11.   The protestors demanded the revised bill should allow teachers and government officials to unionize and include their calls for multiple unions and to restrict the powers of employers.

12.   The protestors had demanded a meeting with the local leaders of the administration, the security forces and parliament, but the governor was not in Jayapura.

13.   The protestors also demanded closer monitoring of Chernobyl funds by lawmakers.

14.   The protestors are also demanding compensation and economic rehabilitation for the impoverished and disabled men, widows and orphans.

15.   The protestors are demanding that the firm be finally dissolved and slave labourers compensated.

16.   The protestors demanded a meeting with US President Bill Clinton or Secretary of State Warren Christopher.

17.   The protestors are also demanding that two of the student leaders suspended from university for their involvement in the October protest be allowed to return to their studies.

18.   The protestors are demanding that the firm be dissolved and labour camp prisoners compensated.

19.   The protestors demanded the immediate release of university students still in detention after their arrest during a demonstration in support of the peasant farmers last month.

20.   The protestors demanded the resignation of the government, accusing it of not meeting its election promises, notably those concerning the struggle against poverty.