Observatoire des droits humains (anglais seulement)

Jakarta Police ‘Shoot to Kill’ Order May Foster Summary Executions

(Version anglaise seulement)

Expand A group of mobile brigade policemen patrols near the Mobile Police Brigade (Brimob) headquarters in Depok, south of Jakarta, Indonesia, May 9, 2018. © 2018 Reuters Officials in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, have authorized police participating in a one-month anti-crime campaign launched this week to use deadly force against criminal suspects who resist arrest. “If there is resistance [from the muggers and thieves], our chief has ordered us to act firmly and quickly [to shoot],” said Jakarta Police spokesman Sr. Comr. Argo Yuwono. “It is not negotiable.” That’s dangerous advice given…

Lire l'article complet