Statements

April 2025

Statements/Indonesia
GEBRAK Statement – April 25, 2025

[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.]

Statements/Indonesia
Kontras Press Release – April 24, 2025

The issue of granting the title of national hero to former president Suharto is no longer just an empty discourse – it is a reflection of how power continues to reproduce itself in order to whitewash the dark history of the nation.

Statements/Indonesia
Amnesty Press Release – April 22, 2025

Responding a statement by of the Minister of State Secretary (Mensesneg) and concurrently the presidential spokesperson Prasetyo Hadi, who did not question the proposal to name former president Suharto a national hero, Amnesty International

Statements/Indonesia
KKJ Press Release – April 11, 2025

The Indonesian Committee for the Safety of Journalists (KKJ) strongly condemns the digital attack in the form of distributed denial of service (DDoS) against the Tempo news portal. Not stopping at Tempo, a number of other mass media that published articles on the DDoS attack against Tempo a

Statements/Indonesia
Kontras Press Release – April 10, 2025

On Thursday April 10 the Civil Society Movement to Bring Suharto to Justice (GEMAS), which is made up of families of victims of gross human rights violations, a network of civil society organisations and individuals, submitted an open letter to the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) rejecting the proposal to award the title of national hero t

Statements/West Papua
Kontras Press Release – April 7, 2025

April 4, 2003 was a dark day for the Papuan people, especially in Wamena. Exactly 22 years ago on this date, a joint TNI (Indonesian Military) and Polri (National Polie) team conducted a sweep of 25 villages and hamlets to find the perpetrators of the break-in at a weapons warehouse belongin

Statements/Indonesia
Arah Juang – April 4, 2025

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.

March 2025

Statements/Indonesia
Amnesty Statement – March 21, 2025

Responding to the rampant terror, intimidation and violence against protesters rejecting the ratification of the revised TNI Law (UU TNI) in Jakarta and several other cities in Indonesia, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman

Statements/Indonesia
Change.org – March 16, 2025

The government submitted a problem inventory list (DIM) on the revisions to the Indonesian Military Law (UU TNI) to the House of Representatives (DPR) on March 11. There are articles in the revisions that will restore militarism (the TNI's

Statements/Indonesia
Arah Juang – March 10, 2025

The following is a translation of a speech given by Sunarno, the president of the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance (KASBI), at a meeting of the World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) Presidential Council in Hanoi, Vietnam, on March 4-5, 2025.