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Kompas.com – March 16, 2025

Irfan Kamil, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Muhammad Isnur says that a police report on an alleged commotion during a House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I Working Committee (Panja) meeting discussing the Draft Law on the Indonesian Military Law (RUU TNI) on Saturday March 15 is wrong.

This was conveyed by Isnur in response to a report by the Fairmont Hotel security in Central Jakarta to the Jakarta Metro Jaya Metropolitan Police regarding an incident during the meeting at the hotel.

Kompas.com – March 15, 2025

Akhdi Martin Pratama, Jakarta – Activists from the Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform stormed the Ruby 1 and 2 meeting rooms at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta on Saturday February 15.

Arriving at 5.50 pm local time, the three people led by Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) member Andrie Yunus tried to forced their way into the meeting room where members of the House of Representatives (DPR) and government representatives were discussing the Draft Law on the Indonesian Military (RUU TNI).

CNN Indonesia – March 15, 2025

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform has criticised the move by the Indonesian Military Law Revisions Working Committee (Panja RUU) and the government to discuss revisions to Law Number 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (UU TNI) at the luxury Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta over the weekend.

According to the Coalition, the recklessly fast discussions at a 5-star luxury hotel over two days this weekend show that the government and the House of Representatives (DPR) are quite willing to hurt the ordinary people.

Suara Papua – March 14, 2025

Merauke – Voices of opposition and resistance to the government’s problematic national strategic projects (PSN) have echoed from Merauke, which is being targeted by irrigated rice field and sugar cane projects that are legacy of former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo’s administration, and are now being continued by President Prabowo Subianto.

The Merauke declaration was launched by indigenous peoples and people who have fallen victims to the projects, as well as those struggling against the arbitrariness of PSN programs and projects that damage the environment and nature.

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Kompas.id – February 23, 2025

Thousands of Indonesian students in major cities around the country have been taking to the streets in a series of "Dark Indonesia" (#IndonesiaGelap) actions to protest the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, which marked its first 100 days in office this week.

Kompas Newspaper – February 19, 2025

The government has lashed out in response to the hashtag #KaburAjaDulu (Just Run Away), which has gone viral across the country in recent weeks, with Deputy Labour Minister Immanuel Ebenezer Gerungan telling those who want to migrate from Indonesia to work abroad not to come back.

Kompas.id – February 16, 2025

President Prabowo Subianto's budget efficiency policy to save over 306 trillion rupiah (US$18.9 billion) to fund his priority programs have left many Indonesians scratching their head in confusion over the scale and seemingly indiscriminate nature of the cuts.

Jakarta Post Editorial – February 13, 2025

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has once again displayed his penchant for military figures filling strategic posts within his government with the recent appointment of Maj. Gen. Novi Helmy Prasetya as the new president director of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).

Kompas Newspaper – February 12, 2025
President Prabowo Subianto has criticised opponents of his budget efficiency measures accusing government officials of acting as if they are untouchable and being "little kings" as he defended the government's sweeping and increasingly unpopular budget cuts.
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Arah Juang – March 7, 2025

Riang Karunianidi and Dipo Negoro – The first one hundred days of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has already given us a picture of how this regime will run in the future.

Sinar Harapan – March 7, 2025

Natalia Santi – Amnesty International Secretary General Agnes Callamard visited Indonesia on March 4-7. The visit was part of a global campaign against authoritarian practices that have been increasing in a number of countries, including Indonesia.

Amnesty Press Release – March 6, 2025

The House of Representatives (DPR) soon plans to deliberate revisions to Law Number 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (UU TNI). This move was taken after President Prabowo Subianto sent a presidential letter (Surpres) to the DPR giving the go ahead for the deliberations.

Tempo – March 5, 2025

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Eko Ari Wibowo, Jakarta – The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a research and analysis institution based in London, England, has released the results of research on the democratic state of countries in the world.

In the results of the study, Indonesia's Democratic Perception Index ranking for 2024 dropped three positions to 59th place.

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.

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".