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Alleged excessive use of force by Indonesian security forces in Papua Province resulting in the death of nine individuals, of which seven minors, and injuries to several others. According to the information received, on 8 December 2014, Indonesian security forces shot at a group of demonstrators who were protesting against the ill-treatment of a boy by army personnel in Ipakiye Village, Paniai District, Papua Province. Mr. Simon Degei, aged 18, and three 17-year-old boys died as a result and 17 other members of the indigenous community were injured. On 25 June 2015, a junior high school student was killed and another one injured when members of the Indonesian security forces shot at a group of youth who were requesting a monetary fine to passers by on a road in Desa Ugapuga, Kamu Timur District, Dogiyai Regency, in Papua Province. On 17 July 2015, the Indonesian National Police killed a 15 year old boy and injured eleven other individuals following the burning of a mosque in Karabuga, Tolikara Regency, in Papua Province. On 28 August 2015, members of the Indonesian military forces shot at a crowd after they had complained to them for having driven too fast past a street gathering in Timika, Mimika Regency, in Papua Province. Mr. Yulianus Okoare, aged 18, and Mr. Imanuel Marimau, aged 23, died as a result and four others were wounded. On 28 September 2015, the police killed a 17 year old boy and wounded another in GorongGorong, Timika, after the two students had been reported to the police as troublemakers and their fathers had been accused of being members of the Free West Papua Movement. Alleged victims: 13 More details... |
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