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Index 2017

December 2017

Labour demonstration (CNN)

News/Indonesia

Almost 10,000 workers sacked in 2017: Department of Labour

CNN Indonesia – December 29, 2017

AMP protesters scuffle with police in Malang - December 19, 2017 (Detik)

News/West Papua

Police ‘evacuate’ Papuan protesters after clash with New Order vigilante group

Detik News – December 19, 2017

FRI-WP and AMP protest in Semarang - December 19, 2017 (Rico Tude)

News/West Papua

Marking Trikora, protests calling for Papuan self-determination held in 14 cities

Suara Papua – December 19, 2017

Pastor John Djonga speaking in Jakarta - December 18, 2017 (Kompas)

News/West Papua

Fuel prices in Papua only go down when Jokowi visits

Kompas.com – December 18, 2017

Students commemorate Human Rights Day in Yogya - December 10, 2017 (Tribune)

News/Indonesia

International Human Rights Day rally in Yogya calls on government to resolve human rights cases

Tribune Yogya – December 10, 2017

Widodo hands DIPA over to Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan - December 6, 2017 (Tempo)

News/Indonesia

Jokowi shocked, budget allocations for meetings more than core activities

Tempo – December 9, 2017

Students give speeches and blockade road in front of PT AP I - December 9, 2017 (Detik)

News/Indonesia

Students reject new Yogyakarta airport, call for end to forced evictions

Detik News – December 9, 2017

Students hand out leaflets in Abepura - December 8, 2017 (Jubi)

News/West Papua

Students march in Papua to mark 3 years since bloody Paniai shootings

Tabloid JUBI – December 8, 2017

Nurmantyo and Effendy sign MoU - December 4, 2017 (Detik)

News/Indonesia

TNI signs MoU with Education Ministry to formalise ‘Military into the Schools’ program

Detik News – December 4, 2017

News/West Papua

December 1 anniversary commemorations in Papua marred by arrests, intimidation

KBR – December 1, 2017

Papua independence rally at LBH Jakarta - December 1, 2017 (CNN)

News/West Papua

Peaceful rally in Jakarta calls for Freeport closure, self-determination for West Papua

CNN Indonesia – December 1, 2017

Protest in Central Jakarta calls for Freeport closure - December 1, 2017 (Warta Kota)

News/West Papua

Protesters in Jakarta mark December 1 with demands for self-determination, closure of Freeport

Warta Kota – December 1, 2017

November 2017

Student solidarity action at Unima - November 27, 2017 (Tribune)

News/Indonesia

Manado students hold solidarity action with striking ice cream workers

Tribune – November 27, 2017

Electoral liability

Cartoons/Indonesia

Electoral liability

Kompas – November 22, 2017

Workers, LMP and corruption activists protest at KPK - September 25, 2017 (Tempo)

News/Indonesia

Jakarta deputy governor Uno defends money for paramilitary, right-wing vigilante groups

Tempo – November 22, 2017

Indonesian military forces (Antara)

News/West Papua

International academics call for withdrawal of TNI from West Papua

CNN Indonesia – November 20, 2017

Striking PT Alpen Food Industry workers - November 19, 2017 (Tribune)

News/Indonesia

Ice cream factory workers strike demanding permanent employment, decent wages

Go Bekasi – November 20, 2017

Mass grave in Java (YPKP 65 PATI)

News/Indonesia

Activist group discovers 16 new mass graves from 1965 anti-communist purge

BBC Indonesia – November 16, 2017

National strike action (Mojok)

Analysis/Indonesia

Despite Jakarta governor’s wage betrayal, why no call for a national strike?

Mojok – November 15, 2017

Papuan pro-independence activists protest in Jakarta (CNN)

News/West Papua

Activist renew call for Papua independence amid alleged ‘hostage’ standoff

CNN Indonesia – November 14, 2017

Siti, a victim of the forced eviction in Tanah Abang (Tempo)

News/Indonesia

Slum dwellers who rejected Ahok over evictions fall victim to same policies under new governor

Tempo – November 13, 2017

Papuan provincial first assistant secretary Doren Wakerkwa (Warta Plus)

News/West Papua

Papua provincial government insists armed separatist group isn’t holding people hostage

Warta Plus – November 13, 2017

PT Freeport gold-and-copper mine in West Papua. (Antara)

News/West Papua

Freeport Indonesia employee denies co-workers held hostage by OPM

KBR – November 13, 2017

OPM spokesperson Sebby Sambon (Jurnal Patroli News)

News/West Papua

OPM says reports of hostage taking, rape just cheap TNI propaganda

Viva – November 12, 2017

Free Papua Movement (OPM) fighters (Ist)

News/West Papua

Mimika police chief denies Free Papua Movement has taken anyone hostage

Tagar – November 9, 2017

Mr Teflon no more

Cartoons/Indonesia

Mr Teflon no more

Kompas – November 8, 2017

Jember students who deleted WhatsApp - November 7, 2017 (Detik)

News/Indonesia

High-school students uninstall WhatsApp over pornography fears

Detik News – November 7, 2017

Baswedan speaking to FPI members next to Rizieq Shihab - January 2, 2017 (DTAM)

News/Indonesia

Angry FPI lawyer accuses Jakarta governor Baswedan of ‘using them to get elected’

Detik News – November 4, 2017

Woman shopping in supermarket (Antara)

Analysis/Indonesia

Drop in consumption due to weakening purchasing power, not shift to online shopping

Kata Data – November 3, 2017

KSPI president Said Iqbal in Jakarta - Januar 19, 2016 (Kompas)

News/Indonesia

Said Iqbal now says Ahok was ‘a better protector of the people’ than new Jakarta governor Baswedan

Kompas.com – November 2, 2017

Lack of attention

Cartoons/Indonesia

Lack of attention

Kompas – November 1, 2017

October 2017

Presidental chief of staff Teten Masduki - October 30, 2017 (Detik)

News/Indonesia

Draconian Ormas law will also target communist groups: Government

Detik News – October 30, 2017

Widodo and MPR leaders attend 58th PP anniversary - October 28, 2017 (dok MPR)

News/Indonesia

Widodo calls on New Order vigilante group to be bulwark of national unity

Tempo – October 29, 2017

Widodo speaking at 58th Pancasila Youth anniversary in Solo - October 28, 2017 (Detik)

News/Indonesia

Jokowi invites notorious Suharto era thugs to cooperate in building the nation

Detik News – October 28, 2017

Aftermath of Youth Pledge Day protest in Makassar - October 28, 2017 (Detik)

News/Indonesia

Youth Pledge Day commemoration in Makassar ends in clash, 6 police motorcycles set on fire

Detik News – October 28, 2017

DPR plenary passes Perppu Ormas into law - October 24, 2017 (CNN)

News/Indonesia

With little fanfare, House passes draconian Perppu on social organisations into law

Kompas.com – October 24, 2017

Bedjo Untung and YPKP 65 members at Kemenkopolhukam - May 2017 (CNN)

News/Indonesia

Activists find 10 new mass graves containing victims of 1965 anti-communist purge

CNN Indonesia – October 24, 2017

Police stand guard on campus (IB)

News/Indonesia

Commemorating Youth Pledge Day, students say education policy is in retreat under Widodo

Indonesia Berita – October 23, 2017

Sri Lestari Wahyuningrum at Amnesty International office in Jakarta - October 21, 2017 (Kompas)

News/Indonesia

Release of US documents on 1965 reinforces International People’s Tribunal verdict

Kompas.com – October 20, 2017

Lieutenant Colonel being escorted to the Extra-Ordinary Military Tribunal (Wikipedia)

News/Indonesia

Despite release of US documents on 1965, TNI to stick with its version of history

BBC Indonesia – October 19, 2017

Tjahjo Kumolo speaking at DPR building - September 25, 2017 (Kompas)

News/Indonesia

Minister: It’s not just the police, TNI’s responsibility to confront anti-Pancasila groups

Kompas.com – October 18, 2017

Hosts in our own land

Cartoons/Indonesia

Hosts in our own land

Kompas – October 18, 2017

US Embassy telegram on plan to overthrow Sukarno - October 12, 1965

News/Indonesia

Declassified embassy cables confirm army plot to overthrow President Sukarno

Detik News – October 18, 2017

Ryacudu responds to release of US documents - October 18, 2017 (CNN)

News/Indonesia

Defense minister can’t comment on US documents because he was ‘still a kid’ back in 1965

CNN Indonesia – October 18, 2017

Foreign Affairs spokesperson Arrmanatha Nasir - October 18, 2017 (Antara)

News/Indonesia

Indonesia to check accuracy of secret US documents on army plans to overthrow Sukarno

CNN Indonesia – October 18, 2017

Mr Teflon

Cartoons/Indonesia

Kompas – October 4, 2017

Max speaking at Malang State University - October 3, 2017 (Surya Malang)

News/Indonesia

Teachers must instill the knowledge and will to fight for a better future: Australian scholar

Surya Malang – October 3, 2017

Ardi Wina Saputra, Max Lane, Yusri Fajar and Djoko Saryono - October 2, 2017 (Surya Malang)

News/Indonesia

Max Lane brings the millennial generation closer to the works of Pramoedya

Surya Malang – October 3, 2017

Fried PKI

Analysis/Indonesia

In time, we will all be communists

Mojok – October 2, 2017

September 2017

299 action at DPR building in Jakarta - September 29, 2017 (Tribune)

News/Indonesia

Gerindra, Democrats declare support for 299 anti-communist rally

Tribune – September 30, 2017