Rizki Fachriansyah, Jakarta – The National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM-SI) has announced on behalf of university students across the country that it would co
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October 12, 2020
March 9, 2020
Yogyakarta – On Monday March 9, hundreds of students from different campuses across the Central Java city of Yogyakarta began moving off towards Jl Gejayan just north of the city to ho
Yogyakarta – Hundreds of students from campuses in Yogyakarta and Magelang, Central Java, held a long march on Monday March 9 to Jl Gejayan just north of Yogyakarta city to hold a Geja
February 21, 2020
Jakarta – The head of the University of Indonesia's (UI) student executive body (BEM), Fajar Adi Nugroho, says the university's students are planning to stage a rally against a propose
January 30, 2020
Jakarta – The Central Jakarta District Court sentenced 20-year-old Luthfi Alfiandi, whose photo clutching an Indonesian flag to his face has become an emblem of the student protests ag
January 28, 2020
Theresia Sufa, Bogor, West Java – A defendant accused of assaulting a police officer during the September student protests has claimed he was assaulted and coerced into making false te
January 21, 2020
Jakarta – A 20-year-old defendant accused of hurling rocks at the police during student protests in the capital in September of last year has told a panel of judges at the Central Jaka
November 8, 2019
Jakarta – Hundreds of high school students staged a rally at a soccer field on Jl. Muhammad Toha in Parung Panjang, Bogor regency, West Java, on Wednesday.
November 7, 2019
Stanley Widianto, Gayatri Suroyo, Jakarta – He was once a boy scout and member of a patriotic flag-raising team in high school.
October 30, 2019
Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has released a report which cites educational institutions as one of the main actors in the violation of freedom of expression.
October 29, 2019
Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – Students joining the street protest on Monday, October 28, demanded the government take responsibility for the death of five people during the rally at the
Andita Rahma, Jakarta – The Southeast Sulawesi Police confirmed that cow dung had been thrown at their personnel taking guard in the students protest in Kendari on Monday, Oct. 28.
Jakarta – Box office hit Joker appears to have inspired participants of yet another student protest in Mataram, West Nusa Tenggara (NTB), with a number of protesters taking to the stre
October 28, 2019
Surabaya – A protest action by the United People's Struggle Alliance (APPR) to commemorate Youth Pledge Day at the East Timor governor's office in the provincial capital of Surabaya wa
Jakarta – Students and police were again involved in a clash in front of the regional police headquarters on Monday October 28.
Pradito Rida Pertana, Yogyakarta – Commemorating Youth Pledge Day, students in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta from the People in Motion Alliance (ARB) held a democracy carnival an
Surabaya – Hundreds of workers and student from various different organisations calling themselves the United People's Struggle Alliance (APPR) held a demonstration at the East Java go
Jakarta – Scores of students from the University and High-School Student Action Alliance (Ampera) arrived at the Arjuna Wiwaha Monument or Horse Statue in Central Jakarta on the aftern
Jakarta – Students and other civil society organisations come together on Monday October 28 under the banner of the People's Border (Borak) to demonstrate not far from the Presidential
Ahmad Faiz, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo believed Indonesia could be an advanced country in the hands of the youth.
Lani Diana Wijaya, Jakarta – In conjunction with the commemoration of the Youth Pledge Day on October 28 or "Sumpah Pemuda", the Alliance of Independent Journalists' (AJI) Jakarta chap
Alfian, Makassar – The momentum of Youth Pledge Day on Monday October 28 was used by students and local people in the South Sulawesi provincial capital of Makassar to again take to the
October 21, 2019
Jakarta – Students protesting near the Horse Statue in Central Jakarta today said they hope that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo will not betray the people during his second term in off
October 18, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – The Indonesian Students Executive Boards' Alliance (BEM SI) is set to invite President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to an open dialogue on October 21, a day after the presid
October 17, 2019
Jakarta – The National Association of University Student Executive Bodies (BEM-SI) plans to stage a rally in front of the State Palace on Thursday following a decision by the Jakarta P
Jakarta – Students have taken to the streets on the first day that the revised Corruption Eradication Commission Law (UU KPK) came into effect.
October 16, 2019
Didit Hariyadi, Makassar – The University of Hasanuddin's Student Executive Body (BEM Unhas) president, Fatir Kasim, deemed South Sulawesi Police Chief Insp. Gen.
October 14, 2019
Jakarta – The AMAR Law Firm and Public Interest Law Office says that 37 tertiary education institutions have threatened to sanction students who take part in #ReformasiDikorupsi (Refor
October 9, 2019
Jabbar Ramdhani, Jakarta – Students from the Trisakti University and their colleagues from other campuses plan to hold demonstrations if President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo does not make a
Jabbar Ramdhani, Jakarta – Student representatives who met with Presidential Chief of Staff Moeldoko on October 3 are still waiting on a response from President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.
October 6, 2019
Karim Raslan – "A government should be the voice of God to the people, not Satan."
October 3, 2019
Jakarta – Trisakti University Student President Dino Ardiansyah is urging President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to issue a government regulation in lieu of law (Perppu) to annul the recently
Adam Prireza, Jakarta – The Metro Jaya Police claims to have sent home each and every high schooler and college students who were nabbed in police's massive detainment following the st
October 2, 2019
Imam Hamdi, Jakarta – Jakarta Education Agency asserted that the city administration would stop the student support program dubbed Jakarta Smart Card or KJP for those who are proven to
Dyaning Pangestika, Jakarta – Amid the ongoing mass protests against the government and members of the House of Representatives, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) has urged a
October 1, 2019
Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – Education and Culture Minister, Muhadjir Effendy, said he received reports from the police about people disguising as high school students during the ra
Dyaning Pangestika & Sausan Atika, Jakarta – University students are planning to return to the streets in Jakarta on Tuesday in yet another chapter in a string of protests against
Jakarta (Antara) – The University Student Executive Bodies or BEM Nusantara has stated its readiness to meet President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo to convey their objectives regarding several
September 29, 2019
Jakarta (Antara) – The Research, Technology and Higher Education Ministry has invited rectors from various universities in Indonesia to discuss issues related to student protests that
September 27, 2019
Jakarta – The Alliance of Indonesian Student Executive Boards have refused an invitation to meet with President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo at the Presidential Palace in Jakarta on Friday, fo
Budiarti Utami Putri, Jakarta – The Student Executive Body (BEM) of all faculties in the University of Indonesia (UI) rejected President Joko Widodo's invitation to meet and have a dia
Ihsanuddin, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo has cancelled a meeting with student representatives who have been holding protest actions against the Draft Criminal Code (RKUHP)
September 26, 2019
Reja Hidayat, Felix Nathaniel and Haris Prabowo – On Tuesday afternoon in front of the House of Representatives (DPR) building, held back by a fence, the protester's fury reached its c
Gisela Swaragita, Jakarta – Research, Technology and Higher Education Minister Mohamad Nasir has said that President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo ordered him to muffle the student protests aga
Ahmad Faiz Ibnu Sani, Jakarta – The government planned to visit universities to explain several controversial laws which recently triggered students' demonstration.
Adam Prireza, Jakarta – The Indonesian Child Protection Commission (KPAI) recommended heads of educational institutions to refrain from imposing sanctions for high school students who
M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta -The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) said that there are means to delegitimize the nationwide students' rally against the passing of the criminal code dr
September 23, 2019
Shinta Maharani, Jakarta – The supposed massive university students' protest in Yogyakarta dubbed "Gejayan Memanggil" set to be held today has been suspiciously suppressed after the mo
September 20, 2019
Adam Prireza, Jakarta – Students from universities around the Greater Jakarta Area and Bandung plans to hold another protest at the House of Representatives (DPR) headquarters followin
November 11, 2018
Jakarta (Antara) – Vice President Jusuf Kalla urged academic community members of universities across Indonesia to prevent the spread of religious radicalism at mosques in their campuse
