Nawir Arsyad Akbar, Jakarta – As many as 95 percent of Indonesian workers are claimed to support President Prabowo Subianto's policies on International Labour Day or May Day on May 1. The claim was made by the president of the Labour Party, who is also the president of the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI), Said Iqbal.

"We support the policies of Bapak [Mr] President Prabowo Subianto. Indonesian workers as a majority, I can claim 95 percent of Indonesian workers, with the celebration of May Day 2025, as a form of support", said Iqbal when speaking in Menteng suburb of Central Jakarta on Monday April 28.

Singgih Wiryono, Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – Human rights activist Usman Hamid and the band The Blackstones commemorated the 70th anniversary of the Asia-Africa Conference (KAA) at an event held by the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) Central Leadership Board (DPP) History Agency in Jakarta on Saturday April 26.

At the event themed From Bandung to the World: Bung Karno's Legacy for Global Social Justice, Hamdi said that he believed that it will be impossible for Indonesia to advance if its leaders did not remember the messages of human rights that have been fought for in history, such as at the Asian-African Conference.

International Labour Day (May Day) is just around the corner! Along with it, in Indonesia a series of commemorations of resistance in May will also follow! National Education Day, the murder of labour activist Marsinah in 1993, the 1998 Trisakti Tragedy and also the 1998 Pogrom. Tragedy after tragedy. We interpret this together as a symbol of the ordinary people's resistance against the Suharto military regime.

Yes, 27 years ago, along with the fall of former president Suharto, the power of the military also fell. Democratic space was opened up. Workers could freely form trade unions. Farmers could freely give birth to their unions. Launching actions to occupy factories or land to demand their rights was no longer faced with the muzzle of ABRI's (as the Indonesian Military was known) guns.

Jakarta – Separatist movements from Papua, Aceh and Maluku have returned to the spotlight after the slogans "Free Maluku", "Free Papua" and "Free Aceh" appeared at a United Nations (PBB) forum recently.

In a number of photos and videos circulating on social media, a group of people suspected of being Indonesian citizens (WNI) dressed in traditional clothing were photographed while holding placards with the slogans "Free Maluku", "Free Papua" and "Free Aceh" in the UN general assembly meeting room in New York, the United States.