Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Eko Ari Wibowo, Jakarta – The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), a research and analysis institution based in London, England, has released the results of research on the democratic state of countries in the world.
In the results of the study, Indonesia's Democratic Perception Index ranking for 2024 dropped three positions to 59th place.
Ahmad Arif, Jakarta – Civil society organisations in Indonesia are asking the European Commission to consider deforestation and threats to the rights of indigenous peoples in Papua in assessing country and regional risks within the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) benchmarking scheme.
Based on this scheme, the European Union will classify countries or regions as low, standard or at high risk of deforestation and human rights violations.
Jakarta – Indonesian Human Rights Watch (Imparsial) senior researcher Al Araf has revealed that there are around 2,500 active TNI (Indonesian Military) soldiers holding civilian positions based on information from the National Resilience Institute (Lemhanas) in 2023.
This was conveyed by Al Araf during a public hearing (RDPU) at the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I discussing the Draft Law on the TNI (RUU TNI) on Tuesday March 4.
Shinta Maharani, Amirullah, Yogyakarta – Dark Indonesia demonstrations were held by the Indonesian diaspora in the cities of Melbourne and Berlin on Saturday March 1. They were protesting the strengthening of militarism under the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.
The dozen or so protesters, who are students, lecturers, artists and other Indonesians who live in the two countries, stated that the demonstrations are part of global solidarity with the Dark Indonesia protests in Indonesia and to put international pressure on the Prabowo-Gibran administration. Protest have also taken place in the United States and the United Kingdom.
Calls for revisions to the government regulation on protocol have gained traction following a video that went viral recently on social media involving a traffic patrol officer escorting an official black government vehicle with the number plates RI 36 on Jalan Jenderal Sudirman in Jakarta.
Amnesty International Indonesia is pushing for reform of the military justice system and a thorough evaluation of the use of firearms by members of the Indonesian Military (TNI) and the National Police (Polri) following the fatal shooting of a car rental business owner last week by members of the Indonesian Navy (TNI AL).
Jakarta – The number of citizens who did not use their right to vote, or golput, in the 2024 simultaneous regional elections was quite high. In several regions, the number of votes garnered by the winning tickets was far below the golput figure.
As of December 14, the Constitutional Court (MK) has received 283 regional election (Pilkada) dispute cases. This number is expected to rise as the registration period for election disputes remains open until December 18.
The election monitoring group the Association for Elections and Democracy (Perludem) says it uncovered serious allegations of widespread money politics during the campaign and cooling off period prior to the November 27 election of regional heads (Pilkada) in North Sumatra, Central Java and Jakarta.
Arjuno Welirang – Hundreds of professors, academics, students and civil society activists gathered at the University of Indonesia (UI) Salemba campus in Jakarta on Thursday February 27 to issue the "Second Salemba Call, Free Indonesia from Darkness".
Dika Moehammad – "In our lives, there is only one thing we have, that is courage. If we don't have that, then what is the value of our lives?" This was a statement by Indonesia's foremost author Pramoedya Ananta Toer. The problem of courage or guts is what we don't have today. How can we fight if we don't have the guts.
Jakarta – A wave of demonstrations involving students and civil society organisations titled "Dark Indonesia" took place in a number of regions, including Jakarta, between Monday February 17 and Friday February 21.
Jakarta – "Dark Indonesia" (Indonesia Gelap) student actions have again hit the streets on Thursday February 20 in a number of regions around the country after the first, second and third day of demonstrations on Monday February 17, Tuesday February 18 and Wednesday February 19.
Jayapura – Today, on Monday February 17, students who are members of the West Papua High School Students Solidarity Front (FSPWP) held peaceful demonstrations against the government's free nutritious meals (MBG) program in a number of cities in the land of Papua.
Jakarta – The inauguration of Deddy Corbuzier to the Defence Ministry as a special staff member for social and public communications adds to the long list of celebrities in government.
