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List of Detainees from the Mass Action in Bandung – August 2025 Uprising (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/01/01 - 2026/01/01 by darknights

LIST OF DETAINEES FROM THE BANDUNG MASS ACTION

TNI Bill Cluster
Comrades MTH and MSA

Amid the roaring protests against the TNI Bill in Bandung (20-21 March 2025), [Indonesian National Armed Forces Law, which re-instates a direction of paramilitary rule in civil society], these two friends were initially just passing through on their way home. However, seeing the fiery spirit of the youth that night, they parked their motorbike and joined the demonstration. Before reaching home, they briefly stopped at CK Taman Radio because MSA could no longer hold his urge.
Unexpectedly, a month later, they were charged by the West Java Police as suspects of assault and property damage—based solely on CCTV footage from the store. After serving a one-year sentence, they are set to be released on January 3, 2026. Let us prepare to welcome their return with the highest respect!

Wrongful Arrest and Torture Cluster
Comrades Very Kurniaa Kusuma, Joy Erlando, EY, MVA, MSAG, MRA, MJM, JAR

Eight young people faced tragic circumstances. They had no intention of joining the August 30, 2025, protest, yet cruel fate implicated them in allegations of throwing objects and assaulting police officers. Their arrests were as heartbreaking as their stories: Very was picked up while buying cigarettes near the protest area, and JAR was arrested while eating fried rice. The others experienced similarly unfortunate detentions, victims of wrongful arrests at the wrong place and wrong time.
Their suffering didn’t end there. Behind bars, tales of brutal torture awaited. Reports emerged of mistreatment during arrest, transport to the police station, and intense interrogation. Attend the trials of these eight defendants, and help uphold the voice of truth until the end. Continue reading “List of Detainees from the Mass Action in Bandung – August 2025 Uprising (Indonesia)” →

Italy: Latest update on the repressive situation in Italy involving Gabriel Pombo da Silva

Posted on 2025/12/14 by darknights

We recall that in July 2022, the Italian trial relating to the repressive operation “Scripta Manent” ended for our comrade Gabriel Pombo da Silva (among other comrades). Two years for “incitement to commit a crime.”

In December 2023, the Turin court notified Gabriel of this final sentence. For this reason, in January 2024, the Italian lawyer requested the application of alternative measures to imprisonment, a request that was justified by a “social/family/work investigation” carried out by a social worker from the Turin surveillance court. The report on this investigation, submitted to the surveillance judge in June 2025, emphasized Gabriel’s “lack of self-criticism of his own values,” making clear the Italian authorities’ intention to seek revenge.

At this point, it was documented to the Turin surveillance court that the Spanish state had already recognized two years ago that Gabriel had served an additional 2 years and 8 months of his sentence. The Italian lawyer therefore requested the “fungibility of the sentence,” that is, Italy’s recognition of this surplus sentence (according to European law, all member countries of the European Union are obliged to recognize it). On November 12, the final hearing was finally held at the Turin Court, which, a couple of days ago, put its response, reasoning, and conclusion in writing. Italy does not recognize the “fungibility of the sentence” nor does it grant Gabriel any alternative measures to prison due to his “lack of self-criticism of his own values” and activates the execution order.

For now, Gabriel would only be arrested on Italian territory, but if Turin wishes, it can issue a European arrest warrant, given that a sentence of between two and four years legitimizes the judge’s right to discretion. In short: our comrade Gabriel could be arrested at any time… in a week or in two years. If an arrest warrant arrives, the Spanish state should not arrest Gabriel, as it itself recognizes that the sentence is excessive… but it would be naive to trust this theory, knowing full well that in practice it may not apply to an anarchist.

Death to the state!
Long live Anarchy!

Source: Informativo Anarquista

Nine Defendants in Prairieland ICE Detention Center Protest Case Plead Not Guilty in Federal Arraignments This Week (USA)

Posted on 2025/12/08 by darknights

Nine Defendants in Prairieland ICE Detention Center Protest Case

Plead Not Guilty in Federal Arraignments This Week

Federal Jury Trials Are Scheduled to Start January 5 for Nine Defendants, As Sentencing Hearings Approach in March for Seven Defendants Who Pleaded Guilty Last Month

DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX — Nine defendants in the Prairieland ICE Detention Center protest case pleaded ‘not guilty’ today to federal charges, including riot, discharging a firearm, attempted murder, providing material support to terrorists, and conspiracy to conceal documents. A federal superseding indictment was filed in the Prairieland case on November 13 by Acting US Attorney Nancy Larson, just four days before Trump appointed former federal prosecutor Ryan Raybould as US Attorney on November 17.

Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, Daniel “Des” Rolando Sanchez Estrada, Benjamin Song, Elizabeth Soto, and Ines Soto pleaded ‘not guilty’ at their federal arraignments on December 3. All nine defendants are fighting their charges by taking their cases to trial. Federal jury trials are scheduled to begin January 5, 2026, in the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Fort Worth. Continue reading “Nine Defendants in Prairieland ICE Detention Center Protest Case Plead Not Guilty in Federal Arraignments This Week (USA)” →

Federal Agents Arrest Another Person in Prairieland Case, Bringing Total Number of Defendants to 18 (USA)

Posted on 2025/10/25 by darknights

The Arrest Comes More Than Three Months After July 4 Immigrant Solidarity Protest and Less Than a Month After Felony Charges Were Brought Against Johnson County Sheriff Adam King, Who Is Directly Involved in the Prairieland Case

DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX — In an early morning raid yesterday, federal agents arrested another person in connection with a July 4 protest at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center. More than three months after the protest, Janette Goering was arrested by federal and local police at her home in Carrollton, Texas, on Tuesday, October 21. Goering is being held at Johnson County Jail on a state charge of aiding in the commission of terrorism and has a bond set at $5 million.

Goering’s arrest continues a trend of escalation by police and prosecutors in a case that now involves 18 defendants. The government is using exorbitant bonds of up to $15 million to imprison all but one of the defendants. “It’s unbelievable that more than three months later the state is still trying to widen the net in this case,” said a spokesperson for the DFW Support Committee, a group of family and loved ones of defendants. “They’re attempting to prosecute this as an “Antifa” case in order to terrorize the movement in solidarity with immigrants, but it’s not going to work.”

The case has been hailed by the Trump administration as the first legal case against “Antifa.” On October 15, federal charges were formally brought against two of the Prairieland defendants, Autumn Hill and Zachary Evetts; the charges include 1 count of providing material support to terrorists, 3 counts of attempted murder of officers and employees of the United States, and 3 counts of discharging a firearm during, in relation to, and in furtherance of a crime of violence. FBI director Kash Patel called the defendants “Antifa-aligned anarchist violent extremists,” sharing Fox News coverage of the indictments on X. “This seems like a coordinated political campaign,” said Stephanie Shiver, wife of defendant Meagan Morris. “The feds didn’t do anything for months and then they bring everyone into court just days after Trump designated ‘Antifa’ a priority threat.” On September 25, the White House released the National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 (NSPM-7), which ordered all federal law enforcement agencies to prioritize combating “Antifa” as a domestic terrorism threat. Continue reading “Federal Agents Arrest Another Person in Prairieland Case, Bringing Total Number of Defendants to 18 (USA)” →

Anarchist comrade Eat kidnapped by the police and held incommunicado (Indonesia)

Posted on 2025/10/02 - 2025/10/02 by darknights

After the uprising in August 2025, the Indonesian state is weakened and looks for scapegoats. On the 23rd of September, the bastards claimed another one and kidnapped comrade Eat. Eat is a wellknown anarchist who had spent time in prison on several occasions, such as for armed robbery and an incendiary attacks against a bank. His ex-girlfriend, Anzi Matta, snitched on him and that’s why he got caught, according to police. The cops seized his laptop and phone, so that will be part of his case buildup. The police bastards are holding him incommunicado, like the rest of the anarchists. Right now he’s being held at the West Java Regional Police Station in Bandung. That’s where many comrades are held. We don’t know what official charges and accusations they will hit him with. We do know that he was being publicly accused of being the leader of the anarchist “Star of Chaos” variant in Indonesia, in connection with the riots last August. We have not heard about such a leader of anarchists, let alone nihilists, before. Nor have we heard of any such formal network of chaotics yet. Evidence of cops is simply, possession of flag or items, zines, musics, social media profile, participation or not in the riots, in many cases it appears, to try to legitimate the use of the anti-terrorist laws. At first sight seems like another absurd and fantastical concoction of the anti-terrorist unit, such as the lie that international funding of $500,000 created the revolt. This is part of the Indonesian state trying to change the narrative. Across the region our currents and tendencies grow. Their future is finished, anarchism is the narrative.

We know that according to the news circulating in Indonesia, after arresting 42 people accused of being part of egoist/insurrectionist cells, the police were pursuing Eat because he was also suspected of being a fundraiser, working on prisoner solidarity and connected to international anarchists, that is, he maintained friendships across borders. The police try to weaken the anarchist resolve by blaming snitches and creating anarcho-phantasms, but we know they lie and use torture. What we know is that the police are spreading that the former partner of Eat, Anzi Matta, helped them with information that lead to the arrest of Eat in Makassar, and he was brought to the West Java Regional Police in Bandung on 23rd September, where he remains.

Direct Action at Indonesian embassies, corporate interests and related.

Freedom for the prisoners – Death to the state.

Latest news from the Indonesian repression wave

Posted on 2025/09/30 - 2025/09/30 by darknights

LATEST NEWS.

Following the protests in August-September 2025, the police have
documented a total of 16 police reports (LP) and arrested individuals,
both adults and minors, across 16 police regions in Indonesia.

Note: The 959 people represent the number of arrests and suspects among
civilians following the largest demonstration since the 1998 tragedy,
making it one of the largest in Indonesia’s history.

Below is the breakdown of the reports and the number of suspects
involved: Continue reading “Latest news from the Indonesian repression wave” →

Prairieland Defendants Press Release – Sept 24/2025

Posted on 2025/09/26 - 2025/09/26 by darknights

Prairieland Defendants Arraigned in Fort Worth Federal Court
Defendants Remain in Custody on up to $10 Million Bonds for Unindicted Charges

September 24th, 2025

DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX — Defendants arrested in connection with the widely-covered July 4th protest at the Prairieland Immigration Detention Center were arraigned on Monday and Tuesday at the federal courthouse in Fort Worth. The arraignments came after nearly three months without movement by the prosecution and marks an important milestone in one of the most significant protest-related legal cases at a time of rising public dissent against Donald Trump’s immigration policies.

Currently, 17 people are facing charges ranging from attempted murder to obstruction of justice following a protest that defendants and supporters are confident was not planned to be violent. The police allege that shots were fired by one person, injuring an officer; this single allegation has expanded to accusations the defendants were involved in a vast conspiracy. “The police are clearly using this as an opportunity to criminalize protest against ICE detentions and deportations,” said Stephanie Shiver, wife of defendant Meagan Morris. “Their narrative is ridiculous and unbelievable.” Continue reading “Prairieland Defendants Press Release – Sept 24/2025” →

Indonesia: Update on Political Prisoners from the Mass Action of August 25-30, 2025

Posted on 2025/09/26 by darknights

UPDATE ON POLITICAL PRISONERS FROM THE MASS ACTION OF AUGUST 25-30, 2025 IN INDONESIA

JAVA
• Banten Police (Polda Banten)
Total Arrests: 15 People
• Metro Jaya Police (Jakarta)
Total Arrests: 1,240 People
Total Suspects: 43 People
• West Java Police (Polda Jawa Barat)
Total Arrests: 147 People
Total Suspects: 42 People
• Yogyakarta Police (Polda DIY)
Total Arrests: 60 People
• Central Java Police (Polda Jawa Tengah)
Total Arrests: 1,240 People
Total Suspects: 118 People
• East Java Police (Polda Jawa Timur)
Total Arrests: 709 People
Total Suspects: 51 People

**56 of the 118 arrested by Central Java Police are minors.

BALI
• Bali Police (Polda Bali)
Total Arrests: 138 People
Total Suspects: 14 People

CELEBES
• West Celebes Police (Polda Sulawesi Barat)
Total Arrests: 6 People
• South Celebes Police (Polda Sulawesi Selatan)
Total Arrests: 53 People
• Central Celebes Police (Polda Sulawesi Tengah)
Total Arrests: 1 Person

SUMATERA
• North Sumatera Police (Polda Sumatera Utara)
Total Arrests: 50 People
• South Sumatra Police (Polda Sumatera Selatan)
Total Arrests: 25 People

FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS FROM AUGUST–SEPTEMBER 2025!

NO ONE IS FREE UNTIL EVERYONE IS FREE!

Important Information from Indonesia for International Comrades

Posted on 2025/09/21 by darknights

Indonesia, September 18, 2025, by XIII-XII.

After the mass action that took place at the end of August and early
September, a wave of mass arrests followed, with thousands of people
being detained across various cities in Indonesia — both post-action
arrests and sweeps from those already arrested. Even now, various
anti-authoritarian groups in Indonesia are experiencing widespread
paranoia, which is understandable for some people due to the state’s
cyber operations aimed at mapping both formal and informal
anti-authoritarian cells. Several collective and individual names have
already been collected, which only adds to the paranoid climate that
continues to persist. Some refer to this as “going underground,” or even
as an individual safety method, to later continue efforts for solidarity
with comrades who have been designated as suspects. The state has
labeled anarchists as the masterminds behind all the mass actions that
took place in various cities. For example, in Bandung, the authorities
have designated 42 protesters as suspects, and in Jakarta, 16 people
have been labeled as suspects. This doesn’t even account for other
cities that have not yet been verified. All those who are detained face
obstacles in accessing legal assistance, and torture is not spared
during interrogation and examination. Continue reading “Important Information from Indonesia for International Comrades” →

Italy: Arrests and search operations between Pisa and the Apuan Alps in relation to the 2023 attack on the Pisa courthouse

Posted on 2025/09/16 by darknights

ARRESTS AND SEARCH OPERATIONS BETWEEN PISA AND THE APUAN ALPS IN RELATION TO THE 2023 ATTACK ON THE PISA COURTHOUSE (ITALY)

On the morning of 11 September, a police operation coordinated by the DDAA [District Anti-Mafia and Anti-Terrorism Directorate] in the main city of Tuscany and conducted by the DIGOS [General Investigations and Special Operations Division] in Pisa and Florence took place in the municipalities of Carrara, Montignoso, Pisa and Sarzana. The operation appears to have been named “Delivery”.

According to our information, two anarchist comrades who are subject to a preventive custody order under house arrest (it is not yet known if there are any particular restrictions; updates will follow) were arrested in Pisa and Carrara. The comrades – who were already searched on 26 March in relation to the same acts – are under investigation for “terrorist acts involving lethal or explosive devices” and other related crimes. This is part of the proceedings concerning the attack on the Pisa courthouse on 21 February 2023. We would also like to point out that the comrades were involved in the 2023 “Scripta Scelera” operation, which was orchestrated by the Genoa DDAA against the internationalist anarchist fortnightly journal “Bezmotivny” (and which was essentially “shipwrecked” during the trial held in Massa against four defendants).

According to the latest information, the other comrades involved in this operation were only searched at home and in their vehicles. This was also in relation to the crime of “subversive association with the purpose of terrorism or subversion of the democratic order”.

Every day, in every court, hundreds of exploited people are sentenced. By means of sentences, men and women are buried in prisons and their friendships and love relationships are mutilated. By means of explosives, structures will be hit and men of power will be mutilated. For every death at sea, in prison, at work, in the CPRs, not one, but 100 bombs against the masters. Your cameras and guards patrolling the city will never be enough to prevent action from penetrating your buildings”, read the statement of claim by Gruppo di Solidarietà Rivoluzionaria – Consegne a Domicilio [Revolutionary Solidarity Group – Home Deliveries] (joining the FAI-FRI), concerning the action against the court. This action was part of an intense mobilisation against 41 bis prison regime and life imprisonment without parole, and was carried out in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, who was on hunger strike for over 120 days at the time. “Solidarity with all revolutionary prisoners around the world. Support social struggles with revolutionary struggle”, the text concluded.

ALONGSIDE THE ARRESTED COMRADES
A couple of those searched

UPDATE: The comrades are under house arrest with all restrictions (no communication or visits allowed).