Otoritas : Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan
Vol 9, No 2 (2019): (October 2019)

The Construction of the Indonesian Government's Repressive Counter-Terrorism Policy

Ardli Johan Kusuma (Doctoral Program of Political Islam – Political Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
Tulus Warsito (Doctoral Program of Political Islam – Political Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
Surwandono Surwandono (Doctoral Program of Political Islam – Political Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
Ali Muhammad (Doctoral Program of Political Islam – Political Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
Mega Hidayati (Doctoral Program of Political Islam – Political Science, Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta)
Muhlis Madani (Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences Universitas Muhammadiyah Makassar.)



Article Info

Publish Date
13 Nov 2019

Abstract

The Indonesian government has made a counter-terrorism legal instrument starting in 2001. And the making of counter-terrorism policies in Indonesia was carried out after the 9/11 event. Even though the phenomenon of terrorism that occurred in Indonesia existed before 2001. Even since Indonesia became an independent state, there have been many events that can be classified into the phenomenon of terrorism. But the Indonesian government responded by making legal instruments after 2001. In overcoming terrorism, the Indonesian government prefers a repressive approach. Detachment 88 as a special anti-terrorist force, allegedly has committed many human rights violations. Even in the last 10 years, at least 120 suspected terrorists were killed in the arrest process and 40 people were victims of wrongful arrests. In addition, more than 80% of them were subjected to torture. However, the repressive approach has not been able to reduce the number of terrorist attacks in Indonesia. Therefore, this research seeks to find what factors that influencing the Indonesian government to make repressive counter-terrorism policies in Indonesia. The findings revealed the existence of several factors including the persuasion of the international community, the influence of international norms, and the perception of the Indonesian government in understanding the threat of terrorism which is influenced by past experience.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

otoritas

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Social Sciences

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Otoritas : Jurnal Ilmu Pemerintahan, with registered number ISSN 2088-3706 (Print), ISSN 2502-9320 (Online) is a Peer-reviewed journal published twice a year in April and October by Department of Governmental Science, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Muhammadiyah University of Makassar in ...