Amnesty Worldwide has stated the growing variety of deaths from the federal government crackdown is ‘alarming’
Printed On 3 Sep 2025
About 300 members of the Indonesian Girls’s Alliance (API) have rallied outdoors parliament within the capital Jakarta, demanding an finish to state violence and the withdrawal of the navy from civilian safety duties.
The demonstration on Wednesday comes after every week of unrest that has killed at the very least 10 individuals, which started when a bike taxi driver was killed on August 28, after being run over by an armoured police automobile pushed close to crowds in Jakarta.
The incident triggered widespread anger that has since escalated into nationwide protests over low wages, rising taxes and lawmakers’ pay.
The rallies pressured President Prabowo Subianto to backtrack on plans to extend advantages for members of parliament, whereas he additionally ordered the navy and police to take motion towards rioters and looters after state buildings and houses of political occasion members have been ransacked or set on fireplace.
The unrest continued on Tuesday as police fired tear gasoline and rubber bullets at protesters close to two universities within the metropolis of Bandung, in keeping with scholar teams and authorities. The clashes introduced the demise toll from the demonstrations to at the very least 10 individuals.
At Wednesday’s rally in Jakarta, API leaders known as on Prabowo to halt the usage of the navy and police towards civilians and to withdraw troopers from safety operations.
They urged the president, Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin and Nationwide Armed Forces Commander Agus Subiyanto to tug again troops deployed alongside police. The group additionally demanded the resignation of Nationwide Police Chief Listyo Sigit and the discharge of all detainees held with out cost.
The alliance denounced the criminalisation of dissent, urging authorities to cease concentrating on residents, activists, journalists and authorized assist employees and to free all these detained.
Additionally they known as for an finish to the navy’s function in civilian affairs, saying troops ought to return to the barracks, and pressed the federal government to ensure the appropriate of Indonesians to assemble, affiliate and protest peacefully with out intimidation or violence.
Amnesty Worldwide has condemned the crackdown. “The growing variety of deaths from the crackdown on protests in Jakarta and different areas in Indonesia is alarming. No person ought to die whereas exercising their proper to freedom of expression and peaceable meeting,” stated Montse Ferrer, Amnesty’s deputy regional analysis director.