Indonesia – Dark Nights

Repression in Yogyakarta (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/02/18 by darknights

https://www.gofundme.com/f/PATM-housing-support

Hi, my name is Joe Hill and I’m raising money to help my good friends and comrades in Java, who have been forced from their homes due to their decolonial political and community work – publishing anarchist literature, running anti domestic violence workshops and supporting farmers in land rights struggles.

From PATM Indonesia:

In December 2025, an anarchist organizer and publisher based in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, was subjected to intimidation, surveillance, and forced displacement following a series of false accusations spread by involving Indonesian police and immigrationnt authorities. The publisher, PATM (Page Against the Machine), is an independent publisher dedicated to translating Indonesian anarchist and decolonial texts into English for a wider global audience. The latest release, Anarchy in Alifuru: The History of Stateless Societies in the Maluku Islands (written by Bima Satria Putra), was published in the UK on August 2025 by Minor Compositions. Another 3 titles are currently in process, the success of which depends on stability of work and home.

The incident began when a visiting foreign friend, legally present in Indonesia, briefly documented a public mural event commemorating International Human Rights Day. Although the event was not a demonstration—therefore he was having no involvement in any protest—and no laws were violated, he was accused of participating in a “demonstration” and labeled as part of an “international anarchist network.” His passport was confiscated, and both he and his host were subjected to prolonged interrogations by immigration authorities. No allegations were substantiated, and the passport was eventually returned after a couple of days. Continue reading “Repression in Yogyakarta (Indonesia)” →

Defense Statements of Imprisoned Anarchist Comrades Naufal & Adit (Indonesia – Chaos Star)

Posted on 2026/02/18 - 2026/02/18 by darknights

LEAFLET PLEDOI

Cover – PLEDOI

Defense statement that was read by two anarchists who are defendants in last August’s riot case. They are currently awaiting the final verdict and sentencing. The plea has been printed and distributed here in Indonesia on the streets, including outside the court. The statements were also distributed at Homicide and Balcony gig (hardcore bands) in Bandung. Naufal and Adit have projected sentences of 2 years, 6 months, but it has not been confirmed yet by the judge. Adit already received 6 months for being an admin of Black Bloc Zone, he has further trials for burning a police station and for burning the Indonesian flag. Free the prisoners. Palang Hitam.

Pleidoi or defense plea of Naufal

To the Honorable Panel,

First, allow me to defend myself regarding the treatment I received from the police and the prosecutor’s legal assessment of my actions. This is a summary of the ordeal I endured from arrest to the present.

On 4 September 2025 at approximately 11 a.m., about 10 individuals approached me. They interrogated me about my actions, initially stating they would not detain me. After I admitted them, I was forced into a vehicle: my neck was choked, my head struck near the temple, I was handcuffed, and taken to Polda Jabar.

Upon arrival at the Criminal Investigation Building, I was seated on a sofa. I saw my friend Aditya with his head wrapped in duct tape. A person—identified as the Densus 88 commander—approached me, ordered me to stand, and asked, “You’re an anarchist, right?” Before I could answer, he punched my stomach hard, threw me back onto the sofa, and kicked the back of my head four times with his hard sandals. I was forced to stand with hands raised, threatened with further beatings if I lowered them.

Subsequent BAP sessions involved physical and psychological violence: head beatings with sandals, firearm threats, shouting, and intense stares. One session lasted four days and four nights without rest. I tried to correct inaccurate BAP statements—that the Molotov cocktails wrapped with firecrackers failed to ignite or cause damage, only breaking the bottles—but received threats like “If I’d seen you at the demo, I’d have killed you,” accompanied by pistol display and sandal strikes to my head. Continue reading “Defense Statements of Imprisoned Anarchist Comrades Naufal & Adit (Indonesia – Chaos Star)” →

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

News from the Trial of the Comrades in Bandung (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/02/10 - 2026/02/10 by darknights

NEWS FROM THE TRIAL OF THE COMRADES IN BANDUNG

Six comrades from the Political Expression Hunting Cluster (also often referred to as the Chaos Star Case) have undergone sentencing today. The outcome of the trial is that comrades AD and MNT were sentenced by the prosecutor to 3 years in prison. Meanwhile, comrades RFK, TAP, MJF, and RS were sentenced to 2 years and 6 months in prison.

A few words from a letter sent by a comrade involved in the Chaos Star case:

“We are particles of an entity called disorder, which is supposed to exist within the spectrum of defiance as our wild instinct, as unique and lazy individuals!”

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 - 2026/02/17 by darknights

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

Chaos Star case: Anarchist comrade Eat released under house arrest (Indonesia)

Posted on 2026/01/22 - 2026/01/26 by darknights

Chaos Star update 22.1.26

Accused anarchist comrade Eat, in the Chaos Star case, has been released from the West Java paramilitary police compound to house/city arrest. Eat is expected to be watched closely by the Densus88 antiterrorist unit. Comrades and lawyers went to meet him and take him to get nutrition, medicine and rest. Eat remains under investigation and the case is still open. Here’s what Eat’s lawyer had to say about his status:

‘Eat was release by operation of law because the detention period during the investigation stage had expired and could not be extended. However, this release is temporary, as the legal process is still ongoing. The case is currently awaiting transfer from the prosecutor’s office. If it proceeds to the prosecution stage, Eat may be detained again and transferred to Kebon Waru Detention Center for trial.

From a substantive standpoint, Eat actually has a legal advantage in this case. The charges and the investigation report do not meet the required legal elements, particularly those related to incitement. There is no clear evidence of any direct call or instruction to organize or carry out last year’s protest, as alleged. because of this, the prosecutors themselves are hesitant to move the case forward to court.’

This hesitation has also influenced the investigator’s decision not to pursue a second case involving Eat and another named comrade. We thank everyone for their solidarity and support. Without international pressure, we do not believe that Eat would have been released.

Nothing is over. Eat could be re-arrested. There are another 73 accused anarchists and hundreds of prisoners of the uprising still detained. Yet this is a major success, since the Densus88 wanted to scapegoat Eat as the organizational figurehead and leader of the fake Chaos Star network and of the insurrection itself.

Please remain attentive to the health condition and legal process of Eat and that of the other prisoners. Anarchist comrade Dena remains in the West Java compound, and is also ill from lack of HIV medication. Take action and donate to Palang Hitam/ABC Indonesia. We don’t have enough support to adequately provide infrastructure to such a large number of prisoners at a time when the anarchist movement is under attack in Indonesia. To donate, contact Dark Nights, IWOC UK or any long-running established ABC group.

Fire to the prisons!

Palang Hitam/ABC

In Contempt #3: RICO Charges Dismissed, Palestine Action UK Prisoners Hunger Strike Ends With a Win, New Prairieland Arrest, & More

Posted on 2026/01/19 by darknights

Though with a delay, we return with the monthly news roundup of analysis on prison rebellions and imprisoned freedom fighters that is IN CONTEMPT! Once again, the US has seen unprecedented authoritarian repression confronting determined community resistance. As we enter another insurrectionary moment, we are reinvigorated by the relentless struggles of political prisoners worldwide who continue to inspire collective action through words and deeds.

https://incontempt.noblogs.org/2026/01/16/in-contempt-3/

Following the closing of It’s Going Down, a new collective will continue publishing monthly “In Contempt” updates on this noblogs. We hope this publication helps develop networks of inside-outside solidarity – over 100 copies are mailed to people behind bars each month! Please submit any updates and calls to action to the new email in_contempt at autistici dot org.

We’re also interested in providing more up to date roundups about international political prisoners, so please contribute if you can, whether updates or translations.

This month’s column includes:

Palestine Action UK Prisoners End Hunger Strike on 73rd Day
RICO Charges Dismissed for All 61 Stop Cop City Defendants
New Arrest in the Prairieland Case
11 Charges Against the Northumberland 2 Dropped
Repression against Indonesian Anarchists
Calls to Action
Phone Zaps
Free Them All!
Political Prisoner / POW Updates
George Floyd Uprising Prisoners
Prarieland Defendants
New Years Eve Prison Demos
ICE Watch
Deaths in ICE Custody
Repression
Media
Birthdays
In Memorium: Sekou Odinga

Two printable zines will be available in the coming days to print & share with our comrades inside, so be sure to check back!

Until All Are Free

Urgent update on health situation of Eat and Dena, imprisoned anarchists in Chaos Star case

Posted on 2026/01/14 - 2026/01/22 by darknights

14.1.2026

We received the information that imprisoned anarchist comrades Eat (Reyhard Rumbayan) and Dena (Maditya Dena), are still held in the West Java paramilitary police compound in the fabricated ‘Chaos Star case‘, and that they have badly declined in health. In the case of Eat, severely. Both comrades have HIV+ diagnosis and are struggling to receive adequate healthcare, food and nutrition for their serious condition. Eat is suffering constant extreme pain from atrophy in his arm which is paralyzed.

Eat’s condition is in an advanced stage and we call for increased attention and pressure on his case. We remind that Eat is long-known anarchist who was imprisoned and took responsibility for the incendiary attack against a bank as part of revolutionary solidarity to Luciano Tortuga’s situation, after the latter was injured in an attempted bombing in Chile, 2011. We will never leave our comrades alone inside the prison and we will seek our vengeance.

We hold the Indonesian regime responsible for the abuse, the torture, the lives of our comrades.

After the uprising in August 2025, the anarchist movement is being blamed for causing the unrest, but this conceals the fact that the mass popular insurrection did not belong to the anarchists, it belonged to everyone. From Iran, to Indonesia, to the USA, we will fight back!

For international revolutionary solidarity! Free the prisoners!

Palang Hitam/Anarchist Black Cross

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Write to Eat and Dena

[Name]
Jl. Soekarno Hatta No.748,
Cimenerang, Kec. Gedebage,
Kota Bandung,
Jawa Barat 40292,
Indonesia

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