Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) announced Thursday that most anti-terrorism raids conducted by police force have violated human rights.

"The crackdowns made by the police's antiterror squad have never represented principles of protection of human rights," Komnas Ham commissioner Stanley Adi Prasetyo said during a hearing with the House of Representatives in Jakarta, as quoted by tempointeraktif.com.

Stanley said the commission found police often used abusive interrogation techniques against suspected terrorists, which goes against Indonesia's ratification of the UN Anti-Torture Convention.

Komnas HAM chief Ifdhal Kasim said that neither the government nor the police have responded to reports of possible abusive investigations into terrorism. "The main barrier in upholding human rights is the government itself," said Ifdhal.