Indonesia: student protesters doxed and intimidated online by suspected police
Event- Country
- Indonesia
- Initial Date
- Aug 22, 2024
- Event Description
A number of officers are suspected of doxing participants in the demonstration rejecting the Pilkada Bill at the DPR on August 22, 2024. Based on a screenshot from social media user X, one of the officers suspected of leaking the protesters' personal data was just appointed as a Police Non-Commissioned Officer in July 2023. Several accounts that allegedly belong to the authorities have uploaded photos of protesters in blue suits giving speeches in front of the DPR fence while also including crucial data belonging to the victims. It didn't stop there, they also made fun of the protesters, while writing intimidating messages in their uploads.
The BEM SI Alliance together with the Labor Party and other groups conveyed several demands to the DPR . BEM SI Central Coordinator Satria Naufal stated that the government and DPR must obey the constitution and not ignore the Constitutional Court's decision. "BEM SI urges the DPR not to oppose the Constitutional Court's decision Number 60/PUU-XXI/2024 which is final and binding," said Satria in his speech in front of the DPR RI Building, Jakarta, Wednesday evening, August 21, 2024. In addition, BEM SI invites all students and communities in various regions to participate in this protest. They called for demonstrations to be held simultaneously in 14 regions in Indonesia, with the main focus of the action at the DPR RI Building.
The Labor Party also voiced its demands to the DPR and the General Election Commission (KPU). They urged the DPR not to change the Constitutional Court's ruling on the 2024 Pilkada and asked the KPU to immediately issue a General Election Commission Regulation (PKPU) in line with the Constitutional Court's ruling no later than August 23, 2024. The labor party demands that 1) Urge the Indonesian House of Representatives not to oppose and change the Constitutional Court decision No. 60/PUU-XXII/2024, and 2) Urge the Indonesian General Elections Commission to issue a PKPU in accordance with the Constitutional Court decision No. 60/PUU-XXII/2024. On the other hand, the Student Executive Board of the Padjadjaran University Student Family (BEM Kema Unpad) through their Instagram account, @bem.unpad, expressed their concern about the situation of democracy in Indonesia. "Democracy is increasingly threatened, the constitution is ignored, and the supremacy of law is dead. We invite all Unpad students to participate in voicing their rights and aspirations for the safety of democracy," wrote BEM Kema Unpad.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Online Attack and Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to healthy and safe environment
- Right to privacy
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Student
- Perpetrator-State
- Suspected state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
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Longitude: 106.8193220433459
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 22 August 2024, a number of student HRDs who participated in a protest against the amendment of the regional election bill received intimidating messages and got their personal information leaked on the online platform X by suspected police officers in Jakarta, Indonesia.