Indonesia: 2 WHRDs detained at Women's International Day rally

Event
Country
  • Indonesia
Initial Date
Mar 11, 2021
Event Description

The Director of LBH Makassar Muhammad Haedir revealed that two protesters at the commemoration of International Women's Day in Makassar, South Sulawesi were detained for 24 hours at the Makassar Police Headquarters. He said the chronology of the arrests began when the protesters demonstrated their voices on various women's issues last Monday (8/3). When the masses were preparing to disperse, continued Haedir, suddenly there were community organizations that accused them of supporting the Papua issue

Impact of Event
2
Gender of HRD
  • Other (e.g. undefined, organisation, community)
Violation
  • (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
  • Judicial Harassment
Rights Concerned
  • Freedom of assembly
  • Offline
  • Right to Protest
  • Women's rights
HRD
  • WHRD
Perpetrator-State
  • Police
Source

CNN

Monitoring Status
Pending
Event Location

Latitude: -5.124297931612295

Longitude: 119.46015865243453

Event Location
Summary for Publications

On March 11, 2021, two WHRDs were arrested by the police for joining the Women's International Day rally in Makkasar, Indonesia