Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has found 85 incidents of violence involving Indonesian Military (TNI) members over the last year (October 2024-September 2025).
Documents containing the term 'military battalions'
Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – Military observer and Chairperson of the Centra Initiative Working Group, Al Araf, says that the reform of the Indonesian Military (TNI) has experienced a setback since the administration of the 7th president of the Republ
Nearly a year into the regime of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka, mass resistance has erupted again.
Ridho Danu Prasetyo, Faieq Hidayat, Jakarta – The All Indonesia Student Executive Council (BEM SI) held a protest action in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Senayan, Central Jakarta, on Thursday September 4.
In the lead up to the first year of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto, civil-military relations in Indonesia are showing a setback.
The Bumi Flora (Earth of Flowers) Tragedy occurred exactly 24 years ago. This tragedy was a mass murder of workers at the company PT Bumi Flora – a palm oil plantation located in Julok, East Aceh regency on August 9, 2001.
Rachel Kathryn, Jakarta – The All Indonesia Student Executive Council (BEM SI) held a demonstration titled "Aksi Indonesia (C)emas 2025" (Indonesia Anxious Action 2025) at the Horse Statue on Jalan Medan Merdeka in Central Jakarta on Monday afternoon July 28.
Banda Aceh – A number of residents from the Aceh People's Alliance have opposed and challenged the establishment of Territorial Development Battalions in five areas and have asked the Indonesian Army (TNI AD) to return the management of the Blang Padang land donated for religious use (wakaf) to the Baiturrahman Grand
[The following is a translation of a statement by the Labour Movement with the People (GEBRAK) welcoming International Labour Day, National Education Day, Marsinah Day and 27 Years of Reformasi 1998.]
Secretly and in violation of internal procedures, the House of Representatives (DPR) passed the revisions to Law Number 34/2004 on the Indonesian National Armed Forces (UU TNI). The revisions to the TNI Law will give more power to the military.
Riang Karunianidi and Dipo Negoro – The first one hundred days of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka has already given us a picture of how this regime will run in the future.
Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto has once again displayed his penchant for military figures filling strategic posts within his government with the recent appointment of Maj. Gen. Novi Helmy Prasetya as the new president director of the State Logistics Agency (Bulog).
Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Several groups have highlighted the performance of President Prabowo Subianto's 100-day administration. They are concerned that the Prabowo's administration is trying to revive militarism and perpetuate state impunity in upholding human rights.
Vitorio Mantalean, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) says that the thousands of troops sent to the land of Papua throughout 2024 were illegal.
Theo Kelen, Jayapura – There are fears that the involvement of the TNI (Indonesian Military) in food security programs in the Land of Papua will increase the risk of violence against civilians and human rights violations.
Hendrik Khoirul Muhid, Jakarta – Military observer and lecturer at the Brawijaya University Faculty of Law, Al Araf, believes that the formation of new Conflict Area Support (PDR) infantry battalions (Yonif) in five regions of Papua reflects the government's position
Hengky Yeimo, Nabire – A number of Papuan pro-independence organisations commemorated the 53rd anniversary of the proclamation of West Papuan independence at several locations inside and outside of Papua on Monday July 1.
Jayapura – Papuan students in various cities around Indonesia along with humanitarian solidarity groups including the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) are demanding that the state be held accountable for cases of torture and violence against civilians by TNI (Indonesian military
Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform is asking the Indonesian military Headquarters (Mabes TNI) to cancel a plan to add regional military commands (Kodam) in all Indonesian provinces.
Jakarta – Indonesia's 5th President and chairperson of the ruling Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P), Megawati Sukarnoputri, has expressed criticism over the problems in Papua that are never settled.




