Indonesia

December 2023

News/Indonesia
Kompas – December 1, 2023

Icha Rastika, Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) Chairperson for the period 2015-2019, Agus Rahardjo, has revealed how buzzers repeatedly attacked the anti-graft agency through the alleged KPK is a "nest of Taliban" issue.

November 2023

News/Indonesia
Kompas TV – November 30, 2023

Isnaya Helmi, Jakarta – Former Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) chairperson Agus Rahardjo has related his experience in 2017 of being scolded by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo over the electronic ID (e-KTP) mega-project corruptio

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Kompas.com – November 30, 2023

Irfan Maullana, Bekasi – Workers held another demonstration on Jalan Ahmad Yani in front of the Bekasi Labour Office (Disnaker) in West Java on Thursday November 30. They were demanding an increase in the minimum municipal wage (UMK).

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CNN Indonesia – November 30, 2023

Jakarta – Scores of civil society activist held another routine Kamisan (Thursday) action opposite the Presidential Palace complex in Central Jakarta on Thursday November 30. Today's action is the 797th Kamisan.

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CNN Indonesia – November 30, 2023

Jakarta – Jakarta Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University (UIN) political science professor Burhanuddin Muhtadi says that Indonesia is one of the countries with the highest level of money politics in the world.

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CNBC Indonesia – November 29, 2023

Jakarta – Workers held simultaneous demonstrations at a number of locations in West Java in protest against a 2024 minimum wage decision by the West Java Provincial Wage Council at a plenary meeting on Tuesday evening, November 28.

Statements/Indonesia
Suara Papua – November 28, 2023

Jayapura – As many as one hundred and seventy-one (171) individuals from civil society and one hundreds and seventy-nine (179) organisations from various backgrounds have strongly condemned the criminalisation of human rights defenders Fatia Maulidiyanti and Haris Azhar.

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CNN Indonesia – November 28, 2023

Jakarta – Human rights activist and defendant in a defamation case, Fatia Maulidiyanti, claims she never insulted Coordinating Minister for Maritime Affairs and Investment Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan personally in the Lord Luhut case.

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CNN Indonesia – November 27, 2023

Jakarta – Human rights activist and defendant in a defamation case, Haris Azhar, says that the public prosecutor is representing the ruling elite in the trial against him.

Analysis/Indonesia
Kompas.com – November 27, 2023

Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – The politics doing the rounds these days can be referred to as "hating" the past and lacking a sufficient historical awareness, thus giving rise to the politics of gemoy, selepet and the Hunger Games.