Justice for Jopi

The weekend party at Venue in Kemang, South Jakarta, usually ends around 3:30 in the morning, when the music is shut off, and the house lights flicked on. Such was the case when Jopi Teguh Lasmana Peranginangin, an environmental and rights-based activist, and a group of his friends left the club Saturday two weeks ago.

"As we began walking out, some people started shouting 'Finished. Out, out!' at us," said Mario Franklin Kossim, Jopi's friend, on Tuesday last week.

June 2, 2015

The weekend party at Venue in Kemang, South Jakarta, usually ends around 3:30 in the morning, when the music is shut off, and the house lights flicked on. Such was the case when Jopi Teguh Lasmana Peranginangin, an environmental and rights-based activist, and a group of his friends left the club Saturday two weeks ago.

"As we began walking out, some people started shouting 'Finished. Out, out!' at us," said Mario Franklin Kossim, Jopi's friend, on Tues

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