Protests & Popular Resistance

October 2026

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.