The protesters were dressed in pink and with banners against the State and the security forces. The riots intensified throughout the country after a police vehicle hit and kill a motorcycle driver.
Women join the protests in Yakarta with brooms in hand as a symbol of change
Reuters
Hundreds of Indonesian womenthey joined on Wednesday at protests in Yakarta against the privileges of politicians and police brutalitywhile the president, Pabowo Subianto, flew to China to attend a military parade.
The protesters, members of The Women’s Alliance of Indonesiathey appeared dressed in pink And with banners with slogans like “Police reform“And” your sweet promises cause diabetes “, as well as with brooms that, according to the organizer of the protest, They symbolized the need to “sweep the dirt of the State and the repression of security forces.”
The protests, which had begun in Yakarta last week, shook the region and intensified throughout the country after a police vehicle will run over and kill a motorcycle driver during one of the demonstrations. According to human rights groups, at least Ten people died during protestswhich also caused some looting and disturbances.
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Social tension and repression of security forces to protests
Days ago, the Indonesian Women’s Alliance had suspended a protest due to the risk of a violent response by the authorities. “We want to demonstrate that protests are mostly peaceful“Rizky Ananda, 30, said, who manifested against violence against people and to women in particular, as well as against waste in public spending.” If the government says that protests are treason, it should be questionable. “
This decision was made after the president has affirmed that the Army and the Police They will remain firm against violence and that some of the riots presented indications of terrorism and betrayal. While after the riots, Pabowo canceled his trip to the military parade in China, he finally traveled. His office declared that the normal signals that were being recovered in Indonesia had influenced their decision.
For its part, The National Human Rights Commission I was carrying out a Research on the action of security forces In the protests, according to Commissioner Anis Hidayah. The United Nations Office of Human Rights requested that “all the alleged violations of International Human Rights Law be investigated, including the use of force.”
Source: Ambito
