The Civil Society Movement to Bring Suharto to Justice (GEMAS) strongly condemns the awarding of the title of national hero on the second President of the Republic of Indonesia H. M. Suharto and Sarwo Edhie Wibowo.

To: THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA
at the Merdeka Palace, Jakarta
Regarding: Request to reject the award of the title of national hero for retired General H.M. Suharto.

The proposal to name former president Suharto a national hero is a policy that is blind to history and defies the law. During his 32 years in power, Suharto ruled over an authoritarian and corrupt regime, with a record of gross human rights violations.

Responding to the verdict of the South Jakarta District Court judge on the pre-trial motion by a number of activists against the legal actions of the Metro Jaya Jakarta Regional Police (Polda), Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid, said:

Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka took up a populist platform during the election campaign, garnering the full support from the oligarchy and mainstream political parties, and ultimately secured a victory in the 2024 presidential election.

Responding to the inclusion of the name of the second president of the Republic of Indonesia, Suharto, on the list of candidates for the title of national hero, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid said:

On October 4, as many as 27 detainees at the Metro Jaya Regional Police (Polda) Detention Centre in Jakarta formed a union called the Indonesian Political Prisoners Union (Serikat Tahanan Politik, STP). They formed the union after one of the detainees experienced torture at the detention centre.

Jakarta – A number of inter-band musicians and people's movement networks have declared their solidarity with the pro-democracy activists who are still being detained by police, four of which are Delpedro Marhaen, Syahdan Husein, Muzaffar S

60 years ago, Lieutenant General Suharto and the Army under his command began the massacre and extermination of the Indonesian Communist Party (PKI). The reason was that the PKI was accused of carrying out the murder of several of Army generals and a coup against the Indonesian government.

Responding to a speech by the President of Indonesia at the 80th General Assembly of the United Nations (UN) in New York, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid said:

Responding to the government's decision not to form a Joint Fact Finding Team (TGPF) related to a series of demonstrations that claimed at least eleven fatalities at the end of August, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid, said:

41 years have passed since the Tanjung Priok incident occurred on September 12, 1984. The lack of justice continues to be felt especially for the victims and families of victims.

The Solidarity Action Committee for Munir (KASUM) condemns the state's indifference to the arsenic poisoning of Munir Said Thalib. They have wasted years leading up to the 21st anniversary of the case on September 7.

This assessment of the situation and our position is published after carefully and cautiously after observing and understanding the developments in the political situation throughout the last week of August 2025, so that we do not fall into political adventurism, the worship of spontaneous movements and mass anger, underestimating or overestimat

Responding to the brutality of security forces in responding to demonstrations in Sorong and Manokwari which resulted in one local resident being shot and one person being killed, Amnesty International Indonesia's Executive Director Usman Hamid said:

The Indonesian Civil Society Coalition wishes to convey several things:

Responding to President Prabowo Subianto's press conference today (31/08) and the earlier order by the chief of police to shoot on sight with rubber bullets any protesters attacking police headquarters, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director

The end of August was marked by the widespread anger of the people. Spreading to various points, hundreds of thousands of people took control of the streets to protest the policies and character of the regime of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gi

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

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