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Medan — Defense Minister (Menhan) Prabowo Subianto has revealed a plan to reinforce military forces in every part of Indonesia’s territory by establishing Regional Military Commands (Kodam) in every province, every regency having a District Military Command (Kodim) unit and each sub-district (...)
Jakarta — The Indonesian Association of Villages (Apdesi) says that the political parties (parpol) are “enticing” village heads (kades) with a proposal to extend their terms in office in order to attract their empathy ahead of the 2024 legislative and presidential elections.
Apdesi (...)
Jakarta — Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) Chairperson Julius Ibrani says that law enforcement officials have a special team tasked with criminalising critical and opposition groups in Indonesia.
This was conveyed by Ibrani during an end of year notes discussion on the (...)
Jakarta - The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) says that there was an increase in environmental damage and the theft of community land in a number of parts of Indonesia throughout 2022.
YLBHI Chairperson Muhammad Isnur added that the YLBHI had directly assisted in some 10 cases related (...)
Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance Confederation (KASBI) Chairperson Nining Elitos is calling for outstanding cases of human rights violations in Indonesia to be fully resolved.
Elitos made the demand while holding a demonstration to commemorate International Human Rights Day on (...)
Jakarta — The Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP), which was only just passed into law by the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government at a plenary meeting on the afternoon of Tuesday December 6, has attracted widespread opposition.
And it has not just been in Jakarta. Protest actions (...)
“In 2008, Indonesia passed the Pornography Law, which interprets being transgender as obscene. Since 2016, the hard line against gender and sexual diversity has become tougher. Many in Indonesia want to see harsher penalties not only around same-sex sexuality but any form of sexual activity (...)
A number of academics have strongly criticised the decision by the House of Representatives (DPR) and the government of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to enact the Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP) into law today, Tuesday December 6.
Mulawarman University Legal Faculty lecturer Herdiansyah Hamzah (...)
Kupang — Papuan students from the Human Rights and Democracy Forum Alliance (Formasi) held a protest action in front of the Kupang Widya Mandira Catholic University campus in the Old City sub-district of Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), on Thursday December 1.
The scores of students, who (...)
Abstract: Dutch recognition of Indonesia’s sovereignty in December 1949 ended the constraints of colonialism, invasion, and reoccupation. Unions were free to reorganize and workers were free to take collective action to improve their lot in life. A labor movement that had struggled against a (...)
Workers from the Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) held a protest action near the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta on Thursday October 20. They brought a number of demands ranging from calls for a reduction in the price of fuel (BBM) to revoking the Jobs Law (Ciptaker).
Based on (...)
From unhappy childhood in a village, working as a domestic worker, to learning to become a union leader who courageously leads workers’ protests, Aan Aminah recounts her inspirational stories in a wide-ranging conversation.
On a rainy Thursday in September 2022, we visited the office of a (...)
Jakarta — The Civil Society Coalition fact finding team (TPF) has conducted an investigation for at least seven days related to the Kanjuruhan Stadium tragedy in which 131 people died on October 1 as a result of teargas fired by police.
The TPF is made of the Malang Legal Aid Foundation (LBH), (...)
The Civil Society Coalition is urging President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo to publically apologise to the victims of the Kanjuruhan Stadium tragedy.
Coalition member Julius Ibrani from the Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) said that an apology by Widodo would also be an (...)
Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta — The wife of the late human rights activist Munir Said Thalib, Suciwati, says that Indonesian presidents have never seriously tried to solve the assassination of her husband.
During the administration of Indonesia’s sixth president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) for (...)
Jakarta — A wave of demonstrations against the recent fuel (BBM) price hike have been held by students, trade unions and online motorcycle taxi drivers (ojek) in various parts of Indonesia over the last week since the policy was announced by President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo on September 3. (...)
The Labour Movement with the People (Gebrak) along with a number of other social organisations, including students, will hold a mass demonstration against the recent fuel (BBM) price hike next week, on Tuesday September 13.
“KASBI [the Indonesian Trade Union Congress Alliance Confederation], (...)
Greenpeace Indonesia says that around 93 percent of Jakarta residents are breathing dangerously polluted air with particulate matter content five times the safe limit set by the World Health Organisation (WHO), namely 5 micrograms per cubic metre.
The average annual concentration of (...)
Jakarta — The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) has criticised a plan by the Environment and Forestry Ministry (KLHK) to pardon hundreds of companies operating illegally in forest areas based on Law Number 11/2020 on Job Creation.
Walhi Forestry and Agriculture Campaign Head Uli (...)
Pressured to solve the ongoing cooking oil crisis in Indonesia, President Joko Widodo reshuffled his cabinet and appointed Zulkifli Hasan to replace the previous Minister of Trade, Muhammad Lutfi.
Many view this appointment as merely strategic political consolidation by Widodo instead of as a (...)
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