Description
Journalist for deductive.id, Gita was attacked while covering a demonstration at the People's Representative Council (DPR) building, Thursday, August 22 2024.
That day, Gita covered a demonstration attended by students and civil society groups.
At noon, Demonstration action then ended in chaos, Gita ran away from the scene of the riot, but her body was elbowed by the police when she was at the small door on the left side of the DPR's gate. She fell and suffered bruises on his neck.
In the evening, Gita and other journalists were surrounded by police on trail motorbikes from the direction of DPR's building. They then ran and the policeman's hand hit Gita's camera. The journalist fell due to the slippery road.
Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Female
Age
Country
DKI Jakarta
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
police officer
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Type of incident
Physical assaults (include death, injury, abduction)
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