Ghinan Salman, Surabaya – As many as 43 Papuan students were taken to the district police headquarters after police fired teargas and forced their way into a Papua student dormitory in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya on Saturday August 17.
Tabloid JUBI – August 17, 2019
Hengky Yeimo, Jayapura – Scores of Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) members in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta held a spontaneous action in front of the Yogyakarta regional police headquarters on Friday August 16.
CNN Indonesia – August 16, 2019
Jakarta – A number of workers planning to hold a protest action were arrested by police in the vicinity of the House of Representatives (DPR) and People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) building in Jakarta on Friday August 16.
The arrested workers were part of the People’s United Labour Movement (Gebrak) who had come to Jakarta from various different areas.
CNN Indonesia – August 16, 2019
Jakarta – The Papuan student dormitory in the Kalasan area of the East Java city of Surabaya was besieged by hundreds of people from various ormas (mass or social organisations) on the afternoon of Friday August 16.
Kompas – June 12, 2019
Writing on tree trunk reads “deforestation”, word from elephant’s mouth reads “help”
Kompas – May 31, 2019
According to the latest survey by pollster Cyrus Indonesia, only 70 percent of Indonesians accept Pancasila as the country’s ideology and a unifyin
Kompas – May 15, 2019
Writing on dress reads “customer confidence”, newspaper headline reads “private data”.
Kompas – March 25, 2019
Human Rights Watch (HRW) says that the growing number of people being jailed for sending WhatsApp messages critical of the government and
Tirto.id – August 5, 2019
Haris Prabowo – A book raid by a group of people calling themselves the Indonesian Muslim Brigade (BMI) in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar has caused an uproar on social media. The group confiscated books which they claim contain “communist and leftist ideas”.
Tempo – August 5, 2019
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The Jakarta Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) says that there has been 26 cases of alleged violence against journalists reported to police in 2019 but not one has been investigated as a crime let alone taken to trial.
Tirto.id – August 3, 2019
Felix Nathaniel – Social media has been abuzz after the TNI’s (Indonesian military) official Twitter account carried a cartoon about Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) practices.
CNN Indonesia – August 2, 2019
Jakarta – The TNI’s (Indonesian military) information centre has verified that @Puspen_TNI uploaded a comic strip on its Twitter account explaining the risks of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) practices.