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View all search resultsSome 172 people are standing trial at the Central Jakarta District Court on various allegations related to postelection riots. Many of them were people stuck in the middle of the unrest, lawyers, family members claim.
Raga Eka Darma, one of 12 defendants who stood trial at the court on Wednesday, claimed that he was beaten and kicked by the police when they apprehended him after the protest descended into riots on May 22.
Amnesty International Indonesia has handed over the results of its investigation into alleged police violence during the May 21-22 post-election riots to Jakarta Police chief Insp. Gen. Gatot Eddy Pramono, who has promised to bring the case to court.
Indonesia had ratified the United Nations Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT), Usman said, and therefore the country should make effort to end impunity and hold the police accountable for human rights violations.
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