursday.

Fitri R., Mataram – Lombok International Airport has only been up and running for three days and has already seen its first protest.

Jakarta – Officers from the National Police and Indonesian Military (TNI) are standing by on the Porong highway in anticipation of a rally by Lapindo mudflow disaster victims from 45 ne

Jakarta – A protest involving hundreds of mudflow disaster victims from Besuki, Kedungcangkring and Pejarakan villages in Sidoarjo, East Java, has brought work to a halt at the Lapindo

Dozens of pretty young women dressed in shorts and T-shirts arrived at Corruption Eradication Commission headquarters on Monday to support an unlikely cause – the House of Representativ

Bambang Muryanto and Yemris Fointuna, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of sex workers took to the streets of Yogyakarta on Monday, demanding that the government take serious action to curb the spr