Adit – Dark Nights

Approaching Release Dates for Bandung Anarchist Prisoners (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/08/06 by darknights

Approaching Release Dates for Bandung Anarchist Prisoners
(August–September 2025 Movement)

BANDUNG — A timeline of upcoming release dates has been compiled for anarchist prisoners targeted during the state crackdowns surrounding the August–September 2025 mobilization in Bandung. These comrades were criminalized over direct actions, including arson targeting Hana Bank and the West Java DPRD Building, as well as state persecution directed at administrators of the Black Bloc Zone platform—widely framed by mainstream media under the “Chaos Star” narrative.

Upcoming Releases: The “Chaos Star” Direct Action Cases

Several comrades imprisoned in connection with the direct action cases are approaching their scheduled freedom:

•Rhexcy: Scheduled for release on July 29, 2026
•Tebe & Iyong: Scheduled for release on July 31, 2026
•Jalus: Scheduled for release on August 3, 2026
•Apip: Estimated release in September 2026 Continue reading “Approaching Release Dates for Bandung Anarchist Prisoners (Indonesia)” →

Chaos in the Archipelago of Fire: A Compilation of Texts from the 2025 Insurrection in Indonesia & Subsequent Repression

Posted on 2026/07/21 - 2026/07/21 by darknights

Click link: https://archive.org/details/archipelago-of-fire

Print-imposed & Read-only PDF’s of the zine “Chaos in the Archipelago of Fire: A Compilation of Texts from the 2025 Insurrection in Indonesia & Subsequent Repression,” Parts One & Two

Adapted from the French-language zine:

Chaos dans l’Archipel de Feu
Sur l’insurrection d’août 2025 en Indonésie et sa répression

https://infokiosques.net/spip.php?article2312

Indonesia: Actualización Presxs Palang Hitam

Posted on 2026/07/18 - 2026/07/18 by darknights

Hemos estado inmersxs en las trincheras del apoyo legal estas últimas semanas. Acompañar a lxs secuestradxs por Densus (ndt: Densus 88, unidad especial policial anti-terrorista de Indonesia) no es solamente una cosa táctica — es como mapeamos sus métodos de represión para desmantelarlos. Por sobre todo, rehusamos abandonar a cualquiera a merced de la maquinaria del Estado.

Estamos disminuyendo el apoyo a Komar, puesto que ya está siendo asistido por ST (ndt: Setapol, Unión de Presos Políticos) y otrxs. Nuestra prioridad siguen siendo lxs presxs restantes del 1 de Mayo 2026 y todxs lxs que aún tienen que enfrentar los tribunales sin solidaridad. Por supuesto, esto incluye Adit, quien seguirá encerrado hasta el próximo año. Continue reading “Indonesia: Actualización Presxs Palang Hitam” →

Bristol, UK: HSBC Bank attacked in solidarity with imprisoned anarchists in Indonesia EN/IN

Posted on 2026/06/16 - 2026/06/19 by darknights

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COMMUNIQUE

On 10th June in Kingswood, Bristol, HSBC Bank was attacked and the windows were smashed. HSBC Bank are a large investor and financial bloodsucker operating in Indonesia, where foreign multinationals and domestic businesses allied to the Prabowo regime loot and destroy the ecology and people. It is the banks, capitalists and elites that are responsible for the misery in our lives and it doesn’t matter that our imprisoned comrades Adit, Naufal, Komar, Mpe and Dena are far away. Through destruction of a shared target, in this case a Bank with investments in the Indonesian state, we are making our solidarity real. Form affinity groups and go on the attack.

International solidarity to all anarchist prisoners for June 11th and also to those jailed for the actions against Elbit in Filton.

It is the State and Capital that is Terrorist.

Free Alfredo Cospito.

Long live Anarchy.

Black Foxes / FAI-IRF

Continue reading “Bristol, UK: HSBC Bank attacked in solidarity with imprisoned anarchists in Indonesia EN/IN” →

Update on Chaos Star prisoners – Indonesia

Posted on 2026/05/10 by darknights

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.

Pem and Herdi are expected to be released in approximately 30 days.

Jalus, Iyonk, Rexi, and TB are expected to be released in July.

The remaining detainees are Nopal and Adit, both sentenced to 3 years.

Meanwhile, Dena is still undergoing trial proceedings, which have currently reached the witness testimony stage. Dena is expected to undergo approximately five more hearings before sentencing, with an estimated sentence of 1 to 2 years.

— Chaos Star —

INDONESIA – Update on the Trials of Bandung Anarchist Prisoners (Chaos Star Case)

Posted on 2026/04/18 by darknights

Death to the State and Long Live Anarchy

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

* Albi: sentenced to 6 months in prison for the Bandung unrest in August–September 2026.

* Pem: sentenced to 9 months in prison for the arson attack on the police post in Gentong, West Java.

* Herdi: sentenced to 9 months in prison for the arson attack on the police post in Gentong, West Java.

* Nopal: sentenced to 1 year in prison for the arson attack on the police post in Gentong, West Java.

* Adit: sentenced to 1 year in prison for the arson attack on the police post in Gentong, West Java.

Also, the first trial of our comrade Dena, also known as Apip or Scoobydoomz, has been postponed and is now scheduled for April 24, 2026.

This trial marks the beginning of proceedings against comrades involved in the arson of Hana Bank during protests against the Indonesian Military Bill in March 2025. Adit, Nopal, and Jalus may face further trials for separate charges.

Note:
Adit and Nopal have already faced two trials on different charges, and the combined sentences they currently face total three years in prison, not including the upcoming verdict for the Hana Bank arson in Bandung.

Gregorius Hugo, also known as Bake or Bex (informant), received only 7 months and 15 days—a sentence that can be considered virtually a free pass due to time already served in police and prosecution custody. This light sentence, despite his key involvement in the Gentong case, confirms his role as an informant/dead fucking snitch and his cooperation with the authorities! We advise international networks to cut ties with him.

For anarchy and the black international!

Going Underground.

Defence Statement of Adit, Anarchist Prisoner in Chaos Star Case (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/04/15 by darknights

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.

To be honest, after the defense I presented in the case of the August 2025 demonstration was rejected, everything feels pointless. My defense in the previous trial was already very long, explaining everything in great detail. Yet my suspicion that the verdict had been determined from the beginning only grew stronger when the decision was finally struck with the gavel. The state has sentenced me to two years in prison, and now the state demands again that I be given the same sentence. And for that, I only have very little room to defend the violence that I have committed.

It has become an open secret that all forms of violence and abuse of power by state apparatus —(read: the police)— have produced forms of human rights violations. One of the most severe and intolerable is the taking of human life. The Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS) recorded 602 incidents of violence involving members of the Indonesian National Police from July 2024 to June 2025. From the Kanjuruhan tragedy, Randi and Yusuf, Afif Maulana, Gamma, Affan Kurniawan, Arianto Tawakkal, to Eko Prasetyo—the most recent—killed by the police. Continue reading “Defence Statement of Adit, Anarchist Prisoner in Chaos Star Case (Indonesia)” →

Indonesia: Trial update on the anarchist detainees in Bandung (Chaos Star case — Gentong Bomber et al)

Posted on 2026/04/14 by darknights

Five anarchist detainees, namely Albi, Pem, Herdi, Adit, and Naufal, have undergone a hearing for the reading of the charges by the panel of judges on Friday, April 10, 2026. There are still two more hearings scheduled for the five of them: the defence hearing (plea) on Tuesday, April 14, 2026, and the verdict hearing (TBA). The charges given by the judges to the five comrades are as follows:

* Albi: One year, reduced by the time the defendant has spent in detention.
* Pem: One year and six months, reduced by the time the defendant has spent in detention.
* Herdi: One year and six months, reduced by the time the defendant has spent in detention.
* Adit: Two years, reduced by the time the defendant has spent in detention.
* Naufal: Two years, reduced by the time the defendant has spent in detention.

In other news, regarding Dena a.k.a Apip a.k.a Scoobydoomz, this comrade will undergo his first hearing (after over 100 days of uncertainty and delays) on Thursday, April 16, 2026.

No one is free until all are free,

Going Underground.

Anti-Info contributions by anarchists of the Chaos Star case (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/03/28 by darknights

Contributions from Jasul, Adit and Eat for the solidarity infonight in Bristol and London, UK, about the repression after the uprising across the Indonesian archipelago. The contribution can be translated and used for all solidarity events that take place that aim to raise awareness and solidarity about the Chaos Star case and the broader reality.

From Jasul and Adit.

Hello comrades, warm greetings from Bandung to Bristol.

We introduce ourselves as prisoners from what is known as the “Chaos Star.” This correspondence carries fragments of memory from years marked by chaos, surveillance, and arrests. We send this message from behind the bars of a prison in—so called—Indonesia. We are currently serving sentences related to the August 2025 unrest, the pipe bomb attack on a police post in December 2024, and the destruction of Bank Hana during the anti–TNI Bill protests in March and May Day 2025.

The unrest last August became the largest manhunt against activists and anarchists since 1998. This year, 703 political prisoners—although we reject that label—are still undergoing legal processes or are detained. We prefer to be called Anarchist Prisoners rather than Political Prisoners. This is an issue we want to critique. The label “political prisoner” places us within certain relations of power: we are framed as symbols of resistance, victims or survivors of a regime, or tools for legitimizing particular political agendas. Instead, we are Anarchist Prisoners. We reject the very foundation of politics itself. Our emphasis is on the autonomy of the subject and individual disobedience, without serving any project or representation tied to political agendas. By using the label Anarchist Prisoners, we assert a distance from the language of power and maintain a position outside the political field that seeks to regulate, define, and justify everything. Continue reading “Anti-Info contributions by anarchists of the Chaos Star case (Indonesia)” →

Chaos Star – Article from Italian periodical ‘Disfare’ about the repression in Indonesia

Posted on 2026/03/16 - 2026/03/18 by darknights

Article from Italian periodical ‘Disfare‘ about the repression in Indonesia, written by Palang Hitam. Updated corrected version: 18/3/26. We received a report that the only defendants left in Kebon Waru prison is Dena, defendants from the Gentong case and from the attack on parliament case. Adit, Rizki, Tubagus, Herdi, Reksi, Naufal. Others are already free. In the BlackBlocZone case, Komar was re-arrested, but his two co-defendants are released.

Repression and Resistance in Indonesia

In August to September 2025, widespread riots took place in Indonesia across various cities on the Archipelago. It was the largest modern social uprising in the country and it was arguably triggered by the killing of Affan Kurniawan, an online motorcycle courier, who was emblematic of many of the protestors: Marginalized, precarious workers, street people, working and underclasses. Affan was murdered by Brimob mobile brigade police in an armored vehicle, the cops ran him over in front of the crowd in Jakarta. The death happened in the context of an ongoing protest against government corruption, the rising cost of living and police brutality. The killing ignited even greater mass protests, which lead to violent clashes with police and paramilitary law enforcement. Lawmakers and politicians openly mocked the demonstrators, who were only calling attention to immediate social issues that concerned everyone, and pointed to the growing reactionary power of the ex-military regime. Since the riots, the repression has grown even harder.

Starting on August 30, 2025, hundreds of thousands took to the streets in cities including Bandung and Jakarta, demanding not only accountability and justice for Affan, but an end to the entire corrupt political-military-capitalist racket. Anarchist methods and street tactics became widespread, as did anarchist slogans and targets. The government factions, political parties, unions and students associations completely lost control of the narrative. They couldn’t control the anger on the streets and the moment of the revolt was sparked. Many government buildings, corporations, police stations and senior politicians residences were looted and/or burned down. Continue reading “Chaos Star – Article from Italian periodical ‘Disfare’ about the repression in Indonesia” →