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Military must not become a tool to silence critical voices
Joint Press Release – October 28, 2026
On October 28, Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers were observed stationed at a number of action points around the Hotel Indonesia (HI) traffic circle, alleys and several demonstration points in Jakarta.

The placement of TNI soldiers in the midst of public expressions of opinion has raised concerns about the increasingly blurred boundaries between the functions of national defence and internal security. The presence of military officers in civil spaces, especially in situations of expressing opinions and critical aspirations in public, risks creating intimidation and narrowing the space for civil liberties.
Marking Youth Pledge Day, Bandung students take up three key demands
JPNN – October 28, 2026
Bandung – The issue of forest and land fires (karhutla) and the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program became the focus of students during a demonstrations at the West Java Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) building in Bandung city on Wednesday October 28.

The protesters from various different campuses began arriving at today's action, which coincides with the 98th anniversary of Youth Pledge Day, at around 2.30 pm .
Demo on Youth Pledge Day in Bogor heats up, several protesters arrested
Kompas.com – October 28, 2026
Regi Pratasyah Vasudewa, David Oliver Purba, Bogor – A number of protesters dressed in all black at the Kujang Monument, Bogor city, West Java, were arrested by the police on Wednesday evening October 28.

Based on Kompas.com's observations, initially the protesters held a demonstration by putting up a number of banners around the Kujang Monument. The banners read "Forest Burned People Abandoned", "The Land Belongs to the Ordinary People" and "Planting is Resisting".
Youth Pledge Day protesters in Makassar say Prabowo regime the real national disaster
Kompas.com – October 28, 2026
Atri Suryatri Abbas, Vachri Rinaldy Lutfipambudi, Makassar – Students who are members of the Democratic People's Committee (Komrad) held a protest action by unfurling a giant banner under the Jalan AP Pettarani Flyover in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Wednesday October 28.

Based on Kompas.com's monitoring, the banner read "Karhutla National Disaster" along with a picture of a person wearing a mask and sitting next to an orangutan.
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Sadistic prison
Kompas.id – September 26, 2026
Indonesia's Ombudsman has uncovered a cluster of villa-like residences, luxury facilities, alcohol bottles and luxury cars inside the Cibinong Class IIA Prison in Bogor, West Java, raising questions over whether some facilities were being commercially used by inmates.
Owning a home
Kompas Newspaper – September 23, 2026
The government is struggling to meet President Prabowo Subianto's target of building 3 million homes a year, with progress being slowed by financially strained state contractors and sluggish mortgage and property lending.
Forest fires
Kompas.id – September 5, 2026
While President Prabowo Subianto has repeatedly expressed frustration with the continued failure to contain ongoing forest and land fires (karhutla) and vowed to crack down on those deliberately starting fires, environmentalist say that the government's failure to control palm oil and mining companies is largely to blame.
Fired or on fire
Kompas Newspaper – September 1, 2026
The National Police Criminal Investigation Directorate (Bareskrim) has revealed the modus operandi of suspects involved in forest and land fires across nine regions. Police found that most suspects intentionally set fire to the land to reduce the cost of clearing plantation areas.
Nine dragons
Kompas.id – August 30, 2026
As the 2026 Economic Census nears its August 31 deadline, the government has come under fire following concerns over inaccuracies in the data used to determine people's income levels with numerous cases going viral on social media of people losing government assistance after being reclassified to a higher decile.
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Kompas.com – October 16, 2026

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Walhi Press Release – October 14, 2026

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Prabowo-Gibran government's two-year performance report gets failing grade
Kompas.id – October 12, 2026

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On TNI's 81st anniversary, the republic is in the grip of stripped uniforms
YLBHI Press Release – October 5, 2026

Jakarta – A grand ceremony was held in East Jakarta to mark the 81st anniversary of the Indonesian Military (TNI) themed "A TNI Strong with the People, An Indonesia that is Sovereign, Just and Prosperous ".

Coalition slams appointment of active police general as head of agrarian reform agency
Kompas.com – October 4, 2026

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Nawir Arsyad Akbar, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Agrarian Justice has condemned the inauguration of Police Commissioner General Dedi Prasetyo as Head of the National Agrarian Reform Agency (BRAN).