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.

Jakarta – The government will allocate approximately 44 percent of its 2026 education budget to the Free Nutritious Meals (MBG) program. President Prabowo Subianto has announced a budget allocation of 335 trillion rupiah for the MBG program in 2026.

"[We have] allocated 335 trillion rupiah for the MBG in 2026", Prabowo said in his speech on the 2026 Draft State Budget (RAPBN) and Financial Note on Friday August 15.

Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto's state address at the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) Annual Session on August 15 has drawn harsh criticism from civil society activists. His narrative of stability and growth was deemed as merely rhetoric, while the facts on the ground show that the people are increasingly marginalised and the oligarchy is growing stronger.

Centre of Economic and Law Studies (Celios) Executive Director Bhima Yudhistira believes that the 8 percent growth target set by the president is impossible to achieve with the extractive economic model of the New Order regime of former president Suharto.

More than 900 people have been indicted using the rubber (catchall) articles under the Information and Electronic Transaction (ITE) Law and the Criminal Code (KUHP) over the last eight years said Amnesty International Indonesia today in its reflection on 80 years of Indonesian independence.

From January 2018 to July 2025, Amnesty recorded that 903 civilians in 796 cases were indicted and criminalised under the hate sowing articles, defamation and makar (treason, subversion, rebellion).