Together with Amnesty International’s crisis evidence lab and digital verification corps, the Indonesian team verified 51 videos depicting 43 separate incidents of police violence during protests that occurred between Oct. 6 and Nov. 10.

“Our examination of these incidents shows that police forces across Indonesia have committed appalling human rights violations,” Amnesty International Indonesia executive director Usman Hamid said in a webinar on Wednesday.

A report by Amnesty breaks down the findings in separate sections for each form of alleged unlawful force, complete with an interactive map showing the incidents per location.

According to Amnesty’s records, at least 411 people fell victim to police violence in 15 provinces during the protests and 6,658 people in 21 provinces were arrested. Some 301 of the detainees, including 18 journalists, were reportedly detained “incommunicado” -- without access to the outside world. Many of those arrested were students.

The organization also recorded 18 people in seven provinces that were charged under the Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law for protesting online between Oct. 7 and 20.

“There have been overwhelming videos and testimonies of police violence since day one of the protests. This is a sinister echo of the brutal crackdowns against students 22 years ago, at the end of the Soeharto regime,” Usman said.

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