Human Rights Alert

Isu tentang hak asasi manusia (human rights) selalu muncul ketika sebuah negara sedang mengalami unjuk rasa. Pada saat demonstrasi polisi akan berada di garis depan untuk menjaga keamanan dan ketertiban. Para pendemo punya kepentingan agar pemerintah atau anggota Parlemen (DPR) memenuhi kepentingan mereka. Biasanya mereka akan menggunakan slogan-slogan bernada membela serta memperjuangkan kepentingan rakyat.  Ketika terjadi demo biasanya terjadi benturan antara polisi dengan para pendemo. Tidak selalu demontrasi berjalan damai dan diakhiri sesuai kesepakatan misalnya unjuk rasa harus diakhiri pada jam 18.00 waktu setempat.  Suasana unjuk rasa tolak UU Cipta Kerja di kawasan Harmoni, Jakarta Pusat, 8 Oktober 2020.  (aceh.tribunnews.com) Demontrasi pada dasarnya merupakan ekspresi adu ide dan kepentingan yang umumnya sulit langsung terjadi titik temu. Kedua belah pihak ingin mempertahankan kepentingan masing-masing. Entah itu para pendemo maupun pemerintah atau parlemen - pasti merasa pa

Human right violation in Ukraine .  Image: news.kievukraine.info What is happening in Ukraine? Whether there has been a violation of human rights in Kiev and surrounding areas during a demonstration in the former Soviet Union country.  Anti-government demonstrators in Ukraine are expanding their protests after talks between the opposition and President Viktor Yanukovych stalled . Riot police brutally beat several people, including a 17-year-old, who were detained on January 20, 2014, during a standoff in Kiev.   Ukraine’s human rights record remains poor. Candidates and supporters faced violence and harassment from authorities ahead of October parliamentary elections. Opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko alleged ill-treatment in prison, where she is serving a seven-year sentence, and two of her former political allies were imprisoned.