Tag Archives: Police killing

Conflict in Indonesia’s Papua Region

By admin | Published: April 5, 2014

GOHONG, 28 March 2014 (IRIN) – The clearing of forests inhabited by indigenous people in Indonesia’s Papua* Region by agribusinesses is fuelling conflict in the southern Merauke Regency, say campaigners. “Indigenous peoples rely on their land for their survival and therefore any incursion onto their land creates serious problems for any community,” Sophie Grig, a […]

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Community Anxious, Wants Protection from the Law

By admin | Published: February 13, 2014

[awasMIFEE note: This is an update on the case where a man from Sanggase village died in police custody after being arrested on New Year’s Eve. The victim’s, referred to in previous articles as Roni, is given his full name, Petrus Aluend. The police appear not to have conducted a serious investigation into the incident, […]

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Update: Chronology of Okaba Death in Police Custody

By admin | Published: January 14, 2014

Further details of the police brutality that resulted in the death of Roni, a man from Sanggase Village, Merauke Regency, after he was arrested on New Year’s Eve: 31st December (evening) The victim and residents of Sanggase were holding a New Year’s Eve party with music and alcohol, when an alcohol-influenced quarrel broke out between […]

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Police and Company Security Guard beat a man to Death while in Police Detention.

By admin | Published: January 5, 2014

A man was beaten to death while in police detention by a local police officer and a man working for the Astra Group as head of security. The assault took place on New Year’s Eve in Okaba near Merauke. The Astra Group has plans for a massive sugar cane plantation which has met with opposition […]

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