Indonesia

August 2025

Statements/Indonesia
Amnesty Press Release – August 15, 2025

More than 900 people have been indicted using the rubber (catchall) articles under the Information and Electronic Transaction (ITE) Law and the Criminal Code (KUHP) over the last eight years said Amnesty International Indonesia today in its reflection on

News/Indonesia
Tempo – August 15, 2025

Oyuk Ivani Siagian, Febriyan – Amnesty International Indonesia has recorded that 145 Papuan and Maluku activists were convicted for makar (treason, subversion, rebellion) between January 2019 and 2025.

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – August 15, 2025

Kiki Safitri, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – Human rights activist and the wife of renowned human rights defender Munir Said Talib, Suciwati, has emphasised that despite two decades passing, there has yet to be any certainty over Munir's assassination.

Statements/Indonesia
AKSI Press Release – August 14, 2025

Welcoming 80 years of Indonesian independence, the Indonesian History Transparency Alliance (AKSI) has warned of the dangers of a "national decline".

News/Indonesia
Tempo – August 13, 2025

Eka Yudha Saputra, Devy Ernis – The decision by Pati Regent Sudewo to increase rural and urban land and building tax (PBB-P2) rates was met with a demonstration by thousands of residents on Wednesday August 13.

Statements/Indonesia
Kontras Statement – August 12, 2025

The Civil Society Coalition Against Impunity condemns the awarding of a four-star honorary general rank on Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin.

Statements/Indonesia
Press Release – August 11, 2025

In the lead up to the first year of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto, civil-military relations in Indonesia are showing a setback.

Cartoons/Indonesia
Tempo – August 11, 2025

The Indonesian Military (TNI) under the administration of President Prabowo Subianto is growing bigger. The Army (TNI AD) now has 21 Regional Military Commands (Kodam) from the previous 15 throughout Indonesia.

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas.id – August 10, 2025

Onlooker: If you want to install the One Piece flag please go ahead, this is a democratic country, that's freedom of expression.

Government official: Careful, you could be charged with treason.

Father: That authoritarian, arbitrary and corrupt regime is only in your favourite anime, right? It's not a real country? Yeah.

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas Newspaper – August 9, 2025

Rocket cone reads 5.12%

Black smoke reads: Tax revenue down, automotive sales weak, sluggish bank loans, wave of layoffs, tariff hikes