Protests & Popular Resistance

March 2025

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – March 20, 2025

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The protests launched by the public did not deter the House of Representatives (DPR) from passing the Draft Law on the Indonesian Military (RUU TNI) into law.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – March 20, 2025

Jakarta – The wave of protest actions opposing revisions to Law Number 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (UU TNI) or the Draft Law on the TNI (RUU TNI) spread to a number of regions in Indonesia last week.

News/Indonesia
Tempo – March 2, 2025

Shinta Maharani, Amirullah, Yogyakarta – Dark Indonesia demonstrations were held by the Indonesian diaspora in the cities of Melbourne and Berlin on Saturday March 1.

February 2025

News/Indonesia
Kedai Pena – February 27, 2025

Arjuno Welirang – Hundreds of professors, academics, students and civil society activists gathered at the University of Indonesia (UI) Salemba campus in Jakarta on Thursday February 27 to issue the "Second Salemba Call, Free Indonesia from Darkness".

News/Indonesia
Fortune Indonesia – February 24, 2025

Farid Nurhakim, Jakarta – Not only have they come from inside the country, but statements of support for the Dark Indonesia (#IndonesiaGelap) actions have also come from Indonesian students studying overseas.

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas.id – February 23, 2025

Poki: Dad, this is my evaluation of your performance as a father...

Father: Were the results satisfactory?

Poki: Grim! Dark! Mom's authoritarian! My pocket money's been cut! The food isn't tasty! Snacks are hard to come by. I've even been ordered not to come back if I run away!

Analysis/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – February 22, 2025

Jakarta – A wave of demonstrations involving students and civil society organisations titled "Dark Indonesia" took place in a number of regions, including Jakarta, between Monday February 17 and Friday February 21.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – February 21, 2025

Protesters began gathering at Taman Ismail Marzuki (TIM) arts and cultural centre in Cikini on Friday afternoon, February 21, ahead of the climax of the Dark Indonesia actions at the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – February 21, 2025

Jakarta – Hundreds of students from a Dark Indonesia protest action were still standing in front of the West Java Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) building in the provincial capital of Bandung on Friday February 21 even though it was raining in the area.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – February 21, 2025

Jakarta – "Dark Indonesia" (Indonesia Gelap) student actions have again hit the streets on Thursday February 20 in a number of regions around the country after the first, second and third day of demonstrations on Monday February 17, Tuesday February 18 and Wednesday February 19.