Regional shutdown
Internet Services and Other modes of communications including phone lines disrupted
Wamena
Indonesia experienced massive protests and riots in response to several controversial laws and social tensions. Students and civil society protested against a reform of the Penal Code, which included restrictive clauses on individual rights, and against a law weakening the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), seen as a threat to anti-corruption efforts. Simultaneously, violence erupted in Papua, where demands for autonomy and ethnic tensions led to deadly clashes between protesters and security forces. These events highlighted widespread public discontent with the government and an increasing demand for social justice and respect for human rights.
- Total Duration 3 days
Indonesia
- Population
- 283,487,931
Freedom House rates Internet freedom as Partly Free
Local impact
Indonesia experienced massive protests and riots in response to several controversial laws and social tensions. Students and civil society protested against a reform of the Penal Code, which included restrictive clauses on individual rights, and against a law weakening the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK), seen as a threat to anti-corruption efforts. Simultaneously, violence erupted in Papua, where demands for autonomy and ethnic tensions led to deadly clashes between protesters and security forces. These events highlighted widespread public discontent with the government and an increasing demand for social justice and respect for human rights.
Related documentation
Young West Papuan survivor testimony : The provocators of Wamena riot said : Provocator: "Are you 'monkey' or not? Frans: "No, I'm not" Provocator : "Yes you are. You must come with us!" When Frans Tabuni keep rejecting..then they flushed him with gasoline and burnt him. pic.twitter.com/n9yXJWG99x — Dapur (@antilalat) September 27, 2019
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