Indonesia: students assaulted, injured, and arrested by police for participating in protest
Event- Country
- Indonesia
- Initial Date
- Aug 22, 2024
- Event Description
The Bandung City Legal Aid Institute ( LBH )noted that 138 participants in the demonstration in front of the West Java DPRD, Jalan Diponegoro, Bandung City, were injured. The victims were injured and are suspected of having sustained injuries due to violent actions carried out by police officers during the demonstration which lasted for two days, namely August 22-23, 2024. "There were 138 who entered our hotline. The majority were injured," said the Head of LBH Bandung City, Heri Pramono to the media crew at the Bandung Islamic University (Unisba) campus on Jalan Tamansari, Bandung City, Saturday (24/8/2024).
Heri explained that one student of Bale Bandung University (Unibba) suffered serious injuries to the left eye. As a result of the injury, the victim's left eye even had to be removed. Not only that, there were also victims who suffered head injuries, lacerations on their hands, and bruises allegedly due to repressive actions by the authorities.
"One of his eyes is not functioning (Unibba student). Many other victims, their heads are leaking, their bodies are injured and so on," said Heri. In addition, as many as 16 demonstrators were arrested by police after the demonstration that took place on Friday (23/8/2024) evening. Currently, dozens of participants in the action have been returned to their respective families by the police on Saturday (24/8/2024) morning.
Heri stated that he would provide assistance to the participants who were victims of the demonstration. Each assistance provided cannot yet be disclosed in detail. LBH Bandung will investigate the matter by communicating with each family. But what is certain is that currently the injured victims have received medical treatment. "Earlier, we approached the injured first to find out what was needed. Maybe there are several things that we need to identify first," he concluded.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Violence (physical)
- Wounds and Injuries
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to liberty and security
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Student
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: -6.9175
Longitude: 107.6191
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 22 August 2024, a group of students who participated in a demonstration against the amendment of the regional election bill in Bandung, Indonesia were physically assaulted and injured by police; a number of these students were also arrested.