Indonesia: Students and workers' demonstration was forcibly dispersed

Event
Country
  • Indonesia
Initial Date
May 21, 2021
Event Description

The demonstration of students and workers who are members of the Makassar People's Faction, in the Flyover area of Jalan AP Pettarani, Friday (21/5/2021), was forcibly dispersed by a group suspected of being a community organization (ormas).

The forced dispersal of the demonstration was observed in an amateur video that was widely circulated on social media. The video, which lasts 1 minute 37 seconds, shows a number of members of mass organizations arriving and dispersing the demonstration.

Impact of Event
1
Gender of HRD
  • Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
Violation
  • Intimidation and Threats
Rights Concerned
  • Freedom of assembly
  • Minority Rights
  • Offline
  • Right to Protest
HRD
  • Labour rights defender
  • Student
Perpetrator-Non-State
  • Suspected non-state
Source

IDNtimes

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: -5.128914672218201

Longitude: 119.44922867770775

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On May 21, 2021,Makassar People's Faction's students and workers demonstration were dispersed by suspected community organization in Jalan AP Pettarani, Indonesia