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May 2026

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – May 12, 2026

Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) senior investigator Novel Baswedan has strongly criticised the legal proceedings in the case of the acid attack on Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) activist

News/West Papua
Papua News Online – May 12, 2026

Jakarta – An alliance of hundreds of Papuan students from the Front Against Militarism and Investment held a protest action in front of the Human Rights Ministry offices on Monday May 11.

News/West Papua
Suara Papua – May 12, 2026

Jayapura – Voices of concern have come from Papuan students in the East Java student city of Malang, highlighting the ongoing state violence in the land of Papua. Military operations continue to target civilians, people have been killed and injured and there has been a massive displacement of civilians.

News/Indonesia
Kompas – May 11, 2026

Febryan Kevin Candra Kurniawan, Faieq Hidayat, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator Andrie Yunus has refused to attend the trial of four soldiers at the Jakarta II-09 Military Court who are accused of dousing him with acid on M

News/West Papua
CNN Indonesia – May 9, 2026

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel have disbanded a joint screening of the documentary film Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) in Ternate City, North Maluku, because the film was considered to have attracted significant opposition because of its provocative nature.

News/West Papua
Suara Papua – May 8, 2026

Jayapura – Without any logical justification, a joint screening of the documentary film Pesta Babi (Pig Feast) followed by a discussion on the University of Mataram (Unram) campus on Thursday evening May 7 was forcibly broken up by Unram's campus authorities.

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – May 7, 2026

Jakarta – The Advocacy Team for Democracy (TAUD) says that the trial hearing a case against four Indonesian Military (TNI) soldiers over their involvement in an acid attack on Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Deputy Coordinator

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – May 2, 2026

Ruby Rachmadina, Tri Susanto Setiawan, Jakarta – The Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta) has stated that 51 people who were detained during an International Labour Day (May Day) protest in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Jakarta

News/Indonesia
Berita Satu – May 1, 2026

Djibril Muhammad, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia is urging the government to cancel plans to form a team of assessors to determine the status of human rights defenders. This policy is considered to have the potential to limit civil space and is contrary to basic human rights principles.

News/West Papua
Jubi Papua – May 1, 2026

Jayapura, Jubi – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) held a commemoration of the 63rd anniversary of Papua's annexation into the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia or NKRI on May 1, 1963.