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, by AGNE Yolanda
Yolanda Agne, Jakarta — A number of parties have protested the proposal to award the title of national hero on the second President of the Republic of Indonesia, Suharto, which was announced by People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) Speaker and Golkar Party politician Bambang Soesatyo at a (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, RASTIKA Icha, SARI Haryanti Puspa
Haryanti Puspa Sari, Icha Rastika, Jakarta — Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) says that 354 out of the 580 new members of the House of Representatives (DPR) for the 2024-2029 period are affiliated with business.
This figure was obtained by ICW based on an investigation using publicly available (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, CNN Indonesia
Jakarta — A “King of Java” theatrical action held by a civil society alliance in Jakarta was marred by chaos after a number of unknown individuals blocked them in the Jalan Jenderal Sudirman area of Central Jakarta on Monday September 27.
The civil society alliance initially held a long-march (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, CNN Indonesia
Jakarta — Amnesty International Indonesia believes that the People’s Consultive Assembly’s (MPR) decision to remove the name of the 2nd President of the Republic of Indonesia Suharto from MPR Decree (TAP MPR) Number 11/1998 on Orders to Organise Clean Governance without Corruption, Collusion and (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, Ihsanuddin, NI’AM Syakirun
Syakirun Ni’am, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta — Former Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) coordinator Fatia Maulidiyanti and Lokataru Foundation founder Haris Azhar have won a Supreme Court appeal in the criminal case of alleged defamation against Coordinating Minister for (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, CNN Indonesia
Jakarta — Protesters from various different organizations commemorating National Farmers Day (HTN) in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) parliamentary complex on Tuesday September 24 brought a number of demands related to agrarian reform which they see as still not addressing with the (…)
, by SAPTOHUTOMO Aryo Putranto
Aryo Putranto Saptohutomo, Jakarta — In the midst of Jakarta’s hustle and bustle on Tuesday September 10, right in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building in Senayan, Central Jakarta, dozens of domestic workers (PRT) gathered to demand the enactment of the Draft Law on the (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, Ihsanuddin, SUTRISNA Tria
Tria Sutrisna, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta — The People’s Consultative Assembly (MPR) has officially revoked Provisional People’s Consultative Assembly Decree (TAP MPRS) Number 33/1967 on the Revocation of Executive Powers from President Sukarno
This was done by the handing over of an official (…)
Indonesia’s two largest Islamic organisations have accepted the Widodo administration’s offer of mining concessions to fund their activities. Critics inside and out say that they’ve sacrificed their function as independent civil society organisations by positioning themselves as partners of (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, CNN Indonesia
Jakarta — The Legal Aid Foundation (LBH) and the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) have called on the public to consolidate and prepare for civil disobedience.
The call was made in response to the House of Representative’s (DPR) decision to revise the regional elections law which is seen (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, KOGOYA Larius
Larius Kogoya, Sentani — Leading members of the West Papua Council of Churches (WPCC) consider the installation of banners celebrating the 79th Anniversary of the Republic of Indonesia, which used the names of church figures and WPCC leaders, as a strategy by the state to cover up violence and (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, YEIMO Hengky
Nabire — West Papua National Committee (KNPB member Gerson Pigai says that 101 KNPB activists who took part in demonstrations and were arrested by the Nabire District Police (Polres) on Thursday morning, August 15, including three others who were arrested prior to this for handing out leaflets (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, HOIRUNNISA
Women’s labour groups say that President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s policies over the period he has been in power have impoverishing many working families.
Dian Septi Trisnanti, head of the Marsinah.id community platform, said that that the policies in question include those related to (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, Ihsanuddin, WIRYONO Singgih
Singgih Wiryono, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta — Amnesty International Indonesia has revealed the discovery that the Indonesian police have purchased spyware from Israel through a third party, namely Singapore.
The findings in early June 2024 were re-echoed by Amnesty International following controversy (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, CNBC Indonesia
Jakarta — Indigenous peoples from the Awyu tribe in South Papua and the Moi Sigin tribe from Southwest Papua along with environmental activists handed over a petition of support for the Awyu and Moi tribes containing 253,823 signatures to the Supreme Court (MA) on Monday June 22.
They also (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, Ihsanuddin, SUTRISNA Tria
The Civil Society Network for Gender Justice Policies is urging House of Representatives (DPR) Speaker Puan Maharani to push through the enactment of the Draft Law on the Protection of Domestic Workers (RUU PPRT).
Network representative and National Network for Domestic Worker Advocacy (Jala (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, CNN Indonesia
Tanjungpinang — Hundreds of Rempang Island residents in Galang district, Batam city, Riau Islands, held a demonstration on Sunday July 21 rejecting relocation to the Pasir Merah Sembulang beach area and to oppose the Rempang Eco City national strategic project (PSN).
The action, in which (…)
, by ADITYA Nicholas Ryan, BALOWSKI James, Ihsanuddin
Jakarta — Forum of Concerned Citizens for Indonesia’s Parliament (Formappi) researcher Lucius Karus suspects that the House of Representatives (DPR) is addicted to deliberating and pushing through controversial draft laws (RUU) because it has “successful” and repeatedly done so in the past. (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, HARYUDI
Haryudi, Aceh — The National Statistics Agency (BPS) recently released surprising data about rape cases in Indonesia. Based on the report “Criminal Statistics 2023” issued by the BPS, Aceh emerged as a province with the highest number of rape cases in 2023.
Throughout 2023, there were 135 rape (…)
, by BALOWSKI James, DIRGANTARA Adhyasta, Ihsanuddin
Adhyasta Dirgantara, Ihsanuddin, Jakarta — TNI (Indonesian military) Commander General Agus Subiyanto has bragged that TNI soldiers areneeded everywhere by the government and society.
He gave as an example, the TNI being needed by the Ministry of Agriculture (Kementan) to build rice fields in (…)
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