Hundreds of students and activists rallied in some major cities for more "Dark Indonesia" protests on Friday, opposing President Prabowo Subianto's policies including $19 billion of spending cuts that they say undermine their support systems.

Students rallied in Jakarta and other Indonesian cities on Thursday to protest President Prabowo Subianto’s state budget revamp that has threatened contractual workers’ jobs, rolled back scholarships and dimmed lighting at government offices.

Nationwide student protests against Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto's budget cuts continued in Jakarta on Feb 21, marking a key test of his leadership.

Thousands of Indonesians rallied nationwide Friday to protest budget cuts by President Prabowo Subianto's government aimed at funding a free-meal programme and other big-ticket campaign pledges.Austerity measures announced by Prabowo in late January sparked thousands of student protesters to rally across Indonesian cities earlier this week,

Indonesia began rolling out free health screenings across the country, fulfilling a popular campaign pledge by President Prabowo Subianto to boost preventative health care even as the former general reins in other spending in the world’s fourth most populous nation.

From office lights switched off to out-of-service lifts, Indonesian civil servants are feeling the pinch after President Prabowo Subianto ordered sweeping budget cuts across government that he said will fund his big-ticket campaign pledges.

Thousands of students staged 'Dark Indonesia' protests in cities across the country on Thursday against budget cuts and other policies of President Prabowo Subianto, fearing they will undermine social support systems and their futures.

Indonesia’s future capital city will likely emerge unscathed with its budget intact even as a host of agencies see deep spending cuts to ensure more funding for President Prabowo Subianto’s signature social programs.

Thousands of Indonesian students have taken to the streets to protest budget cuts by the Prabowo administration. While the government says the cuts are intended to mitigate wasteful spending and fund a free meals program,