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* New police taskforce to target Indonesian gays * Raid on alleged gay sex party not related to LGBT issues: Police * Gay rights in Indonesia ’ongoing and real concern’: Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee * Don’t meddle in Ahok’s blasphemy case, VP tells UN * Lower court ready to submit Ahok’s case (…)
Indonesia & East Timor News Updates - December 20, 2016 ==================================================================
* Accused of treason, dozens of Papuans arrested in Manado * Activists stage peaceful rally, ask UN to monitor situation in Papua * Over 500 arrested in West Papua (…)
Damri bus drivers in Yogyakarta demand outstanding wages
Some 142 employees from the Damri Bus company that operates in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta went on strike on their first day back to work after the Lebaran holidays. The strike was triggered by company’s failure to pay its (…)
Rattan factory employees strike, demand holiday bonuses
Some 1,400 employees from the rattan manufacturing company PT Mutiara Habemindo Rotan in the West Java city of Cirebon went on strike on October 16 demanding that the company pay them holiday bonuses equivalent to one month’s pay. (…)
Fish processing company workers demand holiday bonuses
As many as 500 workers from the fish processing company Dharma Samudra Fishing Indonesia went on strike in the South East Sulawesi city of Kendari on October 9 demanding the payment of reasonable holiday bonuses.
The workers said (…)
Kupang students demand investigation into Poso riots
Dozens of students from the Kupang People’s Justice Forum (FKR) in East Nusa Tenggara demonstrated on September 30 demanding that the government immediately investigate those responsible for the riots in Poso. The protesters said that (…)
PT Sanyo Indonesia workers win victory
Striking PT Sanyo Indonesia workers in Bekasi have finally won. Today, the company announced that it would withdraw an August 5 decision to suspend three trade union leaders at the company.
Ramadan, secretary of the trade union and one of the (…)
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NEWS & ISSUES
* Parties debate electoral bar
* ’Ojek’ drivers call for legal recognition
* Forum slams IMF ’legitimacy problems’
* Indonesia’s Suharto looks healthy at wedding
* Anti-IMF forum dismisses threats
* Foreign NGOs get police approval for Batam (…)
Central Java farmers demand closure of plantation company
Around 200 farmers from the National Farmers Union (STN) demonstrated in the Central Java provincial capital of Semarang on September 4 demanding that the National Land Agency (BPN) revoke the business licence belonging to the (…)
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NEWS & ISSUES
* Local NGOs give cold shoulder to forum * Foreign, local NGOs firm on Batam protest * Riau Police deny permit for activist gathering
ACEH
* NGOs demand probe into BRR allegations
WEST PAPUA
* So close to Australia, so far from hope * Papua: Bows, (…)
– Residents close off waste disposal ducts Land eviction victims protest Kodo Panjang dam project Papuan workers demand outstanding wages, severance pay Mud disaster victims demand Lapindo buy their houses Mud disaster victims condemn deputy-regent for siding with Lapindo Sheraton Hotel (…)
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NEWS & ISSUES
* Government denies whitewashing poverty situation in speech * Man killed in fight with police * Test case for TNI chief * Bombing season is back, warns expert
ACEH
* Sharia police raid UN diplomatic compound in Aceh * Four feted for Aceh peace role (…)
Residents blockade road to ceramic industrial center
Dozens of residents from the villages of Cianting, Anjun, Plered and Citeko in the Purwakarta regency of West Java blockaded a road leading to a local ceramic industrial center on August 13. The action was taken to prevent trucks (…)
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NEWS & ISSUES
* Residents protest ’false accusations’ * Gus Dur, Gadis honored with press award * Hungry villagers angered by ’fat’ asides
ACEH
* A happy, peaceful anniversary in Aceh * Tens of thousands mark year of peace in Aceh * Aceh peace deal marked in (…)
Simultaneous anti-Israeli protests held across the country
Actions opposing Israeli aggression in Palestine and Lebanon were held simultaneously in various parts of the country on August 6.
In the Luwuk sub-district of Banggai regency, Central Sulawesi, hundreds of Muslims took part in (…)
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NEWS & ISSUES
* American Senate discussing financing equipment for TNI * Media foments intolerance, critics charge * Makassar gripped by racial tension after alleged rape attempt * Lawyers to sue VP over quake funds * A friend at arm’s length * Scholars question (…)
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NEWS & ISSUES
* Blast at Indonesia oil refinery, 150 hurt * Locals suffer from forest policy inconsistencies * Publisher says book ban harks back to ’red scare’ * Pacific talks to ease threat of separatism * Persija Park demolition starts despite land dispute * Shops (…)
Farmers in Samarinda demand compensation
Dozens of people from a farmers group in the East Kalimantan city of Samarinda held a demonstration at the Regional House of Representatives (DPRD) a short time ago. The demonstrators — most of whom were war veterans — were demanding compensation (…)
South Sumatra residents demand return of land
Around 500 people from the villages of Talang Nangka and Jermun held a demonstration in front of the offices of the South Sumatra governor in Palembang on June 19. They were demanding that land in the area of the village that had been seized by (…)
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ACEH
* Call for formation of Aceh truth & reconciliation commission
* Civil activists condemn TNI statement on SIRA
* Antigraft body monitoring Aceh
* Illegal organisations in Aceh must be disbanded
* Aceh rights violators from TNI to be tried in military (…)
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