After the demonstrations held from 25–31 August 2025, AFAD’s member organization in Indonesia, the Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence (KontraS), received a surge of reports of missing individuals, particularly from Jakarta and Bandung, the main centers of mass mobilization. In response, on 1 September 2025, KontraS launched a reporting channel for persons who had allegedly disappeared in the context of the protests. Through this channel, a dedicated task force not only collected reports but also worked to verify the whereabouts of those reported missing and to document security force actions that may constitute enforced disappearances.
In total, KontraS received 44 reports of missing persons: 8 cases were resolved as miscommunication or temporary loss of contact, 33 individuals were subjected to short-term enforced disappearance and held in incommunicado detention at several Jakarta police stations before their whereabouts were later verified when police released detainee names, while 3 individuals remain missing and are very likely victims of enforced disappearance.
Their names and last known locations are:
- Reno Syachputra Dewo, last seen on 30 August 2025 near the Mobile Brigade Corps headquarter in Kwitang, Central Jakarta (confirmed demonstrant).
- Muhammad Farhan Hamid, last seen 31 August 2025 near the Mobile Brigade Corps headquarter in Kwitang, Central Jakarta (confirmed demonstrant).
- Bima Permana Putra, last seen 31 August 2025 in Glodok, West Jakarta.
AFAD urgently calls on the Government of Indonesia to immediately and unconditionally release the three disappeared civilians, end state violence and arbitrary arrests, cease military involvement in civilian protests, and ensure accountability for all cases of enforced disappearances and police brutality.
AFAD Demands the Immediate Release of Three Disappeared Civilians in Indonesia.
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