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Anti-war protests continue in several cities

Jakarta Post - April 7, 2003

Jakarta -- Thousands of people on Sunday took part in anti-war protests in several cities across the country, AFP reported.

In Jakarta, some 700 people took part in a rally organised by the Golkar party in front of the UN mission. Party chairman Akbar Tanjung addressed the rally, telling protestors the demonstration was "to convey Golkar's stand of condemning and rejecting the aggression on Iraq."

In Kediri, East Java, thousands of members and supporters of the Nahdlatul Ulama, the country's largest Islamic organisation, rallied in front of the town's main mosque to protest the US-led invasion and to pledge moral support for the Iraqi people.

In Bandung, West Java, some 1,000 people took part in street convoys held by the Prosperity and Justice Party (PK Sejahtera) to protest the war. Riding cars, trucks, buses and motorcycles, the protestors displayed anti-US posters.

In Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, some 1,000 people took part in an anti-war march organised by the local chapter of the Hizbut Tahrir, a militant Muslim group.

Indonesia, the world's largest Muslim-populated nation, has seen daily protests since the attacks began but almost all have been peaceful. The government has strongly criticised the war as an act of illegal aggression.