Rahmat & Antara, Jakarta – National Police have reiterated a ban animals being used during the expected nationwide protests on Wednesday against President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's

Fitri, Mataram – Dozens of villagers have stopped construction of the Lombok International Airport by blocking the road to the site in protest of unfair hiring practices, unpaid wages a

Panca Nugraha, Mataram – Hundreds of farmers in West Lombok have protested against an almost completed water pipeline project, fearing water shortages for crops.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – The country's main opposition party has denounced plans to topple the administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono through street protests, s

Camelia Pasandaran, Indonesia – The country's largest Islamic organization, the 40 million-member Nahdlatul Ulama, has denied being behind a recent movement seeking to unseat the presid

Jakarta – The administration of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (SBY) and Vice President Boediono is already facing a heavy challenge as it approaches the first year of its second te

Camelia Pasandaran, Jakarta – A senior government official said on Tuesday that any attempt to force the president out of office through street protests would be unconstitutional.

Dili – About 400 protesters shouted anti-Australia slogans on Tuesday asofficials from Canberra held talks with their East Timorese counterparts over a troubled joint gas development pr

Willy Widianto, Jakarta – Thirty or more demonstrators from the Indonesian Association of the Families of Missing Persons (Ikohi) were arrested by police this afternoon for exceeding th

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Rallies marked National Farmers' Day and the 50th anniversary of the basic agrarian laws on Friday in South Sulawesi.

Mojokerto, East Java – Scores of young people from a variety of organisations held a peaceful action on Jl.

Misti P., Mojokerto (beritajatim.com) – Around 50 people from the alliance National Humanity and Anti-Violence Solidarity Concern (SPKKAK) will hold joint prayers in front of the Mojoke

Jakarta – Hundreds of people joined two rallies in Jakarta on Thursday demanding the government revoke the 2006 Joint Ministerial Decree on Places of Worship as it resulted many interfa

Jakarta – Demonstrators were finally granted a meeting with officials from the Corruption Eradication Commission in Indonesia on Tuesday after one of the protesters reportedly slashed h

Ulma Haryanto, Jakarta – As the weekend saw protests in different parts of the country against an American church's plan to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks by burning

Jakarta, Indonesia – Thousands of Indonesian Muslims rallied outside the US Embassy in Jakarta on Saturday to denounce an American church's plan to mark the anniversary of the 9/11 terr

Nivell Rayda, Jakarta – Three people were detained by the police for throwing human feces into the Malaysian Embassy on Monday.

Arientha Primanita, Jakarta – Hundreds of Christians prayed near National Monument Square in Central Jakarta on Sunday afternoon, in protest against what they say is government inaction

Jakarta – As many as 1,500 members of Solidarity Forum of Interfaith Harmony (FSKUB) staged a rally Sunday in front of the State Palace, expressing their frustration over a series of re

Indonesia – Residents of one urban ward in Malang, East Java, have come up with a novel way to mark Indonesia's 65th anniversary – by holding a throw-a-three-kilogram gas cylinder compe

Aprizal Rahmatullah, Jakarta – Starting off the second week of August the capital city will be besieged with protest actions, with at least 15 demonstrations enlivening Jakarta today.

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Scores of people held a protest action opposition the recent increases in basic electricity rates (TDL) and the price of LPG gas canisters in the Central J

Iwan, Jakarta – The evil conspiracy to increase the basic electricity rate (TDL) will impact on the price of basic commodities, particularly food, further burdening the lives of the poo

Surabaya – As many as 180 students, workers and urban poor activists from 12 organisations in the East Java cities of Surabaya, Mojokerto and Madiun held a protest action in Surabaya on

Umi Kalsum, Eko Huda S – Around 700 people held a protest action against the recent basic electricity rate (TDL) increases in front of the State Palace on Jl.

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar – Prison failed to discourage some 100 poor housewives in Makassar, South Sulawesi, asking the authority to lock them up so they could get a free place to stay

Anita Rachman, Jakarta – In a third headline-grabbing protest against Indonesian politicians in five days, a middle-aged man stormed into the House of Representatives in Jakarta on Tues

Makassar, South Sulawesi – Part time teachers in Makassar demanded Thursday the local authorities promote them as civil servants as soon as possible, especially those who have worked fo

Jakarta – Veteran actor Pong Harjatmo, who was arrested after spray painting a protest message on the roof of Jakarta's Parliament Building, said he will not be stopped from continuing

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar, South Sulawesi – Hundreds of people blockaded the road connecting Gowa regency and Makassar on Thursday in a bid to foil a planned inauguration ceremony of re

About one hundred lawyers from the Indonesian Advocate Association, or KAI, held a demonstration at the Supreme Court building on Wednesday.

Rheza Andhika Pamungkas, Jakarta – Around 80 workers from the Indonesian Labour Movement Union (PPBI) held a demonstration today demanding the cancellation of basic electricity rate (TD

Indonesian police have been praised for showing restraint in their handling of a massive demonstration in the capital of Papua province.

1. June 9-10 2010 open forum convened by the MRP and Traditional Papuan people. Consensus reached that Otsus has "totally failed".

Jayapura – Thousands of Papuans rallied on Thursday to urge the provincial legislature to demand a referendum on self-determination, and reject the region's special autonomy within Indo

Rana Akbari Fitriawan and Panca Nugraha, Bandung/Mataram – Hundreds of workers took to the streets in Bandung, West Java, on Tuesday to reject the central government's plan to raise ele

Arientha Primanita – A protest on Wednesday by about 200 angry contract teachers in front of City Hall turned ugly after they claimed they were being ignored and began throwing pots and

Alie Usman, Jakarta – Scores of demonstrators from the group Solidarity for Papua (SUP) that had gathered at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle in Central Jakarta on Monday June 28, end

Jakarta Globe – Two groups with two distinct messages are currently protesting outside National Police headquarters as celebrity Luna Maya undergoes questioning in relation to the Peter

Yogyakarta – Scores of Papuans from the group Solidarity for Papua (SUP) held a protest action at the Yogyakarta monument in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Monday June 21.

Yogyakarta – Activists from the Student Struggle Centre for National Liberation (Pembebasan, formerly LMND-PRD) opposing planned increases to the basic electricity rate (TDL) next July

Mojokerto – Scores of activists from the Independent Indonesian National Front for Labour Struggle (FNBPI-Independent) held a protest action and distributed leaflets in front of the Moj

Jakarta – Dozens of activists from various cities staged a rally at the Proklamasi Monument in Central Jakarta on Saturday to oppose a government plan to build nuclear power plants.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – About 200 activists of Islamic groups rallied outside the National Police Headquarters in South Jakarta on Friday, demanding dissolution of the counterterror

Lia Harahap, Jakarta – Three people wearing masks with pictures of pigs on them brought a clay earthen pitcher. They also waved monopoly money in the air.

Jakarta – The Indonesian Environmental Forum (Walhi) alleges that land grabs by large-scale plantation companies are leading to rapid environmental degradation in West Kalimantan.

Semarang (Central Java) – Dozens of students protested against the humanitarian aid group attack, demanding the UN Security Council stop Israeli aggression.

Yogyakarta – Demonstrators from the People's Challenge Alliance (ARM) held a protest action at the University of Gajah Mada (UGM) traffic circle in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta o

Reza Yunanto, Jakarta – Anti-Israeli demonstration will continue to rock the capital city today.

Mataram – Violence triggered by constant rolling blackouts have prompted the authority of state-owned electricity company PT PLN in West Nusa Tenggara (NTB) to turn to the police for pr