Looks like the government is simultaneously caving to protester demands and dialing up crackdowns, which seems to signal a lack of sincerity? Protesters pausing action to avoid reprisals but don't seem convinced.

Folks closer to events are sharing footage on here

The president was the son-in-law of 🇮🇩 dictator, Soeharto. He was also a member of the military and has kidnapped activists + Timor-Leste war criminal during his career. It's baffling that he got elected as a president to begin with! His repressive approach is pretty much on brand though

A thread of threads for some context and background.

Students throughout history have been the driving force behind democratic movements; unfortunately our administration knows this

The Australian media framing this as exclusively rabble rousing students is endlessly tedious.

It's on Al Jezeera News

Shit it finally boiled over???

It does seem like tensions have been simmering for a long time, but haven't they everywhere at this point

I've been watching this quietly. SEA is where one family member has a second passport because they were born there. Stuff's been weird for a minute but I figured when Thailand and Cambodia started firing back and forth we were finally cooked. This seals it for me. *scratches Malaysia off my list*