Free Association of Autonomous Fires

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.

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)” →

Short video clips for worldwide destructive anarchy

Posted on 2026/03/28 by darknights

Two short videos which have been made and are circulating. For international revenge and solidarity. Free the prisoners, honour the dead.

UK: ‘From the Carcass of a Rotting World’ – Video created by Anarcho-Nihilist comrades for the August 2025 Insurrection in Indonesia & the state repressive wave that followed

Posted on 2026/03/17 - 2026/03/17 by darknights

From the Carcass of a Rotting World

Video created by Anarcho-Nihilist comrades in UK to raise awareness of the August 2025 Insurrection in Indonesia and the state repressive wave that followed.

In solidarity with all the prisoners and the ‘Chaos Star’ case comrades.

We will never forget the fallen, they are still present in our struggle.

Nothing is over, the conflict continues.

Long Live the FAI/IRF!

Tasikmalaya Regency Pipe Bomb Case Begins + Komar is Gate Arrested (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/03/10 - 2026/03/10 by darknights

10.3.26 : On February 26th, the trial began for another section of the comrades of the Chaos Star Case (Adit, Opal, Pem, Herdi and Hugo [informant]). This case is about a pipe bomb that exploded which destroyed a police post in Gentong, Tasikmalaya Regency in December 2024. The action was claimed by the Free Association of Autonomous Fires. The communique can be found in the Blessed Is The Flame chronicle and was also published on Dark Nights. The action was declared in solidarity with Alfredo Cospito, Nikos Romanos and all anarchist prisoners.

The comrades are being threatened with up to 25 years in prison. The anti-terrorist unit, Densus 88, tortured the comrades badly, including trying to damage their sight. The prosecutors maintain they have everything for a conviction, as well as the words of a snitch, Hugo. On early February 15 police officers from the Criminal Investigation Unit of the West Java Regional Police Headquarters went to Kebon Waru prison because Hugo reported that there was a threat to his life. These are the police that paid him as he coldly smoked cigarettes during the torture of our comrades and gave his “evidence”. All the comrades remain imprisoned in Kebon Waru.

On March 8th, we received the latest information that our comrade Ainun K “Komar” (a Chaos Star prisoner) was supposed to be released from the detention center in Bandung, but was immediately re-arrested by the Surabaya City Police (Polrestabes Surabaya) on suspicion of incitement through the Instagram account @blackbloczone. This new kidnapping comes as Komar has already been imprisoned for five months on the same charge in West Java. The Surabaya police are using the new laws which require less evidence and judicial process to revenge our comrade. Many of the imprisoned comrades are due for release but the tactics of the police bastards have to be confronted. What is particulary ridiculous is the accusation against Komar, is that he is responsible for the mass insurrection which took place in Surabaya, which completely humiliated the police and lead to their facilities being widespread destroyed. Release Komar now!

Palang Hitam

INDONESIA – Solidarity letter for egoist/nihilist/insurrectionist comrades detained in Bandung

Posted on 2026/02/15 - 2026/02/15 by darknights

To our friends currently detained in Bandung,

Though bars and walls attempt to separate our bodies, they are incapable of imprisoning our will, our memory, and our consciousness as Unique beings. In a world that constantly tries to reduce individuals into mere numbers, symbols, or instruments of something supposedly greater, your existence affirms something that cannot be confiscated, ownership of oneself.

We write not in the name of abstractions, not in the name of hollow humanity, nor out of imposed moral obligation. This letter arises from affinity, from one ego recognizing another, from wills encountering and acknowledging each other, not because we must, but because we choose to.

The State may call you offenders. Official morality may label you deviant. Yet we know how often those grand concepts are merely specters demanding sacrifice without ever truly living. You chose not to bow to those specters. That choice, whatever its consequences, belongs to you alone. Continue reading “INDONESIA – Solidarity letter for egoist/nihilist/insurrectionist comrades detained in Bandung” →

Trial Updates of Political/Anarchist Prisoners in Bandung (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/02/13 by darknights

On February 2nd, the cyber-hunting cluster underwent sentencing at the Bandung District Court. Nine comrades—Arfa, Azriel, Deni, Muhibuddin, Moch Sidik, Rifa Rahnabilla, Rifal, Rizky, and Yusuf—were found guilty and sentenced to 6 months in prison, with time served taken into account by the judges.

Then, on February 12th, the comrades from the admin-hunting cluster—Komar, Abul, and Dana (Black Bloc Zone)—also underwent sentencing at the Bandung District Court. They were found guilty and sentenced to 6 months in prison, with time served taken into account by the judges.

We will provide an update on the political expression hunting cluster (Chaos Star Case) as soon as their sentencing and verdicts are finalized.

No one is free until everyone is free.

GOING UNDERGROUND/F.A.A.F

UK: Two Solidarity Events in Bristol for the Imprisoned Anarchist Comrades in Indonesia – 13+15 March 2026

Posted on 2026/01/26 - 2026/02/25 by darknights

Also on in March- Solidarity Benefit Gig 21 March for the Indonesian Anarchist Black Cross Palang Hitam (South-London, UK)

Resisdance presents a fundraiser for imprisoned anarchist comrades in Indonesia

This is gonna go off!!

13.03.26
The Plough, Easton
9pm-2am

Honk Hell
– splatter jazz from Portsmouth

Knockdown Dolls
– dub/jungle/ska/rap/funky punk from Bristol

Spanner [Still Playing!!]
– militant anarchist punk and ska from Bristol

Godsfave
– jungle and bass heavy bangers

New Brand
– dub/breaks/house/techno/jungle floor shakers

Elley Phunk
– badass bass breakbeat and Jungle.

£5 suggested donation on the door. NOTAFLOF – No one turned away for lack of funds

In August and September 2025, after the murder of a motorbike courier during a protest against government corruption and police brutality in Jakarta, Indonesia exploded into a huge popular uprising which rocked the regime of the ex-military President Prabowo. After the riots, the ruling elites blamed the “anarchists” for causing the unrest and they started to round up thousands of young people in major cities, blaiming them for taking part in the protests.

Across the country, young people were snatched by the anti-terrorist unit, ‘Densus 88’, and tortured until they gave false testimony. The regime attacked young people in the streets, delivery drivers, IT workers, activists, punks, journalists, musicians & others, who were all accused of serious “crimes”…

Come and find out about the ‘Chaos Star‘ frame-up of more than 70 accused anarchists. Come and find out how the cops were able to round up the anarchist, radical left and alternative scenes in Indonesia. What can we learn from the repression? What are the roles of anarchists during mass insurrections?

How we can support the hundreds of prisoners? Find out @ BASE, 15/3/26

BASE, Easton, Bristol
The Plough, Easton

INDONESIA – Letter from Prison by Comrade Dena a.k.a Apip a.k.a Scoobydoomz

Posted on 2026/01/14 by darknights

Letter from Prison by Comrade Dena a.k.a Apip a.k.a Scoobydoomz

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Detention Center, West Java Police Headquarter. January 13, 2026.

Greetings, comrades! I hope this message finds you well. As I write, I’ve just been informed that my case has been submitted to the prosecutor’s office. The police investigator told me I have only a few more days left in this cell. I hope to be transferred to Kebon Waru Prison by the end of this month, where I can reunite with other comrades, even if it’s under the condition of being “imprisoned.”

To those of you outside, trust in the fire burning in your chest–it won’t easily fade if you believe in it. This struggle is fated for anyone who stands by it. We didn’t start this war; we’re simply fighting back! We resist the tyranny of the powerful, the violence of the authorities, the massive land evictions, the monopoly on natural resources, the criminalization of those who speak out, those who defend their rights, indigenous communities, and our fellow comrades. We’re only fighting back against all of that!

Comrades, the actions you take–whether through resistance or defiance–are nothing compared to the injustice they have inflicted upon us. Stay strong and unshaken! Fighting back is the truest form of love.

-Scoobydoomz

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Dena, also known by his stage names Apip and Scoobydoomz, is a radical rapper who performs in urban ruins, conflict zones, and similar spaces. He was imprisoned for his role in the destruction of buildings during the protests against the military bill, particularly the burning of Hana Bank in Bandung on March 21, 2025. He is currently grouped under the “chaos star” case, classified as a nihilist/egoist/insurrectionist anarchist by the police.

FULL OF LOVE AND PASSION, OUR SOLIDARITY WITH ALL ANARCHIST PRISONERS ACROSS THE NATION. WE WILL NEVER ABANDON YOU.

Going Underground / F.A.A.F

Post-August Mass Action Manhunt in Surakarta (Solo): Arrest of Comrades Riky and Kipli a.k.a Blazevomit – Indonesia

Posted on 2026/01/10 - 2026/01/10 by darknights

As the authoritarian regime of Prabowo and Gibran tightens its grip on Indonesia in 2025, dissent has erupted across the nation. What began as a mass wave of protests against corruption, oppression, and systemic violence has turned into an unrelenting campaign of state-sponsored repression. In the streets, solidarity movements bloomed in the wake of a tragic event: the brutal killing of Affan, an online motorcycle driver run over by a Brimob [Mobile Brigade Corps- Special operations, paramilitary, and tactical unit of the Indonesian National Police] armored vehicle during a protest in Jakarta. This act of violence ignited an even greater fire of resistance, yet it also marked the beginning of a systematic crackdown on comrades, journalists, and anyone challenging the regime.

Two comrades from Solo, Rizky Ardiansyah, known as Riky, and Muhammad Rafli Andriansyah, or Kipli, were among the first to fall victim to the regime’s wave of arrests. The two were arrested in November for their involvement in a mass action in August at the Brimob Headquarters, Battalion C Pelopor, Manahan, Solo. They were charged with a range of serious offenses, including alleged property destruction and involvement in creating incendiary devices such as Molotov cocktails, accusations that were heavily inflated and fueled by visual evidence obtained by the police.

But the real story here is not just about the charges. They are a smokescreen, a tool used by the state to criminalize dissent and stifle the growing resistance. Both Riky and Kipli now face trial in Surakarta, with their hearings set for January 2026, but their plight is a reflection of a much larger reality: the state’s war against anyone who dares to oppose it. Continue reading “Post-August Mass Action Manhunt in Surakarta (Solo): Arrest of Comrades Riky and Kipli a.k.a Blazevomit – Indonesia” →