One Punk’s Travel Guide to Indonesia by Kevin Dunn

In December 2011, police descended upon a punk show in Banda Aceh, Indonesia and arrested sixty-four teenagers for being, well, punks. The concert was a fundraiser for local charities and had the proper legal permissions to be held, according to the organizers. The police claimed the organizers didn’t have the right permits, and they also claimed to have found marijuana and sharp objects that could be classified as weapons. The sixty-four youths were taken to the Aceh State Police Camps and held for almost two weeks. Their heads were forcefully shaved, their clothes burned, and they were forced to pray and take communal baths to “cleanse” themselves.

Kevin Dunn teaches politics at a small college in New York state. He regularly publishes on various aspects of world politics, including global punk culture.

Art by Amy Adoyzie
Photos courtesy of Kevin Dunn and featured bands
Zine design by Marcos Siref

Originally appeared in Razorcake #76, Oct./Nov. 2013

5.5” x 8.5”
24pp