#indonesia-protests

#indonesia-protests

Amnesty International has said the increasing number of deaths from the government crackdown is alarming' About 300 members of the Indonesian Women's Alliance (API) have rallied outside parliament in the capital Jakarta, demanding an end to state violence and the withdrawal of the military from civilian security duties. The demonstration on Wednesday comes after a week of unrest that has killed at least 10 people,

At least three people have been killed and five were injured in a fire blamed on protesters at a regional parliament building in eastern Indonesia, as widespread demonstrations rock the Southeast Asian nation. Indonesia's disaster management agency, in a statement on Saturday, confirmed the deaths following the Friday evening fire in Makassar, the capital of South Sulawesi province, some 1,600km (994 miles) east of the capital, Jakarta.