Indonesia: six students injured during a protest
Event- Country
- Indonesia
- Initial Date
- Sep 17, 2020
- Event Description
The demonstration held by students of the HMI (Islamic Student Association) Bogor Branch in front of the gate of the Bogor Regency Government Office Complex (Pemkab) on 17 September 2020 was violently dispersed by local Satuan Polisi Pamong Praja (Municipal Police under the command of local/district government). This was triggered by one of the officers who got emotional, because one of the students tore a letter not permitting the demonstration that the officer had shown. The students were protesting against the alleged maladministration surrounding the building of a local state hospital (Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah Leuwiliang). They demanded the project to be postponed. 6 Students were wounded on their head, shoulder, and arms from being beaten and kicked by the municipal police. Bogor’s vice regent later stated that the violence most likely occur because the municipal police were stressed out from carrying out their job in the middle of the pandemic.
- Impact of Event
- 6
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Violence (physical)
- Wounds and Injuries
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Student
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: -6.577063367682019
Longitude: 106.81535250792396
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 17 September 2020, six students were injured by the police while protesting against the maladministration around the building of a state hospital in Bogor, Indonesia.