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August 31, 2025 | 10:42 am
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Indonesia's Civil Society Coalition for International Human Rights Advocacy (HRWG) states that excessive police violence against protesters successful Jakarta connected August 28, 2025, has violated planetary law.
The coalition, consisting of 31 organizations, besides asserts that constabulary unit against the demonstrators undermines civilian liberties. HRWG stated successful a property release, 'Tolerance of repressive practices by the authorities not lone violates planetary instrumentality and the constitution but besides damages the abstraction for civilian liberties and erodes nationalist spot successful antiauthoritarian institutions.'
HRWG argues that the constabulary unit is contrary to Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), which states, 'Everyone has the close to state of sentiment and expression; this close includes state to clasp opinions without interference and to seek, person and impart accusation and ideas done immoderate media and careless of frontiers.'
Furthermore, HRWG mentioned that constabulary unit besides violates the recommendations of the UN Human Rights Committee (CCPR). The CCPR's recommendations successful 2024 expressed heavy interest astir patterns of abuse, intimidation, surveillance, and the excessive usage of unit against peaceful demonstrators, students, academics, labour unions, and civilian nine members successful Indonesia.
Prior to the objection connected August 28, 2025, astatine the Parliament Building (Gedung MPR/DPR/DPD), it started with demonstrators from the labour assemblage and was followed by students. The objection ended successful chaos. The Lokataru Foundation recorded that the Jakarta Metropolitan Regional Police (Polda Metro Jaya) arrested astir 600 people, counting until precocious astatine night.
The constabulary brutality during yesterday's objection besides resulted successful the decease of a motorcycle taxi operator named Affan Kurniawan. He was killed by a Mobile Brigade (Brimob) tactical conveyance connected Thursday night, August 28, 2025, successful the country of Rumah Susun Bendungan Hilir II, Central Jakarta.
Affan was taken to Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital (RSCM) earlier taking his past breath.
Following Affan's death, 7 Mobile Brigade unit of the Jakarta Metropolitan Police are being questioned by the Professionalism and Security Division (Propam) of the Indonesian National Police (Polri).
These 7 individuals are Police Chief Inspector Second Class (Aipda) M. Rohyani, Police Brigadier First Class (Briptu) Danang, Police Brigadier Second Class (Bripda) Mardin, Chief Brigadier (Bharaka) Yohanes David, Brigadier Police First Class (Bripka) Rohmat, Bharaka Jana Edi, and Police Commissioner (Kompol) Cosmas Kaju Gae.
Polri stated that they person been recovered to person violated the police's codification of ethics. The Head of Propam Polri, Inspector General Abdul Karim, stated that this decision is based connected the archetypal probe conducted by their institution.
"We person agreed upon this result, and it is simply a broad recommendation. We person besides conveyed it to Kompolnas and the National Commission connected Human Rights," Abdul Karim said astatine Polri Headquarters, South Jakarta, connected Friday, August 29, 2025.
The Indonesian Police (Polri) volition besides transportation retired a peculiar placement for these 7 constabulary officers. "Starting today, we volition spot them successful the Professionalism and Security Division of Polri for 20 days, for the 7 suspected violators," said Abdul Karim.
M. Raihan Muzzaki and Vedro Imanuel Girsang contributed to the penning of this article.
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