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Amnesty slams TNI, police violence against volunteers carrying aid in Aceh
Suara.com – December 26, 2025
Bangun Santoso and Faqih Fathurrahman – Repressive actions by the authorities against a convoy of humanitarian volunteers who wanted to distribute aid for flood victims in Krueng Mane, North Aceh, on Thursday evening December 25 has attracted strong criticism.

Amnesty International Indonesia called the violent incident a reflection of the arrogance of power and a serious violation of human rights.
Graft watchdog says AGO's handover of recovered money just image building
Kompas.com – December 25, 2025
Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has criticised the Attorney General's Office (AGO) for displaying a pile of cash valued at 6.6 trillion rupiah, the result of the saving of state finances.

ICW Legal and Investigation Division head Wana Alamsyah said this is not substantial and was just image building.
YLBHI year-end report: A snapshot of cases handled by LBH regional offices
YLBHI Press Release – December 24, 2025
On Tuesday December 23, the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) management launched its Year-End Report (CATAHU), which based on a snapshot of case handling by 16 Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) regional offices and two LBH projects in 18 provinces.

Over the past year, 3,035 cases were handled covering 131,199 beneficiaries. Direct advocacy was provided in 508 cases and legal consultations were provided in 2,505 cases.
Activist faces 1 year in prison for alleged incitement during August protests
CNN Indonesia – December 24, 2025
Jakarta – Former ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) employee Laras Faizati Khairunnisa, who is facing a one-year prison sentence for allegedly inciting the August protests, insists she has not committed a crime.

She then compared the one-year sentence demanded by the public prosecutor (JPU) to the police officers who ran over and killed online motorcycle taxi driver Affan Kurniawan during a protest near the House of Representatives (DPR) in August who have still not yet been tried to this day.
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Meeting the requirements
Kompas.id – November 9, 2025
Responding to criticism over the proposal to name former president Suharto a national hero, Cultural Minister Fadli Zon has claimed that there is no evidence linking then general Suharto to the 1965-66 mass killings in Indonesia.
Flood photos
Kompas.id - November 2, 2025
The torrential rain that inundated Jakarta last week has caused widespread flooding across several parts of the city, inundating major roads and leaving vehicles stranded and traffic paralysed for several hours.
Happy ending
Kompas Newspaper – November 1, 2025
According to a new survey by global market research firm Ipsos, corruption, unemployment and social inequality are the top issues worrying Indonesians in the first half of 2025.
Only one year
Kompas Newspaper – October 25, 2025
A survey by the Centre of Economic and Law Studies (Celios) has found that the first year of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has failed to meet public expectations, and gave Prabowo's Red and White Cabinet a score of 3 out of 10, down from a score of 5 in its first 100 days.
Evading responsibility
Kompas.id – September 28, 2025
The Education and Teachers Association (P2G) has criticised a circular by the National Nutrition Agency (BGN) that provides financial initiatives for teachers supervising President Prabowo Subianto's flagship Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program in schools.
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Prabowo's Papua palm oil plan seen as inviting new ecological disaster
Suara.com – December 17, 2025

Erick Tanjung – President Prabowo Subianto's plan to plant more oil palms in Papua for energy self-sufficiency has drawn strong criticism from environmental activists.

'The more you push us, the more we resist' declare defendants at first hearing
Kompas.com – December 16, 2025

Larissa Huda, Jakarta – The first court hearing of three activists accused of inciting the August 2025 demonstrations was marked by symbolic action.

Activists rally in Aceh demanding government declare national disaster
Waspada Aceh – December 16, 2025

Cut Nauval, Banda Aceh – The Civil Society Coalition held a peaceful action in front of the Aceh People's Representative Council (DPRA) offices on Tuesday December 16 urging the central government to declare the floods and landslides that hi

Without victims' voices, new Indonesian history book just rulers' narrative
Kontras Press Release – December 15, 2025

The Civil Society Coalition Against Impunity condemns the launch of the latest edition of the book The National History of Indonesia that was launched on Sunday December 14.

113 organisations demand Prabowo declare Sumatra floods a national disaster
KBR – December 14, 2025

Naomi Lyandra, Jakarta – Three weeks after the hydrometeorological disasters in Aceh, North Sumatra and West Sumatra, the Civil Society Coalition believes the government's response has been suboptimal because it has failed to declare a national disaster.

TNI accused of land grabs for new military commands, development battalions
Tribun News – December 10, 2025

Malvyandie Haryadi, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform has highlighted agrarian conflicts occurring in several areas, including in Pasuruan regency, East Java, and North Luwu regency in South Sulawesi.