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#๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿšจ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿšจ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต.

  • Writer: Manushya Foundation
    Manushya Foundation
  • Sep 3
  • 2 min read
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#๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿšจ ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿšจ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ข๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ต.

๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ As protests spread across Indonesia, people are being silenced not only in the streets by brutal police crackdowns; but also ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ.

โŒ On 28 August 2025, after the killing of ๐—”๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ž๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ปย (21 year-old ojo driver) by police โ€” a tragedy that went viral worldwide, exposing police brutality and impunity โ€” the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission ordered media outlets to stop coverage in the name of โ€˜safety and peace.โ€™

โŒ At the same time, the government forced BigTech platforms like Meta and ByteDance to enforce excessive content moderation against so-called โ€˜misinformationโ€™. TikTok even suspended live streaming nationwide. โžก ๐—•๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ง๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.

โŒ In violation of international human rights standards, Indonesian authorities are also ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ #๐—œ๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜. Most recently arresting at least student activists and democracy leaders. , such as:ย 

โžก ๐——๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ผ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ @๐—น๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜‚_๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปย 

โžก ๐—ž๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—พ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ (@๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ.๐˜„๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ), ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ @๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜

โžก ๐— ๐˜‚๐˜‡๐˜‡๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ, ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ @๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐—ฟ.๐—ฐ๐—ผ

โžก ๐—ฆ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป, ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ @๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ท๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น

โžก ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ @๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ_๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ฎ๐˜


โœŠ๐Ÿฝ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€, ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด:

1๏ธโƒฃ The Indonesian Government to cease all forms of repression offline and online.

2๏ธโƒฃย The release of all civil society activists and democracy protesters arrested and criminalised.

3๏ธโƒฃ Social media companies to uphold human rights and stop bending to the governmentโ€™s requests.

#WeAreManushyan โ™พ๏ธ Equal Human Beings


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James Alton
James Alton
3 days ago

Freedom for all democratic protestors and civil schoolboy runaway society activists who have been detained and charged.

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David John
David John
Sep 06

This is heartbreaking to read. What practical actions can international civil society take to ensure Indonesian voices are not silenced โ€” both online and offline?

Take Care Of Your Own Shadow Milk

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