Students & Youth Activism

July 2024

News/West Papua
Jubi Papua – July 25, 2024

Pes Yanengga, Jayapura – The All-Papua Student Executive Council (BEM Se-Tanah Papua) Alliance has urged the Papua Regional Police Chief (Kapolda) and the Manokwari Municipal Police (Polresta) to immediately reveal the perpetrator of the shooting of the senior advocate and human rights activist

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – July 22, 2024

Jakarta – The All-Indonesia Student Executive Council (BEM SI) has given a score of 10 out of 100 for the last 10 years of President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's administration.

News/West Papua
Jubi Papua – July 10, 2024

Pes Yanengga, Jayapura – Papuan students have called on President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to immediately withdraw TNI (Indonesian military) and Polri (Indonesian police) troops from Puncak regency, Central Papua Province.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – July 8, 2024

Police arrested eight students after breaking up a protest action opposing the Public Housing Savings (Tapera) Program and several other anti-people policies at the Muhammadiyah University (Unismuh) in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar.

June 2024

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – June 10, 2024

Makassar – Protesters from the Greater Gowa branch of the Islamic Student Association (HMI) held a demonstration on Monday June 6 to oppose Government Regulation (PP) Number 21/2024 on Public Housing Savings (Tapera) in which they closed the Trans Sulawesi highway from late afternoon through to

May 2024

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – May 17, 2024

Jakarta – Students from the Trisakti University held a demonstration in the vicinity of the parliamentary complex in Central Jakarta on Friday May 17.

News/Indonesia
Rakyat Merdeka – May 10, 2024

Susilo Yekti – The increase in Single Tuition Fees (UKT) at a number of state universities (PTN) has and triggered a wave of protests by students and attracted attention from many parties who say that the increase is not pro-education.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – May 7, 2024

Bandung – The academic community from two universities in Bandung – the Aisyiyah University Bandung (Unisa) and the Muhammadiyah University Bandung (UMB) held a defend Palestine action in front of the Sate building in Bandung city, West Java, on the afternoon of Tuesday May 7.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – May 7, 2024

Surabaya – The Surabaya Muhammadiyah University (UM) academic community held a defend Palestine action on the campus grounds on Tuesday May 7 in which lectures and students were united wearing black clothing and carrying Palestinian flags.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – May 7, 2024

Jakarta – The Jakarta Muhammadiyah University (UMJ) academic community held a defend Palestine action at the UMJ Plaza in Jakarta on Tuesday May 7.