Overview

• Hundreds of women in pink held a broom‑themed rally outside parliament in Jakarta to demand reform and denounce police brutality, as President Prabowo traveled to China after initially canceling the trip.
• National police dismissed officer Cosmas K Gae over the armored‑vehicle incident that killed 21‑year‑old Affan Kurniawan, with six other detained officers still under internal review.
• Human Rights Watch says authorities have detained over 3,000 people since late August, rights groups put the death toll at about 10, and KontraS reports at least 20 people missing.
• Security forces have deployed military units and used tear gas and rubber bullets, including near two Bandung universities, as demonstrations continue across multiple cities.
• After partial rollbacks of lawmakers’ perks, parliamentary leaders met student unions and offered a forum to present demands on Thursday, while the UN and Indonesia’s human rights commission pursue inquiries into the crackdown.