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        "id": 1799917,
        "msgid": "students-blocked-by-police-en-route-to-bundaran-hi-protest-told-to-perform-friday-prayers-elsewhere-1781254335",
        "date": "2026-06-12 14:52:36",
        "title": "Students Blocked by Police En Route to Bundaran HI Protest, Told to Perform Friday Prayers Elsewhere",
        "author": "Mas Alamil Huda",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "University of Indonesia students planning a protest at the Bundaran HI roundabout were blocked by police near Semanggi and redirected towards the DPR building. The student leader claims officers ignored their prior notification of the demonstration location and, around midday Friday prayers, instructed them to pray elsewhere, questioning the police's authority to regulate religious worship. The incident has sparked criticism over the handling of public assembly and constitutional rights.",
        "content": "<p>A group of students from the University of Indonesia (UI) intending\nto stage a protest at the Bundaran Hotel Indonesia (HI) area were\nblocked by police. The interception took place in the Semanggi area.<\/p>\n<p>Chairman of the UI Student Executive Board (BEM) Yatalathof Ma\u2019shum\nImawan stated that students belonging to the \u2018Alliance for the Movement\nTowards a Bankrupt Indonesia\u2019 were blockaded and subjected to repressive\nmeasures by police while heading to the protest site. According to him,\nthe students were forced to demonstrate in front of the DPR\nBuilding.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Even though we had planned, and also sent a letter to the police,\nthat we would hold the action at Bundaran HI,\u2019 he said at Bundaran HI on\nFriday (12\/6\/2026) afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that at around 11:55 WIB, students in the Dukuh Atas\narea were detained by police, despite the fact that the students\nintended to perform Friday prayers. The police, however, disregarded\nthis and directed the students to pray elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018When asked for the reason, they did not answer and instead told us\nto pray somewhere else. Since when does the police have the right to\nregulate how religion is practised? Since when does the police have the\nright to prohibit Indonesian citizens from performing worship as\nguaranteed by the constitution?\u2019 he said.<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/students-blocked-by-police-en-route-to-bundaran-hi-protest-told-to-perform-friday-prayers-elsewhere-1781254335",
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    },
    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
    "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com"
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