Data Check: Anies Mentions Government Violence Against Vocal Young People, Here's the Data
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Presidential candidate number one, Anies Baswedan, stated that many young people still experience violence when expressing their opinions. This statement was made during the first Presidential Candidate Debate (Debat Capres 2024) held at the KPU office in Central Jakarta on Tuesday, December 12, 2023, with the theme of Governance, Law, Human Rights, Corruption Eradication, Strengthening Democracy, Improvement of Public Services, and Community Harmony.
“Thousands of millennials and Gen Z who care about the nation's children, who care about the marginalized, when they express their opinions, when they criticize the government, they are often met with violence, clashes, even tear gas,” he said.
According to data from the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras), there were 52 cases of violence against demonstrations by the police between July 2022 and June 2023. These 52 cases resulted in 126 injuries and 207 arrests.
(See also: Check Data: Is it true that many women experience domestic violence?)
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