Overview

• Student unions met lawmakers on Wednesday to demand an independent probe into police violence as demonstrations continued in major cities.
• At least 10 people have died, hundreds have been injured, and authorities report more than 3,000 arrests since protests began on Aug. 25.
• Police have deployed tear gas, water cannons and rubber bullets, with rights groups warning of a slide toward authoritarian-style policing.
• Unrest grew after 21-year-old motorbike taxi driver Affan Kurniawan was fatally struck by an armored police vehicle; the president and police chief apologized and one officer was dismissed.
• Outrage over a roughly $3,000 monthly housing allowance for lawmakers and wider austerity measures fueled the movement, as the UN and Amnesty International called for an independent investigation and President Prabowo denounced the protests as “treason and terrorism.”