Jayapura – An Alliance of Student Executive Councils (BEM) throughout Jayapura city together with students from various different universities held a peaceful action at the Abepura traffic circle on Monday November 4 to oppose the revival of the transmigration program in Papua.

The students oppose the transmigration plan being proposed by the Indonesian government, specifically by the Ministry of Transmigration, because it is believed that it will threaten the existence of the indigenous Papuan population.

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition which is part of the Try Suharto Civil Society Movement (Gemas) has sent a letter containing a petition to the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) requesting that the New Order (Orba) ruler former president Suharto not be awarded the title of national hero.

The letter was submitted through the MPR Secretariat at the parliamentary complex on Monday afternoon November 4. In addition, Gemas also asked the MPR to review the removal of Suharto's name from MPR Decree (TAP MPR) Number 11/1998 on the organisation of governance that is free from corruption, collusion and nepotism (KKN).

Larius Kogoya – According to the chairperson of the Malind and Condodigun Indigenous Peoples Forum in Merauke, Simon Petrus Balagagaze, the atmosphere of terror and intimidation began to be felt after August 27.

Balagagaze visited communities in several villages to ascertain whether the company had conducted socialisation in the villages where they took samples of earth from land that will be used for the State Strategic Projects (PSN). Balagagaze explained that they held a meeting in the Ilwayab district that was attended by several clans and traditional leaders. During the meeting they all agreed to reject the PSN.

Vitorio Mantalean, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Constitutional Court granted of a number of points in a legal challenge submitted by labour groups related to the Omnibus Law on Job Creation (UU Cipta Kerja) on Thursday October 21.

The judicial review was filed by a number of trade unions including the Indonesian Metal Trade Workers Federation (FSPMI), the Confederation of the All-Indonesian Workers Union (KSPSI), the Confederation of United Indonesian Workers (KPBI), the Confederation of Indonesian Trade Unions (KSPI) and the Labour Party, as well as two individual workers.