Jakarta – Civil society activists have provided a number of notes in response to a desire expressed by President Prabowo Subianto to meet with figures or initiators of the hashtags Dark Indonesia (#IndonesiaGelap) and Just Run Away (

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for the Reform of the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) believes that the draft revisions to the KUHAP prepared by the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission III actually creates space for the abuse of power by law enforcement officials.

Ilham Rian Pratama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has criticised National Police Regulation (Perpol) Number 3/2025 on the Police's Functional Supervision of Foreigners which regulates the supervision of foreign journalists and researchers working in Indonesia.

Jakarta – The polemic over the ratification of the Indonesian Military Law (UU TNI) has begun to attract the attention of the United Nations Special Rapporteur for Human Rights Defenders (HRDs).

Jakarta – Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Secretary General Bayu Wardana says that they have recorded that as of today, Wednesday March 26, at least 18 journalists have fallen victim to violence while covering the wave of protests rejecting the ratification of revisi

Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Advocacy Division Chairperson Zainal Arifin says that as of Wednesday March 26 there were 51 regions in Indonesia where demonstrations were held rejecting the TNI Law (UU TNI).

Jakarta – The ratification of the Draft Law on the Indonesian Military (RUU TNI) on March 20 was followed by a wave of demonstrations around the country. Actions by civil society groups continued on March 23-24 with several rallies continuing into evening which were marred by repressive actions by the police.

Ika Ningtyas, Inge Klara Safitri, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto said recently that there are foreign forces who want to sew disunity in Indonesia through non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and the mass media. The statement was made during a speech at the anniversary of the

Responding to the rampant terror, intimidation and violence against protesters rejecting the ratification of the revised TNI Law (UU TNI) in Jakarta and several other cities in Indonesia, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman

Medan – Aside from Jakarta, demonstrations by students and civil society activists rejecting the enactment of the Draft Law on the Indonesian Military (RUU TNI) also took place in various other cities across Indonesia -- from the far west to the far east.

Jakarta – The wave of protest actions opposing revisions to Law Number 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (UU TNI) or the Draft Law on the TNI (RUU TNI) spread to a number of regions in Indonesia last week.

Jakarta – The House of Representatives (DPR) and the government have continued discussions on revisions to Law Number 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (UU TNI) in the midst of public criticism.

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – A number of national figures who are members of a civil society organisation called the National Conscious Movement (Gerakan Nurani Bangsa) have criticised the planned revisions to the law on the Indonesian Military (UU TNI) which now only needs to be ratified in a

Maulani Mulianingsih, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has launched a petition "Reject the Return of Dwi-Fungsi through Revisions to the TNI Law" in which it expressed its opposition to revisions to the Indonesian Military Law (UU TNI) that will allow active milita

The government submitted a problem inventory list (DIM) on the revisions to the Indonesian Military Law (UU TNI) to the House of Representatives (DPR) on March 11. There are articles in the revisions that will restore militarism (the TNI's

Novianti Setuningsih, Jakarta – Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) Coordinator Dimas Bagus Arya Saputra has revealed that as of Sunday afternoon, March 16, the Kontras office located on Jalan Kramat II in Kwitang, Central Jakarta is still

Irfan Kamil, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Chairperson Muhammad Isnur says that a police report on an alleged commotion during a House of Representatives (DPR) Commission I Working Committee (Panja) meeting discussing t

Akhdi Martin Pratama, Jakarta – Activists from the Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform stormed the Ruby 1 and 2 meeting rooms at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta on Saturday February 15.

Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform has criticised the move by the Indonesian Military Law Revisions Working Committee (Panja RUU) and the government to discuss revisions to Law Number 34/2004 on the Indonesian Military (

Merauke – Voices of opposition and resistance to the government’s problematic national strategic projects (PSN) have echoed from Merauke, which is being targeted by irrigated rice field and sugar cane projects that are legacy of former president Joko "Jokowi" Widodo’s