From the Global South

<p>In August 2025, mass protests erupted across Indonesia — the largest since the fall of Suharto in 1998. Triggered by a housing allowance for lawmakers worth nearly ten times the minimum wage, the protests drew gig workers, students, and first-time demonstrators united by years of economic frustration. What followed was the largest wave of state repression since the Reformasi era: mass arrests, digital surveillance, and an acid attack on Andrie Yunus, Deputy Coordinator of KontraS, one of Indonesia's most prominent human rights organisations. </p><p>In this episode, host Dominic speaks with Fatia Maulidiyanti, former Coordinator of KontraS, about who was in th...