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November 2026

Indonesia
Berita Satu – November 4, 2026

Dayat, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) is urging the National Police (Polri) Criminal Investigations Directorate (Bareskrim) to reveal all parties involved in the alleged illegal wiretapping of President Prab

October 2026

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – October 28, 2026

Jakarta – The Indonesian Ministry of Religion (Kemenag) is targeting the integration of material on preventing the spread of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) culture into the curriculum to begin at the end of the year or no later than the beginning of the 2027 new academic year.

Indonesia
JPNN – October 28, 2026

Bandung – The issue of forest and land fires (karhutla) and the Free Nutritious Meal (MBG) program became the focus of students during a demonstrations at the West Java Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) building in Bandung city on Wednesday October 28.

Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 28, 2026

Regi Pratasyah Vasudewa, David Oliver Purba, Bogor – A number of protesters dressed in all black at the Kujang Monument, Bogor city, West Java, were arrested by the police on Wednesday evening October 28.

Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 28, 2026

Atri Suryatri Abbas, Vachri Rinaldy Lutfipambudi, Makassar – Students who are members of the Democratic People's Committee (Komrad) held a protest action by unfurling a giant banner under the Jalan AP Pettarani Flyover in Makassar, South Sulawesi, on Wednesday October 28.

Indonesia
IDN Times – October 28, 2026

Rizal Adhi Pratama, Malang – Hundreds of people dressed in black held a demonstration to coincide with Youth Pledge Day on Wednesday October 28 at the Malang city Provincial Legislative Council (DPRD) offices.

Indonesia
Akurat.co – October 28, 2026

Atiek Widyastuti, Yogyakarta – Hundreds of students from various different universities in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta took to the streets once again on Wednesday October 28.

Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 28, 2026

Pandi Ramedhan, Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – A woman wearing a yellow jacket suddenly shouted loudly at a line of police officers guarding a demonstration on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman, Central Jakarta, on Wednesday October 28.

Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 28, 2026

Hanifah Salsabila, Abdul Haris Maulana, Jakarta – A group of students finally managed to hold a demonstration at the Hotel Indonesia (HI) traffic circle in Menteng, Central Jakarta, after previous attempts had been consistently halted by police barricades.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – October 23, 2026

Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) and Greenpeace Indonesia have provided a number of notes on the handling of forest and land fires that have affected various regions across Indonesia.

Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 22, 2026

Pandi Ramedhan, Tri Susanto Setiawan, Jakarta – A protest by students from the State University of Jakarta (UNJ) on Jalan Pemuda in East Jakarta turned chaotic when demonstrators set tyres on fire on Thursday October 22.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – October 22, 2026

Surabaya – A number of civil society groups in the East Java provincial capital of Surabaya collectively calling themselves the Surabaya Aware Alliance (Aliansi Surabaya Sadar) held a demonstration on Thursday afternoon October 22 to mark the two-year anniversary of the administration of President Prabowo Subia

Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 21, 2026

Haryanti Puspa Sari, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) rejects the proposal by National Economic Council (DEN) Chairperson Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan to exclude state losses from the definition of corruption.

Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 21, 2026

Muhammad Isa Bustomi, Jakarta – Eleven Greenpeace Indonesia activists arrested after unfurling protest banners on the Welcome Statue Monument at the Hotel Indonesia (HI) traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Tuesday October 20 have been released.

Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 21, 2026

Muhammad Isa Bustomi, Jakarta – A number of protest actions marking two years of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka were held in Jakarta on Tuesday October 20.

Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – October 20, 2026

Jakarta – Students from various campuses in Jakarta, Yogyakarta and Makassar will hold simultaneous demonstrations today, Tuesday October 20, to coincide with two-years of the leadership of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

West Papua
Suara Papua – October 19, 2026

Jayapura – The arrival of the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Jakarta, Indonesia, on October 17-19 is a moment that deserves serious attention from the people of West Papua and the international community.

Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 17, 2026

Baharudin Al Farisi, Bilal Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has raised the issue of military justice reform following a Constitutional Court (MK) ruling that the Military Justice Law conflicts with the 1945 Constitution.

Indonesia
Suara Papua – October 17, 2026

Jayapura – In response to diplomatic developments in the Pacific region, a coalition of Papuan civil society organisations has issued a joint statement urging the Indonesian government to immediately grant independent, safe and unconditional access for international monitoring in the Land of Papua.

Indonesia
Kompas.com – October 16, 2026

Febrianto Adi Saputro, Bilal Ramadhan, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Muhammad Isnur believes that Constitutional Court ruling Number 260/PUU-XXIII/2025, which declared that Law Number 31/1997 on Military Justice conflicts with the Constitution, has cha