Police & Law Enforcement

March 2026

Statements/Indonesia
Amnesty Press Release – March 5, 2026

Responding to the unlawful killing of a teenager by a police officer in Makassar and an Indonesian Military (TNI) member's abuse of a civilian in South Tangerang, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid said:

February 2026

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – February 27, 2026

Jakarta – A student alliance protesting at the National Police Headquarters (Mabes Polri) in Jakarta dispersed after conveying five demands related to the assault of a junior high school student with the initials AT by Maluku Regional Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) member Brigadier Mesi

News/Indonesia
CNN Indonesia – February 26, 2026

Surabaya – Civil Society activists in Surabaya held the 899th Kamisan (Thursday) Action to stand in solidarity with and demand justice for Arianto Tawakal (14), a student at the Maluku Tenggara State Madrasah Tsanawiyah (religious high school, MT), who died after being as

Statements/Indonesia
Amnesty Press Release – February 23, 2026

Responding to the murder of a student in Tual City, Maluku, by a member of the paramilitary police Mobile Brigade (Brimob), Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid said:

January 2026

Statements/Indonesia
Walhi Press Release – January 9, 2026

Jakarta – Law enforcement against companies contributing to the ecological disaster in Sumatra as of the end of 2025 has not been carried out in a comprehensive, participatory or optimally manner.

News/Indonesia
Jakarta Satu – January 2, 2026

The Civil Society Coalition for Legal Reform officially declared an "Indonesian legal emergency" during a press conference held on New Year's Day, Thursday January 1.

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – January 2, 2026

Singgih Wiryono, Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – The Criminal Code (KUHP) and the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) come into effect today, Friday January 1, 2026.

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – January 1, 2026

Singgih Wiryono, Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman Hamid says that the new Criminal Code (KUHP) and the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP), which will come

December 2025

News/Indonesia
Kompas.com – December 25, 2025

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW) has criticised the Attorney General's Office (AGO) for displaying a pile of cash valued at 6.6 trillion rupiah, the result of the saving of state finances.

Cartoons/Indonesia
Kompas Newspaper – December 20, 2025

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