Indonesia

YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia – Indonesia's premier contemporary art festival, ARTJOG 2026, opened on June 19 at the Jogja National Museum amid a storm of nation-wide protest against the dictatorship regime of Prabowo Subianto. The controversy centers on the festival's sponsorship by the Didit Hediprasetyo Foundation (DHF), an organization founded by Didit Hediprasetyo—the only son of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto.

How are you, LBH Bandung?

We are still alive here. Still speaking. Still waiting.

How are things out there? Is the work going well? Do the agendas keep moving forward as usual?

Meanwhile, we remain here. Ten people in the West Java Regional Police detention facility. Living day after day with one question that keeps returning:

Do we still exist in your eyes?

From Act for Freedom Now! - Bristol, UK

Bristol solidarity for Indonesia

1. Last August, a widespread social uprising erupted in Indonesia. It began with demonstrations protesting tax hikes and pay raises for politicians. When the police killed the first person, the uprising escalated on August 28, and police stations and parliament buildings were set on fire, while politicians’ homes were looted. Can you say something about the conditions that led to the revolt at the end of last year?

One of the detainees arrested during the May Day 2026 protests in Bandung, RR alias Mpe, who was previously accused of being the “leader of an anarchist group,” has now been charged by the police under terrorism laws. He has also reportedly been placed in isolation and denied access to legal counsel of his own choosing, raising serious concerns over the violation of a suspect’s right to provide testimony freely and without coercion, intimidation, or pressure.

From Etniko Bandido Infoshop

Chiang Mai, Thailand
February 20-21, 2026

It was great that Etniko Bandido Infoshop managed to experienced the first ever Anarchist Zine Fair in Thailand. Independent publications, writers, researchers and DIY zinester coming from different countries such as Hong Kong, Singapore, Australia, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan and Thailand to showcase their work.

My dear friends,

I’ve lost count of how many letters failed before this one finally made it out. There are barely any writing supplies in here, and when there are, they never last long. Even now, as I write this, I’m still being kept in quarantine. I don’t know for how much longer. Though honestly, I don’t expect anything from being moved to another block. To me, it’s all the same. The only thing I truly want, the only thing I keep hoping for, is FREEDOM. I want to go home. I want to eat my mother’s cooking again. I want to sit with my family.

From Dark Nights - Indonesia

Release update on some of the Chaos Star prisoners, plus the news Komar (from Black Block Zone) has written an important letter, which is being translated and will be published in the next days. Komar is still imprisoned in Surabaya and the Chaos Star prisoners are in Kebon Waru.

From Act for Freedom Now! - Indonesia

On April 16, 2026, the verdicts were delivered for five of our comrades at the Bandung District Court. The details are as follows:

From Dark Nights

Your Honorable Panel of Judges,

After everything that has happened regarding the act of violence I committed in the case of the burning of this police post, I have gained many things that I must take upon myself. About how the state —long before what I did— has carried out acts of violence on a far greater scale.