THURSDAY afternoon, December 19, 2024, the Thursday (Kamisan) Action took place for the 845th time. Among the participants in this public action in the west corner of the National Monument (Monas)—directly facing the State Palace, Jakarta—was a familiar figure who attends nearly every week: Maria Catarina Sumarsih.

This 72-year-old woman is the mother of Bernardinus Realino Norma Irmawan alias Wawan, a student at the Atma Jaya C