Indonesia: student demonstration dispersed by the police
Event- Country
- Indonesia
- Initial Date
- Apr 4, 2023
- Event Description
The demonstration by Cipayung Plus students was a form of reflection in commemorating the 149th anniversary of the Pandeglang Regency, where several demonstrators gave red report cards to the Pandeglang government which they deemed failed to eradicate inequality and poverty in the Regency (Tuesday 04/04/2023).
Burhanuddin from the Pandeglang Branch Leadership Council of the youth organisation, Angkatan Muda Indonesia Raya (AMIRA) regretted the incident that was carried out by several police officers, Burhanuddin believed that the police were obliged to secure the demonstration until it was finished, instead of disbanding it forcibly as if the action was illegal because he believed the Cipayung Plus comrades were carrying out the demonstration upon prior notification to the police and having the obligation as a community security and order institution, they should secure the demonstration, not doing things like market thugs.
"Pandeglang Regency is no longer young at the age of 149 as if it has no identity because the gap and welfare of the Pandeglang people are still visible to the naked eye and that's what made Cipayung Plus friends take action to give a red report card to the Pandeglang Regency Government, so the authorities should secure the course of the action instead of disbanding it forcibly.” said Burhanuddin.
He also added that the actions of the Cipayung Plus group should be a barometer for the bureaucracy to not be anti-critical, especially considering that conveying aspirations in public is protected by law, AMIRA strongly condemned the action carried out by unscrupulous members of the police who were tasked with securing the demonstration.
"It's inappropriate, the Cipayung Plus demonstration which should be protected by the police as to convey criticism to the government was instead disbanded by several unscrupulous members of the police who seemed arrogant and tended to act like lawless market thugs," he said.
As a local who serves as Secretary of the Pandeglang branch of AMIRA, he hopes and wants progress and prosperity for the general public so that they can catch up with other regencies/cities.
"We are young people who long for and hope for progress for the welfare of society in general, so we never get tired of expressing our aspirations through demonstrations, and we are also very concerned and will also voice out with other youth organisations, as a form of our disappointment with the members of the police who commit acts that are not commendable”, he said.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
- Violation
- Enactment of repressive legislation and policies
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of assembly
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Right to Protest
- HRD
- Student
- Youth
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: -6.3076907200984085
Longitude: 106.11124332136419
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 4 April 2023, a demonstration held by a coalition of student organisations called Cipayung Plus, was forcibly dispersed by the police over alleged lack of authorisation in Pandeglang, Indonesia.