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Indonesia’s Human Rights Commission Urges Police to Handle Protests Professionally
Indonesia’s human rights commission urged police to handle demonstrations more professionally after reviewing police conduct at rallies.
Commission chair Anis Hidayah said its findings included fatalities and children mobilized at demonstrations.
She also said police were suspected of failing to use juvenile justice procedures for vulnerable people affected by protests, leaving some facing criminal charges.
Komnas HAM received 2,088 complaints about police conduct between 2023 and mid-2026.
About 65 percent concerned unprofessional law enforcement; 1,355 complaints related to police performance, while others involved delays in handling legal cases.
Hidayah said the new police chief should review the findings, but no specific response or next step was announced.
Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights has urged police to handle public demonstrations more professionally.
Commission chair Anis Hidayah said the request followed findings about police conduct at rallies, including fatalities and children among groups mobilized.
She said police were suspected of failing to apply juvenile justice procedures to vulnerable people affected by demonstrations, while many victims faced criminalization.
Komnas HAM received 2,088 complaints about police unprofessionalism in law enforcement from 2023 to mid-2026.
Hidayah said about 65 percent of those complaints concerned police conduct in carrying out law enforcement duties.
- Who
- Indonesia’s National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM), led by chair Anis Hidayah.
- What
- Komnas HAM urged police to handle demonstrations more professionally, citing findings about conduct at rallies and complaints about law enforcement.
- When
- October 22, 2026.
- Where
- Indonesia. The request was reported from Jakarta.
- Why
- Komnas HAM cited findings including fatalities, the mobilization of children, alleged failures to use juvenile justice procedures, and complaints about police conduct.
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Komnas HAM received 2,088 public complaints concerning police unprofessionalism in law enforcement.
Police secured a demonstration by Pati residents outside the Parliament Complex in Senayan, Central Jakarta.
Anis Hidayah said Komnas HAM had urged police to handle demonstrations more professionally.
- Complaints
- 2,088 received by Komnas HAM from 2023 to mid-2026
- Police performance reports
- 1,355 of the 2,088 complaints
- Share related to police unprofessionalism
- About 65 percent
- Demonstration
- Pati residents rallied outside the Parliament Complex in Senayan on August 26, 2026
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What people are saying
One of them has resulted in fatalities, where vulnerable groups, especially children, were mobilized
Around 65 percent are related to Polri's unprofessionalism in carrying out its law enforcement duties