Indonesia: four community-based defender arrested for staging a demonstration against a fellow community member imprisonment
Event- Country
- Indonesia
- Initial Date
- May 27, 2020
- Event Description
Sebanyak empat orang pemuda diancam kurungan empat bulan penjara karena nekat menggelar aksi demonstrasi saat pemberlakukan Pembatasan Sosial Berskala Besar (PSBB) di Kabupaten Bengkalis, Riau. Keempat pemuda itu menggelar aksi 'Kamisan' terkait perkara Bongku.
Empat pemuda tersebut berinisial, RHS, 23, warga Kecamatan Bengkalis dan tiga orang warga Kecamatan Rupat berinisial, MHR, 21, MAA, 21 serta MH, 23.
"Memang benar, keempat pemuda telah ditetapkan sebagai tersangka karena menggelar aksi sebagaimana dari informasi yang beredar di media sosial ada undangan ajakan untuk melaksanakan aksi "Kamisan" terkait perkara Bongku, Kamis (21/5/20) lalu," Kepala Satuan Reskrim Polres Bengkalis, AKP Andrie Setiawan, Rabu, 27 Mei 2020.
- Impact of Event
- 4
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- Community-based HRD
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 1.3473571536571127
Longitude: 101.55366581748957
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 27 May 2020, four community-based defenders were arrested by the police for staging a demonstration against a fellow community member imprisonment in Bengkalis Regency, Indonesia.