00:00a song for the imprisoned protesters for almost two months these people have been
00:12demonstrating in front of the state palace in jakarta calling for the release of friends and
00:16family after a massive police crackdown on nationwide demonstrations last august an unknown
00:23number of people are still behind bars and are still awaiting trial among them 25 year old del
00:29pedro marhan an activist who's been working for a human rights ngo since 2019 this is me and pedro
00:38when we were little on his fifth birthday we know what he is fighting for is always in people's best
00:45interests before his own arrest he was already advocating for the release of 600 protesters
00:52who were detained before him del pedro marhan is being held in a jail in jakarta and stands
00:59accused of inciting violence like many others the investigation is still underway at 15 provincial
01:09police headquarters as authorities continue gathering evidence before moving the process forward
01:20pedro's family denies that he was anything other than peaceful and says the protesters are being
01:25punished for speaking up i hope everyone will soon realize this is not just about pedro and all the
01:35activists who have been arrested but about democracy itself it's about all of us it's not known how many
01:42protesters exactly are behind bars police did not respond to repeated requests by dw and others to
01:49release the current number of detainees yes i see that the police are not transparent not accountable in
02:01relation to arrests detentions and also the naming of suspects from various parties in civil society
02:08who are then accused of being perpetrators of violence other rights groups are also in the case
02:19amnesty international says it's seeing a broader pattern of repression
02:28with various cases that we have observed in the past year there has been a lot of excessive
02:34force arrests arrests arrests arrests of the innocent torture and even unfair death in the tragedy of
02:42august we are concerned that indonesia is no longer a democratic country that guarantees civil freedom
02:51the situation is causing alarm among ordinary citizens as well as respected public figures
02:57they only want indonesia to be a sovereign country in which one is free to speak out and express
03:11opinions a few shared by del pedro marhan's family together with others they've now joined the weekly
03:20protest to demand transparency from the authorities and a fair trial for those who are currently
03:26behind bars
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