College students altogether with the element of civil society organised a demonstration to express their notion in front of the Ministry of Education and Culture of Indonesia to commemorate Indonesia’s Educational Day on 2 May.

The rally was giving the oration and the symbolic action of giving ‘red card’ to the Ministry. The ‘red card’ expresses dissatisfaction with the mass action to the Ministry of Education and Culture which had been failed to errands their duty of educational services during the COVID-19 Pandemic.

The rally went well and orderly until 16.52. Yet, the rally was dissolved forcefully by the police officer around 16.52, when the mass action was waiting for their friends who were having negotiation with the member of the Ministry of Education and Culture inside the ministry building.

The police officer continuously using excessive excuse to dissolve the mass action. Noticeably, they were using a water cannon and aim the mass action, also the other things, such as, forceful arrest and seize the sounding commando’s car of mass action which belongs to FSBN-KASBI (The Congress Alliance of Labour in Indonesia). It hasn’t stopped yet, the police were intimidating with violence to the mass action who were taping the dissolving scene and the violation act by the police.

The police officer continuously using excessive action to dissolve the mass action. Noticeably, they were using a water cannon and aim the mass action, also the other things, such as, forceful arrest and seize the sounding commando’s car of mass action which belongs to FSBN-KASBI (The Congress Alliance of Labour in Indonesia). It hasn’t stopped yet, the police were intimidating with violence to the mass action who were taping the dissolving scene and the violation act by the police.

For the record, the demonstration is considered as one of the human rights which allow us to express our notion in front of the public, freely. It is written and protected by the Law and Article 9 of 1998, also in the other regulation of law. For that reason, the excessive power of action, the violation and the forceful arrest by the police officer are being charged as the violation of the law. Eventually, it will reveal the repressive actions of the government who ought to protect their people that conduct mass action in the public.