Europe Solidaire Sans Frontières
Student demonstrations have been held simultaneously in various parts of the country — from the west to the east — rejecting the discourse on postponing the 2024 elections and President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo serving a third term in office, and against fuel prices hikes, valued added tax increases (...)
A tourism development project in Indonesia backed by the Beijing-based Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), is being criticised for enabling human rights violations against locals and Indigenous peoples, and for, so far, failing to take meaningful action in response to civil society and (...)
Jakarta — The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) has revealed that resistance by retired TNI (Indonesian military) and Polri (Indonesian police) officers to testify has resulted in the investigation into the 1980s mysterious shootings (petrus) tragedy stalling.
In the process of (...)
As of early December 2021, nearly 70.4% of Indonesians had received one dose of an approved COVID-19 vaccine. Particularly considering the arrival of the Omicron variant in Indonesia, this is certainly cause for celebration. But this figure obscures important sources of discrepancies: while (...)
“You are unfit to work,” an employment agency staff member told Nining Ivana.
There was no other explanation. At that moment, the then-22-year-old only knew one thing was certain: her window of opportunity for a better life in Malaysia slammed shut.
But Nining didn’t know exactly what was wrong (...)
Jakarta — The Advocacy Coalition for the Protection of Private Data (KA-PDP) is calling on the House of Representatives (DPR) to immediately enact the Draft Law on the Protection of Private Data (RUU PDP).
The call was made following the leak of data on 6 million Covid-19 patients held by the (...)
Jakarta — Payan Siahaan, the father of Ucok Munandar Siahaan, a victim of the 1997-98 abduction of activists by the Rose Team (Tim Mawar), says he felt like his self-respect had been trampled on upon hearing the news that Major General Untung Budiharto had been promoted to Jakarta military (...)
Jakarta — The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has released its 2021 End of Year Report. Over the last year, the foundation has received 2,598 complaints, both from the public as well as organisations.
The YLBHI recorded 305 cases of human rights violations. This data represents the (...)
Amnesty International Indonesia recorded cases of the criminalisation and repression of civil society using the Information and Electronic Transaction Law (ITE Law) throughout 2021. Between January and November this year, there were 84 cases of violation of freedom of express with a total of 98 (...)
Jakarta — Southeast Asia Freedom of Expression Network (Safenet) Executive Director Damar Juniarto has revealed that digital attacks, primarily against activists, increased on 2020-2021. This mostly happened when there was public opposition to certain government policies.
Based on Safenet’s (...)
Supporting the regional government’s plan to revoke the business permits of three palm oil companies, at least 53 organisations have decided to spend the night at the Sorong Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) office in West Papua province. This firm stand, according to Ambo Klagilit, is a (...)
The lack of policy-based natural divisions between the parties means that almost any combination of parties to nominate presidential candidates is possible. The primary obstacle to some combinations is personal rivalry. There is also no candidate with popularity as high as what Joko Widodo had (...)
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
• Even though the next presidential and parliamentary elections are three years away, open discussion and manoeuvring have already begun, including calls for a date to be set immediately.
• This is partly motivated by the uncertainty arising from the requirement for (...)
Jakarta — The Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Jakarta) has given a red report card to the administration of President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo and Vice President Ma’ruf Amin marking their second year in office on October 20. The LBH Jakarta highlighted a number of issues in the report ranging from (...)
Jakarta — The police have again come under public scrutiny for committing repressive and violent acts after a police officer threw a student to the ground during a protest action in Tangerang, West Java on Wednesday October 13.
Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Asfinawati said (...)
For years, Indonesia’s political landscape had little room for vigorous debate on policy issues, given the focus on individual personalities and even populism. This is beginning to change.
There are increasing signs that 20 years of policy-free rhetorical contestation between Indonesia’s (...)
Irfan Kamil, Jakarta — Parameter Politic Indonesia Executive Director Adi Prayitno says that summoning poultry farmer Suroto to the Palace to meet with President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo is a democratic paradox.
Suroto was arrested by police when Widodo was conducting a working visit to Blitar, East (...)
Over the last three weeks, the surge in COVID cases, hospitalisations and deaths in Indonesia has dominated all media and political discussions. Prior to this, however, it was the issue of corruption, and the weakening of the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), that was the headline news (...)
Jakarta — The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has recorded that 938 demonstrators have been arrested on the grounds of violating health protocols since the corona virus (Covid-19) pandemic began early last year.
Kontras also found 300 cases of alleged violence (...)
Despite a legacy of citizen passivity from the New Order era, elite fear of the freedom social media promises remains strong.
On 6 April, the Saiful Mujani Research and Consulting (SMRC) group published poll results showing an increase in Indonesians afraid to speak out criticising government (...)
Twitter
Facebook