Indonesia

October 2025

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 19, 2025

Irfan Kamil, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Muhammad Isnur has criticised the upholding of human rights and democracy in the first year of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice Pre

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – October 15, 2025

Jakarta – The Jakarta Metro Jaya Regional Police (Polda Metro Jaya) is collaborating with a number of social or mass organisations (ormas) to help maintain security and order in Jakarta.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – October 15, 2025

Jakarta – A group of mothers, young people and women who are members of the Voices of Indonesian Mothers (Suara Ibu Indonesia) are urging the government to halt the free nutritious meals (MBG) program following cases of mass poisoning in various regions.

Analysis/Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 14, 2025

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – The Rose Team (Tim Mawar), which was a small team created by the Army's Special Forces (Kopassus) Command Group IV in 1998, apparently still leaves traces to this day.

News/Indonesia
Detik News – October 12, 2025

Taufiq Syarifudin, Jakarta – A number of people held a Defend Palestine action at the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta on Sunday October 12. They continue to call for Palestinian independence through these actions.

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 11, 2025

Mohamad Bintang Pamungkas, Jakarta – Mobile coffee sellers in Jakarta now have a new role as part of the city's security strategy. Jakarta Metro Jaya Regional Police (Kapolda) Chief Inspector General Asep Edi Suheri says that traders can not only sell coffee, but can also be the "eyes and ears" of the police in the field.

Statements/Indonesia
Joint Statement – October 9, 2025

On October 4, as many as 27 detainees at the Metro Jaya Regional Police (Polda) Detention Centre in Jakarta formed a union called the Indonesian Political Prisoners Union (Serikat Tahanan Politik, STP). They formed the union after one of the detainees experienced torture at the detention centre.

Statements/Indonesia
Kontras Press Release – October 7, 2025

Jakarta – A number of inter-band musicians and people's movement networks have declared their solidarity with the pro-democracy activists who are still being detained by police, four of which are Delpedro Marhaen, Syahdan Husein, Muzaffar S

News/Indonesia
Detik News – October 7, 2025

Jakarta – A number of people held a demonstration in front of the United States Embassy in Central Jakarta today where they called for Palestinian independence and opposed the Israeli genocide in Gaza.

Statements/Indonesia
Kontras Press Release – October 6, 2025

60 years ago, Lieutenant General Suharto and the Army under his command began the massacre and extermination of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). The reason was that the PKI was accused of carrying out the murder of several of Army generals and a coup against the Indonesian government.