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Original Title: URGENT APPEAL (IN ENGLISH AND INDONESIAN)
Our comrades on the ground report that legal aid institutions—including LBH and YLBHI—have been reluctant to actively represent detainees arrested in protests labeled as “anarchist,” unless they are already viral or well-known activists.
This is especially troubling given that these institutions are supported by public resources and, in some cases, international donors. If they are entrusted with resources to defend access to justice and human rights, that responsibility should not disappear when the detainees are unpopular, politically inconvenient, or lacking public visibility.
We urge friends and colleagues outside Indonesia to contact LBH and YLBHI and press them to immediately provide legal assistance to the 300+ people currently detained at Polda Metro Jaya.
The situation is urgent: according to information from the ground, only one lawyer is currently standing by for hundreds of detainees.
Justice should not depend on who goes viral. They should act now—not after the detainees become headline news.
LBH. Jakarta:
keluhsaran@bantuanhukum.or.id
Legal Aid Institute (LBH) Jakarta
Jl. Pangeran Diponegoro No.74, RT.9/RW.2, Pegangsaan, Kec. Menteng, Kota Jakarta Pusat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 1032
(021) 3145518
YLBHI
Jl. Pangeran Diponegoro No.74, RT.2/RW.6, Kenari, Kec. Menteng, Kota Jakarta Pusat
(021) 3929840
Rekan-rekan kami di lapangan melaporkan bahwa sejumlah lembaga bantuan hukum—termasuk LBH dan YLBHI—diduga masih enggan secara aktif memberikan pendampingan hukum kepada para tahanan yang ditangkap dalam aksi demonstrasi dan kemudian dilabeli sebagai “anarkis”, kecuali mereka merupakan aktivis yang sudah dikenal luas atau kasusnya telah menjadi viral.
Situasi ini sangat memprihatinkan. Terlebih lagi, lembaga-lembaga tersebut memperoleh dukungan dari sumber daya publik dan, dalam beberapa kasus, dari donor internasional. Ketika mereka dipercaya untuk mengelola sumber daya dalam rangka memperjuangkan akses terhadap keadilan dan menegakkan hak asasi manusia, tanggung jawab tersebut semestinya tidak hilang hanya karena para tahanan yang membutuhkan bantuan tidak populer, tidak memiliki visibilitas publik, atau secara politik dianggap tidak menguntungkan.
Kami mendesak kawan-kawan menghubungi LBH dan YLBHI serta mendorong mereka agar segera memberikan pendampingan hukum kepada lebih dari 300 orang yang saat ini ditahan di Polda Metro Jaya.
Situasinya mendesak. Berdasarkan informasi yang kami terima dari lapangan, saat ini hanya ada satu pengacara yang bersiaga untuk menangani ratusan tahanan.
Keadilan tidak boleh bergantung pada siapa yang menjadi viral.
LBH dan YLBHI harus bertindak sekarang—bukan menunggu sampai para tahanan menjadi pemberitaan utama.
LBH Jakarta
Lembaga Bantuan Hukum (LBH) Jakarta
Jl. Pangeran Diponegoro No. 74, RT.9/RW.2, Pegangsaan, Kec. Menteng, Kota Jakarta Pusat, Daerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta 1032
Email: keluhsaran@bantuanhukum.or.id
Telepon: (021) 3145518
YLBHI
Jl. Pangeran Diponegoro No. 74, RT.2/RW.6, Kenari, Kec. Menteng, Kota Jakarta Pusat
Telepon: (021) 3929840.
Comments
Talang from Aliansi Masyarakat Slipi
Talang (not verified) Tue, 09/01/2026 - 02:59
Come on, comrades, let's not engage in negative campaigning like this. Surely you’ve read the report recently released by TAUD. And besides, why do you claim to be an anarchist yet blame the LBH-J/YLBHI instead of the state? Hahaha. Come join the "LBH network."
Really?
Independent Ad… (not verified) Tue, 09/01/2026 - 15:13
In reply to Talang from Aliansi Masyarakat Slipi by Talang (not verified)
Oh, spare me the bullshit.
You people are such LBH bootlickers, even though you already know how badly the public feels about LBH. The favoritism and deliberate disregard that have been going on since last year are very real.
And just two days ago, we—and independent lawyers—were told this directly by the Jakarta Metro Police. (About LBHbeing absent). You guys are honestly hilarious. Still calling yourselves “civil society,” too? What a joke.
The details about LBH will soon be compiled and published. Let’s see what the public has to say once everything is laid out.
The Collector
Mira (not verified) Tue, 09/01/2026 - 03:20
1. Has a request for legal assistance actually been submitted to LBH Jakarta? In whose name, and with whom was the consultation held? We need to verify this to see if a refusal actually occurred. 2. Regarding incoming requests for assistance—representation has indeed been provided. For instance, Bobhil (from STF) was released, and the extended STF family has expressed their gratitude. 3. Regarding arrest data: the figure of 300 came from the police, and the police have already released the majority of them. We need to know how many of these 300 were labeled as "anarchists"—is there data on this?—and how many remain in custody or have been named suspects. 4. For legal assistance and related efforts in Jakarta, a body called TAUD was established; consequently, all complaints and inquiries are centralized there. TAUD is a coalition comprising LBH Jakarta, KontraS, LBH Pers, Imparsial, and others. Please check the Instagram accounts of YLBHI and LBH Jakarta; we are actually part of this team together. 5. TAUD has released a monitoring report and a set of demands, which were presented by Dimas (KontraS), Gema (LBH Pers), and Rohim (LBH Jakarta).
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