Indonesia: students protesters were arrested for their demonstration on International Labor Day
Event- Country
- Indonesia
- Initial Date
- May 1, 2021
- Event Description
A total of 97 people were arrested during an action to commemorate International Labor Day at the Horse Statue area and the Office of the International Labor Organization (ILO), Central Jakarta, Saturday (1/5). This amount was obtained from a summary of statements submitted by the police until the May Day action ended at 17.05 WIB.
Police arrested 15 Papuan students who were about to hold a demonstration to commemorate International Labor Day at the Arjuna Wiwaha Statue, Central Jakarta. Head of Public Relations of Polda Metro Jaya, Commissioner Yusri Yunus said his party was securing it for administrative reasons. He said the students did not give notice before the action. Furthermore, the police arrested 22 Anarko. Yusri said the group was arrested when they were about to join the labor masses at the ILO Office. The arrests were also made to 30 students who are members of the Indonesian Catholic Student Association (PMKRI). Finally, the arrests were made to 30 students who had joined the Confederation of the Indonesian Trade Union Alliance Congress (KASBI) and the People's Labor Movement (Gebrak).
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Offline
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Student
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: -6.1606679466051855
Longitude: 106.66157876452108
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On May 1, 2021, students and protesters were arrested by the police as they held the demonstration on International Labor Day in Jakarta, Indonesia