Hafizh Wahyu Darmawan, Akhdi Martin Pratama, Jakarta – A number of protesters from the Student Movement with the People (Gemarak) began filing the area in front gate to the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Thursday afternoon August 21.
Kompas.com observed that the crowd began arriving at the location at around 4 pm. A command vehicle was also seen arriving at the site, along with several students wearing their alma mater uniforms.
The Committee for the Safety of Journalists (KKJ) strongly condemns the Israeli military's continued premeditated killing of journalists in Gaza. The KKJ's stance was issued in response to the planned and flagrant murder of members of the Al Jazeera reporting team in Gaza.
On Sunday August 18, an Israeli missile hit a tent belonging to the Al Jazeera team which was located in front of the main gate to the Al Shifa Hospital and killed seven people, including influential journalist Anas Al Sharif who was still wearing a press vest at the time.
Surabaya – Hundreds of students from various campuses in Surabaya held another demonstration in front of the East Java Regional House of Representative (DPRD) building on Tuesday August 19. During the rally they flew the Jolly Roger flag from the Japanese anime One Piece and called themselves the Nakama Action Movement.
Action Coordinator M Rizqi Senja Virawan, who is also the University of Airlangga Student Executive Council (BEM) Coordinating Minister for the Movement, said that during the action the students brought up several major issues related to Indonesian democracy and the President Prabowo Subianto administration.
Singgih Wiryono, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The National Commission on Violence Against Women (Komnas Perempuan) has revealed that reports of violence against women throughout 2024 increased compared to the previous year.
"Throughout January to December 2024, 35,533 reports of violence against women were recorded, a 2.4 percent increase from the previous year", said Komnas Perempuan Deputy Chairperson Dahlia Madanih during in a press conference at the Royal Kuningan Hotel in Jakarta on Tuesday August 19.
Speaking during a working meeting at the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission IV in Jakarta, Minister of Agriculture Andi Amran Sulaiman said that the country has suffered losses amounting to 99.35 trillion rupiah due to adulterated rice (beras oplosan) circulating in the market.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicts that Indonesia's unemployment rate will reach 5 percent in 2025, the second-highest in Asia after China, which is projected to be 5.1 percent this year.
President Prabowo Subianto has insisted that Indonesia's economy is on the right track and that the government is achieving its goals, claiming that according to experts Indonesia's economic growth in the first half of 2025 was over 5 percent.
A spate of recent media reports about rampant extortion of foreign and domestic companies by so-called social or mass organisations (ormas) is hardily news for anybody familiar with running a business in Indonesia.
In the lead up to the first year of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto, civil-military relations in Indonesia are showing a setback.
Banda Aceh – A gay couple who were apprehended by officials in the Sari Park toilet in the Acehnese capital of Banda Aceh with the initials QH (20) and RA (21) were sentenced to 80 lashes by a panel of judges of the Banda Aceh Islamic Court on Monday August 11.
Larius Kogoya, Nabire – President Prabowo Subianto's granting of amnesty to Papuan political prisoner (tapol) Viktor Makamuke ahead of the Republic of Indonesia's 80th Anniversary is seen as image building and a pubic deception.
Angelina Tiara Puspitalova, Edy Can, Jakarta – The phenomenon of the installation of the One Piece flag, which has been widespread of late, is reminiscent of the story of Indonesia's 4th President Abdurrahman Wahid or Gus Dur.
Responding to the raids and the stance taken by the authorities over the phenomenon of the raising pirate flags based on the One Piece animation film series by the public, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid said:
Danang Triatmojo, Jakarta – Pro-Palestine protesters from the Free Palestine Network (FPN) descended on the Egyptian Embassy in the Menteng neighbourhood of Central Jakarta on Saturday afternoon August 2.
