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View all search resultsThe Alliance of Independence Journalists (AJI) has reported persistent police brutality across several provinces, calling for stronger oversight and genuine reform amid what it described as systemic impunity within the force.
The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) has raised concerns over the National Police’s recent dismissal of a one-star police general based on their sexual orientation, calling it a discriminatory gesture that contradicted the 1945 Constitution.
The Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (ICJR) has urged the government to reassess the Juvenile Justice System Law as the vast majority of underage offenders are still subject to imprisonment, depriving them of their basic rights.
In the video, apparently recorded inside a Bandung Police jail, Ferdian and two of his friends who had also been arrested for their part in the prank were stripped to their underwear and told to do physical exercises such as push-ups and squat jumps by their fellow detainees.
The staggering increase in capital punishment verdicts last year has fueled criticism of Indonesia’s justice system, with activists accusing judges of ignoring basic human rights and underlining the ineffectiveness of the death penalty in reducing crime.
Law enforcement could instead use a bail system for light offenses and criminal acts without victims or violence, according to the Justice Monitoring Coalition, which comprises 16 legal advocacy groups.
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