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Tempo – January 20, 2025

Adil Al Hasan, Agung Sedayu, Jakarta – The Indonesian Forum for the Environment (Walhi) believes that there has been a potential violation of the law related to the issuance of land rights certificates for sea areas where the sea fence off the coast of Tangerang regency, Banten, was erected.

Meanwhile, there are two companies which have building use permits (right to build, HGB) for the area as revealed by the Minister of Agrarian Affairs and Spatial Planning/Head of the National Land Agency (ATR/BPN) Nusron Wahid, namely PT Intan Agung Makmur and PT Cahaya Inti Sentosa.

YLBHI Statement – January 20, 2025

President Prabowo Subianto has now led Indonesia for 100 days. We note that in this time National Strategic Projects (PSN) have begun to be intensified by using the bureaucratic superstructure in the form of ministers with military backgrounds and the deployment of the state defence and security apparatus (the Army and police) to launch the process of land clearing and provide project security, the ministries have been fattened up, and value added tax (VAT) has been increased.

This has been done in order to realise Prabowo's ambitious program to increase economic growth to 8 percent. There are at least five serious problems with this and it will lead to the destruction of democracy, the rule of law and the neglect of human rights.

Kompas.com – January 20, 2025

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) believes that the involvement of the TNI (Indonesian Military) in the government's free nutritious meals (MBG) program is illegal.

Kontras Coordinator Dimas Bagus Arya said that there is no regulation governing the involvement of the TNI in government policies under the TNI Law, especially regarding military operations other than war.

Kompas.com – January 20, 2025

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) recorded 12 incidents of violence committed by members of the TNI (Indonesian Military) in the first 100 days of the administration of President Prabowo Subianto and Vice President Gibran Rakabuming Raka.

"(During the 100 days of Prabowo) there were 12 incidents of violence involving members of the TNI", said Kontras Coordinator Dimas Bagus Arya during a press conference at the Kontras offices in Central Jakarta on Monday January 20.

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Kompas Newspaper – January 8, 2025

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).

CNN Indonesia – December 11, 2024

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.

Kompas Newspaper – December 11, 2024

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.

Kompas Newspaper – November 27, 2024

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.

Kompas Newspaper – November 13, 2024

A brutal attack on residents of the Selamat Village in Deli Serdang regency, North Sumatra, by soldiers from the Medan 2 Artillery Battalion/Kilap Sumagan (Armed-2/KS) has renewed calls for TNI (Indonesian Military) personnel who commit general crimes to be tried in civilian courts.

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Joint Statement – January 15, 2025

As reported on its website, the Batam Free Trade Zone Authority (BP Batam) held a coordination meeting with the Wira Pratama 033 Sub-Regional Military Command (Korem) on Monday January 13.

Kompas.com – January 15, 2025

Fika Nurul Ulya, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – The Denny JA Indonesian Survey Institute (LSI) has revealed that the discourse on the election of regional heads (Pilkada) by Regional Representative Councils (DPRD) has received a negative response from the public, with as many as 76.3 percent expressing a negative sentiment on the idea.

Tempo – January 13, 2025

Andi Adam Faturahman, Ninis Chairunnisa, Jakarta – Democracy activists and academics have criticised President Prabowo Subianto's plan to send elected regional heads on a retreat similar to the one that ministers went to at the start of his term in office.

CNN Indonesia – January 13, 2025

Jakarta – The results of a Kompas Research and Development (Litbang Kompas) survey show that the majority of people agree with the removal of the electoral threshold that was required to nominate a presidential candidate or the presidential threshold, which was abolished by a Constitutional Court (MK) ruling earli

YLBHI Statement – January 10, 2025

The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) is reminding Forestry Minister Raja Juli Antoni and President Prabowo Subianto about the Forestry Ministry's plan to open 20 million hectares of land under the pretext of supporting food and energy security.

Jubi Papua – January 9, 2025

Theo Kelen, Jayapura – The Papua representative office of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is urging the Manokwari Municipal Police (Polresta) to immediately arrest OU, the alleged perpetrators of the shooting of senior advocate and human rights defender Yan Christian Warinuss