Indonesia: student group challenged by mob

Event
Country
  • Indonesia
Initial Date
May 25, 2021
Event Description

The Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) action to demand the release of Papuan political prisoners in front of the East Jakarta District Court was repelled by a mob from Pemuda Cinta NKRI. The atmosphere got heated when the AMP masses remained at the location and did not disperse. Luckily, the riots between the two groups were managed by the police who were on guard at the location.

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

Politik.rmol

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: -6.549073702939045

Longitude: 106.8283195473893

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On 25 May 2021, a group of students from the Papuan Student Alliance was intimidated to disperse by a group of youth while staging a peaceful rally to demand the release of Papuan political prisoners in Jakarta, Indonesia.