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3 communications found
Date, Country,
Type and
ref. no. of
communication
Mandates Summary Replies received
    20 Mar 2024
    Indonesia
    JAL
  • executions
  • disappearances
  • independence of judges and lawyers
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • minority issues
Information received concerning violence in the provinces of West Papua, including the occurrence of extrajudicial and summary executions and the lack of transparent, competent investigations.
Alleged victims: 9
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21 Nov 2024
    17 Aug 2023
    Indonesia
    JAL
  • executions
  • freedom of opinion and expression
  • freedom of peaceful assembly and of association
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • racism
Information received concerning violations against indigenous Papuans in the provinces of Papua, West Papua, Central Papua, and Mountains Papua. According to these allegations several extra-judicial killings, including of three children took place in the town of Wamena, Jayawijaya Regency, Papua Pegunungan Province (Mountains Papua Province) on 23 February 2023; the allegations refer to the practice of arbitrary detention and excessive use of force, including lethal force, by security forces resulting in serious injuries to Indigenous Papuans protesters and human rights activists in the context of civil unrest and armed rebellion between May 2022 and July 2023.
Alleged victims: 72
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30 Oct 2023
    05 May 2023
    Indonesia
    JAL
  • executions
  • disappearances
  • Indigenous Peoples
  • internally displaced persons
  • racism
Information received concerning the alleged lack of an effective and prompt investigation into the killing of Mr. Uakhele Giban, an indigenous Papuan, on 5 July 2022 in Suru Suru district, Yahukimo regency, allegedly by agents of the Indonesian security forces of the Damai Cartenz Unit, the alleged killings of Arlod Lokbere, Irian Nigiri, Lemaniol Nigiri, and Atis Tini, indegenous Papuans, in Mimika Regency, Nduga, in the Indonesian province of Papua on 22 August 2022, reportedly by members of the Indonesian Army from Brigif 20 and the alleged excessive use of force against an indigenous Papuan minor, on 15 April 2022. These cases appear to occur in the context of ongoing practices of excessive use of force, extrajudicial killings, and torture of indigenous Papuans by Indonesian police, military or joint security forces.
Alleged victims: 6
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09 Aug 2023