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.

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).

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.

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.