Thousands of People Were Arbitrarily Arrested in Indonesia in 2025

Adi Ahdiat 08/01/2026 14:47 WIB

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According to KontraS data, there were many cases of civil liberties violations in Indonesia in 2025, with the number of victims of arbitrary arrests reaching thousands.

Number of Victims of Civil Liberty Violations in Indonesia (December 2024-November 2025)

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Number of Victims of Civil Liberty Violations in Indonesia (December 2024-November 2025)

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Civil liberties—which include freedom of expression, opinion, peaceful assembly, and association—are fundamental elements of a democratic state based on human rights.

However, violations of civil liberties still frequently occur in Indonesia.

According to data compiled by the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (KontraS), during the period of December 2024-November 2025, there were 205 recorded incidents of civil liberty violations domestically.

These incidents involved approximately 5,100 victims. Among them, 4,291 people were arbitrarily arrested.

Additionally, 661 people were injured; 134 people experienced other forms of violence, such as terror, intimidation, and digital attacks; and 7 people died during demonstrations.

"The massive scale of civil liberty violations cannot be separated from the paradigm and approach used by the state in responding to demonstrations," KontraS stated in its 2025 Human Rights Day Notes.

"The persistently low level of awareness and compliance of state apparatus with human rights values and democratic principles in responding to forms of civil liberty actualization, such as demonstrations, criticism, or even works of art, makes violence and repressiveness an inevitability," they added.

Editor : Adi Ahdiat

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