Punks in trouble in Indonesia

butcher · Dec 14, 2011

Nobody ↑ :

Punk's not dead, it's just gone to moral rehab

Indonesian sharia police are "morally rehabilitating" more than 60 young punk rock fans in Aceh province on Sumatra island, saying the youths are tarnishing the province's image.

Since being arrested at a punk rock concert in the provincial capital Banda Aceh on Saturday night, 59 male and five female punk rock fans have been forced to have their hair cut, bathe in a lake, change clothes and pray.

"We feared that the Islamic sharia law implemented in this province will be tainted by their activities," Banda Aceh deputy mayor Illiza Sa'aduddin Djamal, who ordered the arrests, said.

"We hope that by sending them to rehabilitation they will eventually repent."

Hundreds of Indonesian punk fans came from around the country to attend the concert, organised to raise money for orphans.

Police stormed the venue and arrested fans sporting mohawks, tattoos, tight jeans and chains, who were on Tuesday taken to a nearby town to undergo a 10-day moral rehabilitation camp run by police.

A girl cried as women in headscarves cut her long unruly hair into a short bob, and some of the men groaned as their heads were shaved.

"Why did they arrest us? They haven't given us any reason," said Fauzal, 20.

"We didn't steal anything, we weren't bothering anyone. It's our right to go to a concert."

A 22-year-old man from Medan city who did not want to be named said he feared he would lose his job for staying at the camp for 10 days.

"I've just started with a bank in Medan. I don't even know what to tell them because I don't know why I've been arrested."
'Deviant behaviour'

Police said the objective was to deter the youths from "deviant" behaviour.

"They never showered, they lived on the street, never performed religious prayers," said Aceh police chief Iskandar Hasan.

"We need to fix them so they will behave properly and morally. They need harsh treatment to change their mental behaviour."

A local rights activist, Evi Narti Zain, said the arrests breached human rights.

"What the police have done is totally bizarre. Being a punk is just a lifestyle. They exist all over the world and they don't break any rules or harm other people," she said.

Mr Hasan denied the accusation, claiming the rehabilitation program was merely an "orientation into normal Indonesian society".

Aceh, on the northern-most tip of Sumatra island, adopted partial sharia law in 2001 as part of a special autonomy package aimed at quelling separatist sentiment.

Only Muslims can be charged under sharia law, although the non-Muslim community is expected to follow some laws out of respect.

Nearly 90 per cent of Indonesia's 240 million people are Muslims, but the vast majority practise a moderate form of Islam.

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Nobody ↑ :

Deputy Mayor: Punk Community a ‘New Social Disease’

Banda Aceh. Banda Aceh deputy mayor Illiza Sa’aduddin Djamal said she considered the punk community to be a 'new social disease' that should be stopped from disturbing society.

“The punk community’s existence has caused unrest and disturbed society in Banda Aceh,” Illiza told the Jakarta Globe on Wednesday.

Sixty-four young people are being held by the Aceh Police for the supposed crime of being “punk,” despite not being charged with any crime or being brought before a court.

Banda Aceh police took the arrestees on Tuesday afternoon to the Aceh State Police School for “re-education.” Police sanctioned the men by shaving their heads and forcing them into a pool. The women’s hair was cut short in the fashion of a female police officer.

“This is a new social disease in Banda Aceh. If we allow it, the government has to spend more money to handle them,” the mayor said. “Their morality was destroyed. Men and women joining in one place is against Islamic Shariah.”

She claimed that during the raid last weekend, police found marijuana and alcoholic beverages.

“Banda Aceh people support what we did to educate punks at the State Police School (SPN) Seulawah,” she said, adding that the government will continue to hunt for punks and send them to school for 10 days.

She estimated the punk community numbers around 200 in Banda Aceh.

In the school, punks will be given training on mental, spiritual and national defense by police, military members and ulema. Illiza hopes they will realize “their mistake” and return to a normal life.

“Aceh is a Shariah region,” Illiza said. “Everyone should obey it and the punk community is clearly against Shariah. This training could be an example in Indonesia of training punks.”

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miserablist · Dec 14, 2011

If folk want to do anything then you wouldn't go far wrong by starting to harass the fuck out of your local Indonesian embassy. The UK one is
Indonesian Embassy

38 Grosvenor Square.
London
W1K 2HW.

Phn. +4420 7499 7661.
Fax. +44 207 491 4993

OhioScouse88 · Dec 14, 2011

i just posted this in the general debates forum, oops. still this is a outrage.

Sick Boy 77 · Dec 14, 2011

And this is showing, yet again, why I hate religion. There is no reason for this shit to happen. People are just doing it because they feel like that are in such grace or whatever with a god that doesn't exist. They WANT to be brainwashed and led nowhere but a dead-end.

Mike Generic · Dec 14, 2011

For the Indonesian Embassy in Canada:
http://www.indonesia-ottawa.org/contact-us/

butcher · Dec 14, 2011

punx do solidarity here, here & here.

butcher · Dec 15, 2011

photos:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/gallery ... 93&index=0

butcher · Dec 17, 2011

solidarity demo in Jakarta:
http://negasi-negasi.blogspot.com/2011/ ... uk-64.html

Bentheanarchist · Dec 17, 2011

Fuck Indonesia! the consulultant in Houston:
http://www.indonesiahouston.net/
I cant go because I am 14! does anybody live in Houston!

butcher · Dec 20, 2011

Moscow punks attack Indonesian embassy with paint in solidarity with Indonesian comrades (Russia)

short report & vid in the link

butcher · Dec 25, 2011

Nobody ↑ :

Indonesian youths say 'Punk will never die!'

SEULAWAH, Indonesia — Mohawks buzzed and noses free of piercings, dozens of youths march in military-style for hours beneath Indonesia's tropical sun — part of efforts by authorities to restore moral values and bring the "deviants" back into the mainstream.

But the young men and women have shown no signs of bending.

When commanders turn their backs, the shouts ring out: "Punk will never die!" Fists are thrown in the air and peace signs flashed. A few have managed briefly to escape, heads held high as they are dragged back.

Sixty-five young punk rockers arrived at this police detention center recently after baton-wielding police crashed a concert in Aceh, the only province in this predominantly Muslim nation of 240 million to have imposed Islamic laws.

They were to be released last week, after having completed 10 days of "rehabilitation," from classes on good behavior and religion to military-style drills aimed at instilling discipline.

Nineteen-year-old Yudi, who goes by only one name, says it's not working.

He tried unsuccessfully to shake off police when they took an electric razor to his spiky mohawk. At the sight of his hair scattered in the grass, he recalls, tears rolled down his face.

"It was torture to me."

"I can't wait to get out of here," he added. "They can't change me. I love punk. I don't feel guilty about my lifestyle. Why should I? There's nothing wrong with it."

His girlfriend, 20-year-old Intan Natalia, agrees.

Her bleach-blond hair has been cut to a bob and dyed black and she's been forced to wear a Muslim headscarf.

"They can say what they want, but I like life as a punk," she says. "It suits me."

Two young men hated it so much at the detention center, they tried to escape.

They almost succeeded, pretending they had to go to the bathroom, then fleeing to the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, 30 miles away.

Police found them strolling the streets nine hours later and brought them back.

It was just after midnight.

"They said they missed their parents, but it's pretty clear they were lying," said police chief Col. Armensyah Thay. "They didn't go home. How could they? They've been living on the streets."

The crackdown marked the latest effort by authorities to promote strict moral values in Aceh, which, unlike other provinces in the sprawling archipelagic nation, enjoys semiautonomy from the central government.

That was part of a peace deal negotiated after the 2004 tsunami convinced separatist rebels and the army to lay down their arms, with both sides saying they didn't want to add to people's suffering.

More than 230,000 people were killed in the towering wave, three quarters of them in Aceh.

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Derek Danger · Dec 26, 2011

I don't like people. This only serves to remind me why. I wish people all realised how petty it is to enforce ones will upon another. Considering that humanity is no more than a piss stain on the trousers of the infinite, I don't know why some people bother to be "righteous".

punkmar77 · Dec 26, 2011

Nobody ↑ :

I don't like people. This only serves to remind me why.

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Before you shoot up a pure hit of misanthropy Derek, there are also thousands of punks around the world rallying to the aid of these youngsters...whether that is "righteous" or not I don't think any of us care.

Derek Danger · Dec 26, 2011

punkmar77 said:

Nobody ↑ :

I don't like people. This only serves to remind me why.

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Before you shoot up a pure hit of misanthropy Derek, there are also thousands of punks around the world rallying to the aid of these youngsters...whether that is "righteous" or not I don't think any of us care.

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True. But, I guess what I meant to say was how much strongly religious/conservative people (who I guess, in my misanthropy, I consider to be basically most people) piss me off.

butcher · Jan 3, 2012

Another sweet report from the Hidup Biasa blog, bit slow on noticing it though!

Nobody ↑ :

Worldwide Solidarity with Aceh Punks
64 young people were arrested at a punk concert in Banda Aceh on Saturday December 11th. A few days later they were taken to a police training school, where their hair was ritually shaved, their clothes and possessions were taken from them, they were forced to pray, and the Acehnese authorities stated that they would be held for 10 days for 're-education'. Actions in support of the punks have taken place across Indonesia but also around the world as punk communities have responded to the news, after mainstream media outlets broadcast pictures of the mass detention.

What happened in Aceh?

After years of war and the devastation of the 2004 tsunami, a peace process was started which resulted in considerable autonomy for Indonesia's northernmost province. Former GAM fighters won the elections. One of the changes they brought in was a form of Islamic Syaria'h law, which is not enforced in any other part of Indonesia. Currently Aceh is in the run-up to new elections and different candidates are pitching their image to the public.

In nearly all parts of Indonesia there is a large punk scene. Many young homeless kids are attracted by the music and the lifestyle and can support each other in many ways, forming a subcultural community. Indonesian punks often earn a living by busking on buses or at traffic lights, and travel the country for free, hitch-hiking on the back of trucks. But at concerts, which are usually free or cheap and organised according to DIY ethics, people from all backgrounds come along.

The concert on 10th December 2011 was a benefit gig to raise money for orphans. Apparently the event started at about 3pm and it was supposed to continue into the night. but at 21.30, police climbed onto the stage and demanded that the event should finish. The people there tried to negotiate for the gig to continue, but the cops didn't seem to care. Reacting to the cops' behaviour, the punks started singing a popular resistance song, Darah Juang (blood of struggle), but as it happened, that song seemed to provoke the anger of the cops who then started beating people and arresting them.

The arrested punks were taken to the Seulawah National Police School one hour from Banda Aceh city. That's where their hair was shaved off and they were forced into the lake. Punks in Aceh who weren't arrested have found it difficult to get any communication with their friends, because it seems they are in isolation.

Punks in Indonesia React

Jakarta 17th December:
"Reacting to the repression in Aceh where 64 punks were arrested by Sharia'h police, various punk groups from around Jakarta came together for a solidarity action with one demand: Full freedom for the 64 detained Aceh punks.

The target of the action was the Provincial Government of Nanggroe Aceh Darusalam representative's building, and then finally at the Hotel Indonesia traffic circle. The action started from Ismail Marzuki Park in front of the Jakarta Institute for the Arts (IKJ).

At the HI traffic circle, several people cut their hair into a mohawk as an act of solidarity and a protest at the state's coercive attitude in repressing the arrested.

We proclaim our full solidarity and encourage everyone, whether a punk or a sympathiser to get out and show your own solidarity. Let the people who are behind the iron bars know that they will never be alone.”
(translated from negasi blog)

Jakarta- 19th December
"Solidarity actions against the arbitrary arrest of 64 punks and their detention labelled as reeducation by Aceh's sharia'h police have taken place in Jakarta once again. This time the target was the Indonesian Police headquaters (Mabes Polri) located at 3 Jalan Trunojoyo, south Jakarta. Around 100 people from various places joined this action to “Save the Aceh Punks”
-From Negasi Blog

In Makassar, Sulawesi, about 100 punks gathered at an abandoned department store on Monday afternoon (19th December) to prepare for a demonstration which took place two days later.

Around the world:

Moscow:
“On December the 15th a group of anonymous punks from Moscow decided to act upon receiving news of brutal state repression of Indonesian punk-scene. We consider ourselves anarcho-punks and these news offended us in the deepest sense. We wont tolerate any religion to hold sway over living being’s freedom, especially over our subculture. Thus on the same evening we gathered to express our rage. We chose Indonesian embassy as our target. For us solidarity starts on subcultural level. We feel that modern Russian anarchists pay too little attention to subcultures of resistance. We wish the news of our action to reach Indonesian comrades. We hope they will have their spirits soar after hearing that in such far-away country there are folks who feel solidarity with their struggle.
Punk is not a crime. Religion is fascism. Fight for your looks.”
(from act for freedom now)

In London there was a demonstration outside the Indonesian embassy with 25+ people showing up.

In the United States there have been actions at the consulates in San Fransisco and Los Angeles.

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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-pSZp9mydBss/T ... punksf.jpg

Even in China, punks are collecting mixtapes to send over to Aceh when the punks get out.

Video Links:
Moscow: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9cXpVqjsCw
Los Angeles: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=scwDvvwaI-0
Jakarta: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY7-plnceJ0&amp
London: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go2GTu9WxL8

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Nobody ↑ :

Solidarity action in Istanbul/Turkey for the 64 punks arrested in Aceh/Indonesia

On the 11th of December 2011, in the very conservative and religious province of Aceh in Indonesia, 64 punks who were attending a punkrock show, were arrested and taken to jail without any criminal charges whatsoever.

The only reason for them to be victim of that totally arbitrary state repression was that they are punks. The police shaved their hair off and removed their piercings, their clothes were taken away from them, replaced by “decent” ones and they were forced to wash themselves in a “religious ritual”. Then they were brainwashed and “re-educated” for ten days through “religious education” and “military discipline”.

Against this outrageous police action, solidarity actions and demonstration took place in Moscow, London, San Francisco, Los Angeles, China and Malaysia.

On the 24th of December a solidarity concert for the Indonesian punks was organized in Istanbul with the Hardcore/Punk bands POSTER-ITI and FRANKENSTEIN to inform people and gather supporters for the protest on the following day.

On the 25th of December at 3:00 in the afternoon, as a sign of solidarity with the “Aceh 64”and as a reaction to this ultra-repressive measure of the Indonesian state, 30 punks and anarchist activists attacked and vandalized the outside walls of the “Indonesian Consulate General” located at “Seneryildizi Sokak, No. 22/11 Etiler” in Istanbul, Turkey.

While playing punkrock music with a portable sound system, those 30 activists spray-painted the consulate with slogans saying: ”Dinleriyik Yoket (Abolish all Religions)“, “Free Aceh Punx”, “ACAB”, “Punklar burda (The Punks are Here)” and “Özgur Kal (Stay Free)”. The doors were covered with stickers and graffiti and two large banners were hung on the consulate walls saying: ”Free the Indonesian Punks” and “Bütün Devletler Fasittir, Polisler kiralik Katil (All governments are fascist, all cops are assassins)”. Afterwards a small but loud demonstration took place in the very rich and elitist vicinity of the consulate in support of the 64 Indonesian punks, expensive cars were decorated with anarchist symbols and some vandalism occurred until the 30 activists dispersed and vanished.

There was no interference with the police whatsoever and fortunately nobody was arrested.

flyer that distributed during action:

In the region Aceh in Indonesia, 65 punks were put into police custody without any criminal charges.

They were arrested just for being different. The police shaved their hair off and removed their piercings and they will now be brainwashed through “religious education” and “military discipline”.

We strongly protest against this new fascist attempt to oppress and punish everybody who does not want to fit into their disgusting capitalist mainstream. State repression and police brutality is getting worse and worse every day worldwide and we are sick of it. We will fight back.

WE MIGHT BE FEW BUT WE STAND TOGETHER!

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Derek Danger · Jan 3, 2012

What's happening in Aceh now? Has there been any further news besides them still being interred?

butcher · Jan 3, 2012

Derek Danger said:

What's happening in Aceh now? Has there been any further news besides them still being interred?

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The most recent news I could sauce was from Dec 24, which reported they had been released.

butcher · Jan 3, 2012

it seems like news dried up totally from dec 24, probably cos of other events

Derek Danger · Jan 3, 2012

Cheers for both updates. Wow on the latter.

KhaosXRevolution · Sep 4, 2012

Have they returned to their former punk lifestyles or have they been indoctrinated into modern Indonesian society?

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