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Damri bus drivers in Yogyakarta demand outstanding wages
Some 142 employees from the Damri Bus company that operates in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta went on strike on their first day back to work after the Lebaran holidays. The strike was triggered by company’s failure to pay its (...)
Rattan factory employees strike, demand holiday bonuses
Some 1,400 employees from the rattan manufacturing company PT Mutiara Habemindo Rotan in the West Java city of Cirebon went on strike on October 16 demanding that the company pay them holiday bonuses equivalent to one month’s pay. (...)
Fish processing company workers demand holiday bonuses
As many as 500 workers from the fish processing company Dharma Samudra Fishing Indonesia went on strike in the South East Sulawesi city of Kendari on October 9 demanding the payment of reasonable holiday bonuses.
The workers said (...)
Kupang students demand investigation into Poso riots
Dozens of students from the Kupang People’s Justice Forum (FKR) in East Nusa Tenggara demonstrated on September 30 demanding that the government immediately investigate those responsible for the riots in Poso. The protesters said that (...)
PT Sanyo Indonesia workers win victory
Striking PT Sanyo Indonesia workers in Bekasi have finally won. Today, the company announced that it would withdraw an August 5 decision to suspend three trade union leaders at the company.
Ramadan, secretary of the trade union and one of the (...)
Central Java farmers demand closure of plantation company
Around 200 farmers from the National Farmers Union (STN) demonstrated in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang on September 4 demanding that the National Land Agency (BPN) revoke the business licence belonging to the (...)
– Residents close off waste disposal ducts Land eviction victims protest Kodo Panjang dam project Papuan workers demand outstanding wages, severance pay Mud disaster victims demand Lapindo buy their houses Mud disaster victims condemn deputy-regent for siding with Lapindo Sheraton Hotel (...)
Residents blockade road to ceramic industrial center
Dozens of residents from the villages of Cianting, Anjun, Plered and Citeko in the Purwakarta regency of West Java blockaded a road leading to a local ceramic industrial center on August 13. The action was taken to prevent trucks (...)
Simultaneous anti-Israeli protests held across the country
Actions opposing Israeli aggression in Palestine and Lebanon were held simultaneously in various parts of the country on August 6.
In the Luwuk sub-district of Banggai regency, Central Sulawesi, hundreds of Muslims took part in (...)
Farmers in Samarinda demand compensation
Dozens of people from a farmers group in the East Kalimantan city of Samarinda held a demonstration at the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) a short time ago. The demonstrators — most of whom were war veterans — were demanding compensation for (...)
South Sumatra residents demand return of land
Around 500 people from the villages of Talang Nangka and Jermun held a demonstration in front of the offices of the South Sumatra governor in Palembang on June 19. They were demanding that land in the area of the village that had been seized by (...)
Victims of Ambon riots demand compensation funds
Thousands of displaced people who were victims of the Ambon riots became angered during a protest at the Maluku Public Works Office on June 13. They accused the office of fooling them over delays in the payment of compensation funds valued (...)
Papuan activists protest at Plaza 89
Dozens of activist from the West Papua Pepera Front protested again at the Plaza 89 Building in South Jakarta on June 5 demanding the closure of PT Freeport Indonesia.
During the action they demanded the unconditional release of those arrested during (...)
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Due to time constraints and technical problems, no issues of Indonesia Roundup have been posted since late April (Number 11). With this issue we plan to restart the service on a weekly basis again. Numbers 12-16 will be posted and added to the ASIET web site as (...)
National Awakening Day commemorated with anti- Suharto protests
National Awakening Day on May 20 was commemorated with a demonstration at the State Palace in Jakarta and protests in a number of other Indonesian cities. The majority of protests were by student organisations that were (...)
Makassar residents blockade road
Following a decision by the Makassar municipal government in South Sulawesi to implement a one-way system on Jl. Sungai Saddang Baru, local residents responded by blocking the road for a length of one kilometer on April 17. They also set fire to tyres at (...)
East Kalimantan coal mine workers demand unpaid wages
Dozens of coal mine workers from Loa Tebu in the Kutai Kartanegara regency of East Kalimantan demonstrated on April 9 demanding the payment of outstanding wages. They also opposed planned revisions to the labor law that they said will (...)
Students protesting Freeport burn photos of president
A demonstration on April 3 calling for the closure of PT Freeport in the South Sulawesi regional capital of Makassar was almost marred by a clash when students burnt photographs of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY).
The action (...)
Students in Malang oppose foreign intervention
Around 500 students from the Peoples Opposition Front (BOR) demonstrated at the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) and the Malang city hall in East Java on March 27 calling on the government to oppose foreign intervention in the economy. (...)
Students protest exploitation of local resources
Dozens of students from the province of Bangka- Belitung demonstrated on March 19 over the continued exploitation of natural resources in their area. They said that the exploitation by foreign companies has led to the destruction of more than (...)
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