The Urban Poor Consortium is a coalition of urban poor friends and organisations in Indonesia and ACHR's main contact in Jakarta. 
The UPC is at the forefront of the struggle to defend the rights of the poor.  
UPC has expressed serious concern about the moves of the government to arrest  its director  Ms. Wardah Hafidz (photo right) whose admirable work for and involvement with the urban poor in Jakarta is an open-book and known not only in Indonesia but also internationally.

Figures below were first published Sept 2001 and are now updates in red as of   Nov 2003

 

News of pedicabs
Up to Sep 6 2001 over 1,937 becaks have been confiscated. By Sept 26   8,999 jobs lost
                             Sept 6         Sept 26
Central Jakarta    311             1904
North Jakarta       321              2283
West Jakarta       553              2265
East Jakarta        752              2147

Public opinion is in favour of retaining this vital, non polluting, inexpensive form of transport.
Pedicab drivers have agreed to keep main roads clear of becaks but the governor refuses to negotiate.

UPDATE NOV 2003

The number of becak confiscated or destroyed = 17,103 (one becak often has 2 drivers by shift time, one works at day and the other works at night. Then, it means at least 34,000 becak drivers lost their jobs). In the past 2 years 33 becak drivers were injured because of the forced confiscation, 14 were arrested only because they defend  their means of living, and 1 died (Abdul Acim) tortured by municipal officers of security [trantib].

Public Kitchen

Since Sept 11 2001,  women from poor communities over Jakarta have opened a public kitchen to prepare over 1,000 food packages per day to help feed the thousands whose work and income has been affected.  Sept 26 2001   4 more communities have established public kitchens

 

CONFISCATED or DEMOLISHED SEPT 201
604 side-street food stalls
253 street vendors carts
25 car wash services

By Nov 2003 3,525 vendors had had their carts and wares confiscated
The numbers of side-street stalls demolished = 21,223 stalls

ARRESTED SEPT 2001
465  (update Sept 26 ) 735 beggars and homeless
435 street (sex) workers
318 -  329 informal "traffic policemen"
247 street musicians  - by Nov 2003 . 550 street musicians have been arrested
386 other street workers

DEMOLISHED and SACKED Homes
716 Homes    Update:1,010 (Sept 26 2001)
By Nov 2003 
Number of families evicted in Jakarta = 10,321 households More or less 50,000 people were evicted.

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The UPC Web Site  is in Indonesian and for other language speakers  contains a brilliant collection of  photos and illustrations in an artistic display of Indonesian urban poor culture. 

UPC Web Site  HERE
UPC  Bacak / Pedi Cab Gallery   HERE