The Practice of Torture:

Business As Usual in Papua

My hands and feet often feel pain. My heart has
also yet to heal from the violence I experienced.
I don’t know when I will get better.

~Papuan woman, torture survivor

The seven detainees in the Sasawa military raid case.

(Credit: AlDP, Aliansi Demokrasi untuk Papua)
Acknowledgment

AJAR, ELSHAM, and TAPOL would like to acknowledge the authors of this
paper: Indria Fernida, Sofia Nazalya, Ferry Marisan, Zandra Mambrasar,
Ani Sipa, Galuh Wandita and Pia Conradsen. We would like to thank
the invaluable work of human rights defenders and lawyers who have
generously shared their information for this paper, including Democracy
Alliance for Papua (AlDP), Papua Commission for the Disappeared and
Victims of Violence (KontraS Papua), Human Rights Coalition (Koalisi HAM),
Institute for Research, Investigation and Development of Legal Aid, (LP3BH),
Justice, Peace and Integrity of Creation Desk of the Evangelical Christian
Church (KPKC GKI). Lastly, we are grateful for editorial support from Tony
Francis, and lay-out coordination by Rizki Affiat.

Research and publication costs for this paper were supported by the
European Union. The contents of this document are the responsibility of
AJAR, ELSHAM, and TAPOL, under no circumstances can they be regarded as
reflecting the position of the European Union.

ELSHAM PAPUA (Institute of Human Rights Studies and Advocacy),

established on May 5, 1998, works to promote human rights principles and
create critical awareness on the values of democracy and human rights in
Papua. ELSHAM conducts monitoring, investigation, and advocacy on human
rights issues.

AJAR (Asia Justice and Rights) is a regional human rights organization

based in Jakarta. AJAR works to increase the capacity of local and national
organization in the fight against entrenched impunity and to contribute to
building cultures based on accountability, justice and a willingness to learn
from the root causes of mass human rights violations in Asia Pasific region.
See www.asia-ajar.org

TAPOL is a UK-based organization that campaigns for human rights, peace

and democracy in Indonesia. For the past 40 years TAPOL has consistently
campaigned for justice in Indonesia, including Aceh, East Timor and West
Papua. See www.tapol.org

EIDHR (The European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights) is

an initiative by the European Commission that aims to promote human
rights, democracy and conflict prevention in non-EU countries by providing
financial support for activities supporting these goals.
 Executive Summary
Executive Summary

S
ince its emergence from thirty years of military dictatorship Indonesia has made
significant advances in the protection of human rights in almost all areas of the
country, with the notable exception of Papua. Indonesia’s eastern-most provinces
of Papua and West Papua (in this report referred to as Papua) have been scarred by
a history of continuing conflict accompanied by serious human rights violations. Official
tolerance for practices involving torture and inhuman treatment, accompanied by impunity
for perpetrators has encouraged these abhorrent forms of human rights violations to the
present day. President Joko Widodo’s pardoning of five political prisoners in May 2015 is a
step in the right direction. But more has to be done urgently.

Based on 18 case studies of torture1 (5 cases prior to Indonesia’s reformation in 1998 and
13 cases that took place after), this report contributes to the record of torture and large-
scale human rights violations that are yet to be addressed by the government of Indonesia.
The cases demonstrate entrenched impunity for torture involving state actors dating back
to the conflict in 1963. The violations, denial and impunity have strongly contributed to the
disillusionment felt by many Papuans. Non-violent expressions of dissent continue to be
dealt with using force, mass detention and torture, contributing to a deep sense of injustice
that create deeper divisions, resentment and an alienation from the goals of national unity.

The 18 case studies in this report provide but a small example of the much broader patterns
of violations that have occurred and which continue to take place until today. The physical
acts of torture reported as part of this study included, but were not limited to, injuries from
handcuffing, being kicked with jackboots, slashed by bayonets, stripped, electrocuted, beaten
with items such as rifle butts and the tail of a stingray, being dragged along the road, forced
to pull carts, being cut and then doused in salt water or alcohol to sting the wounds, soaked
in dirty water contaminated with worms and food remains, forced to drink bacteria-infected
pond water, forced to drink urine, raped, having genitals burned with matches and candles,
slashing of the skin around sexual organs and other sexual abuses.

In addition to these physical abuses, detainees were also subject to mental and emotional
torture by methods including threats and intimidation, verbal assault, being forced to eat
ants, detention in tiny dark, wet rooms where they were unable to move or breathe properly,
humiliation in front of other detainees, and provocation through insults to the victim’s
religious beliefs.

Those who provided their stories to the researchers of this report were mostly male. However,
women survivors also shared their experiences of sexualized forms of torture. Authorities
who received complaints often did not provide adequate medical treatment to the victims
and did not take other appropriate steps to ease their suffering. The victims of torture have
received no reparations for the harm done to them. Most victims of torture have to endure
social and economic grievances today. Women survivors of sexual violence suffer continuing
victimization through cultural stigma and community sanctions, as if they should in some
way be blamed for being the innocent victims of horrific crimes.

1
The term torture in this report is used to refer to all forms of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.

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Executive Summary

Perpetrators of torture and inhuman treatment contained in this report were representatives
of the Indonesian security forces, including serving members of the police and military.
These persons committed, encouraged and condoned widespread and systematic torture of
victims. Despite the horrendous nature of the crimes committed, few perpetrators have been
brought to justice. A military tribunal was held for some cases of torture in 2010, but even in
that isolated example the perpetrators received light sentences. Reports on continuing cases
of torture submitted to the relevant authorities at local and national levels have largely been
ignored.

Unless the Indonesian government and international community take steps to address the
ongoing practice of torture and its accompanying impunity it is difficult to see how efforts
to bring peace and security in Papua can succeed. The pain, resentment and deep sense of
injustice caused by these crimes is not restricted to the direct victims, but is shared by family
and community members, and passed on to others and future generations. Allowing torture
to be practiced with impunity will deepen the existing scars and divisions and further alienate
the people of Papua from those they see as responsible.

Arrest warrant and a picture of hope of Hans Awendu, one of the torture survivors

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 Introduction
Introduction

T
his year marks 17 years since and Rights (AJAR) and TAPOL, documents
Indonesia’s reformasi following acts of torture and inhuman treatment in
the Suharto dictatorship and 70 Papua from the 1960’s to the present. The
years since independence. While purpose of the report is twofold. Firstly to
Indonesia has made significant progress highlight a pattern of ongoing torture taking
in broadening its democratic base and place in Papua. Secondly, to encourage the
upholding human rights for citizens, Papua Indonesian government to take effective
remains a conflict zone, where force is used steps to stop the on-going cycle of torture,
to supress expressions of discontent. This take stock of the violations in the past and
report, based on research conducted by the commit to forging a dialog based on the
Institution for Research and Advocacy of reality of the situation to ensure peace and
Human Rights (ELSHAM), Asia Justice security in Papua.

Inside Abepura prison

(Credit: Democracy Alliance For Papua (ALDP))

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Methodology

Methodology

A
documentation team of researchers gathered information from both
male and female victims of torture in Biak, Jayapura, Manokwari,
Sorong, Fakfak and Paniai regions. Where possible, the team
used participatory tools to listen to victims share their experiences,
provided trauma support and using methods designed to build solidarity among
survivors. Researchers visited prisons and also the homes of survivors. They
recorded and photographed aspects of the victims’ lives including portraits
of locations and objects affiliated with their experiences. Participatory tools
making use of items of particular significance to victims (collected in a “memory
box”), community mapping and resource mapping were also used as methods
to establish an understanding of the cycle of poverty experienced by the
survivors, particularly women, in post-conflict situations.2 The team collected
testimonies from survivors and witnesses of torture to clarify and corroborate
records, articles and reports on cases of torture already produced by Papuan civil
society groups, including those working as a monitoring collective called Papuan
Behind Bars.

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See AJAR’s “Unlearning Impunity: A Guide to Understanding and Action for Women Survivors,” 2015.

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 Background
Background

T
he proclamation of independence on 17 August 1945 in effect claimed the entire
former Dutch East Indies, including Papua, then known as West New Guinea
as part of the territory of the Republic of Indonesia. However the Dutch as the
former colonial power and the new Indonesian government remained in dispute
over the sovereignty and future plans for the people of Papua. From 1954 to 1961 Indonesia
pursued its claim over the territory at the United Nations General Assembly. The United
States urged Dutch and Indonesian officials to reach a negotiated settlement, which led to
the signing of the New York Agreement on 16 August 1962. Under the agreement, a United
Nations Temporary Executive Authority would hold administrative power over the territory
until this authority was transferred to Indonesia on 1 May 1963. A core condition of the
agreement was the requirement for the administration of a referendum by 1969 to provide
the people of the territory the opportunity to decide their future political status.

Prior to the scheduled referendum, Indonesian military forces began to suppress open
expression of opinion and organization around the issue of self-determination in the territory.
Many Papuan leaders were arrested, arbitrarily detained, tortured, exiled or killed. Instead of
providing each eligible person in the territory one vote each in the referendum Indonesian
authorities persuaded the United Nations officials to agree to a very different form of vote
in which only 1,026 individuals were selected to represent all the people of Papua. In a
process known as the Act of Free Choice those few representatives that had been carefully
selected unanimously voted in favour for Papua’s future to be under Indonesian sovereignty. 3
However, many people in the territory felt that they had been deprived of the opportunity to
voice their opinion on their own self-determination, leading to continued resistance after the
implementation of the Act. This resistance was met by ruthless military control resulting in
mass human rights violations in Papua, which was designated as one of the three “militarized
zones” in Indonesia together with Aceh and East Timor.

Suharto’s resignation following the student uprising in 1998 resulted in a profound political
shift across the region. The first years of the reform period allowed Papuans and others
newfound freedom to express their feelings and ambitions. In an attempt to deal with
the deep divisions on the issue of self-determination the government passed the Special
Autonomy Law in 2000. This law recognized a legitimate Papuan identity while ensuring
that the territory remained under Indonesian sovereignty. The law also mandated the
establishment of a Human Rights Court, and a Truth and Reconciliation Commission
in Papua, as a way to recognize the suffering and injustices that had taken place and
provide some form of justice for victims. However the hopes of progress in these areas
have continued to be denied. Fifteen years later no steps have been made to establish the
mechanisms mandated by the Special Autonomy Law in 2000. This has dashed the hopes
of victims and others hoping to provide a base of trust, truth and justice on which to move
towards sustainable peace.

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UNSF-Background, http://www.un.org/en/peacekeeping/missions/past/unsfbackgr.html, p. 1-8.

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Background

Previous research conducted by ELSHAM together with the International Centre for
Transitional Justice (2012) specifically documented 794 counts of human rights violations
from 1960 to 2002, 97 of which were counts of torture, including sexual abuse against
women.4 From 2002-2014, a civil society monitoring collective, Papuan Behind Bars, has
documented the political arrest of 1,288 people, of whom 106 experienced acts of torture.
Until today, the perpetrators of these gross forms of human rights violations have avoided
judicial processes and other forms of accountability. Many of those implicated as perpetrators
have in fact been promoted to senior positions in the government and security forces. Serious
forms of human rights violations continue to take place in Papua, with perpetrators protected
and encouraged by a blanket of denial and impunity.

4
https://www.ictj.org/publication/past-has-not-passed-human-rights-violations-papua-and-after-reformasi

A military building where one of the survivors was tortured

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 Case Studies
Case Studies

T
he following case studies of military units in Pattimura, Cendrawasih,
torture and other acts of ill Hasanudin and Udayana conducted a joint
treatment were recorded by the operation across several villages to arrest
research teams in Papua. residents who had raised the Morning Star
flag, a symbol for Papuan independence.
1. Hans Awendu, Biak (1965)
Hans was first arrested in 1963 and detained Konstan Atanay was 16 when soldiers from
for three months due to accusations of being Pattimura command arrested him in Sasnek
involved with the Free Papua Movement. village. His hands were bound and he was
He was again arrested in 1965 along forced to the ground while soldiers kicked
with his colleagues: Baldus Mofu, Noak and stood on his body.
Rumaropen and Sem Wambrauw. During
his investigation, a guard would force him to He and several other detainees were then
run by pulling cards and shoot him if he fell. bought to Sorong on navy ship and placed in
He stated: “When we were hit, they used the a cell at the military compound. He stated:
butt of their rifles and wood. The food they gave “During the detention, we were beaten with
us was their scraps. We mixed it with the food a piece of wood and butts of their guns on my
we had to eat.” head. Then they forced me to drink my urine. I
was released in 1970.”
One night, Hans was questioned, beaten and
put in a cell. He stated: “At 2 am, I was woken He also witnessed sexual violence against
up and given three big white tablets crushed up women and girls in his village. Soldiers
like grains of sugar and put in my black coffee. from Pattimura gathered women from in
I drank it but it wasn’t sweet, it was sour. I one house, and every night the women had
became forgetful. I was released that morning.” to serve their sexual needs. “I saw soldiers
order women to take off their clothes and then
Hans also witnessed the torture of his walk naked before them. Soldiers forced them to
colleague Baldus, a former member of become sex slaves every night. Not just at night,
New Guinea Council who was working at but also during the day soldiers took women they
the Biak Office of Education and Culture. liked and made them walk through town with
Baldus was electrocuted and placed in a tank no clothes. I saw it but couldn’t challenge them
of water with worms and food scraps. or become angry because they had guns. The
people of Ayamaru couldn’t complain. They only
In the period after the Act of Free Choice, watched what the soldiers were doing to their
military operations focused on destroying daughters.”
members of the Free Papua Movement still
fighting in the jungle. During that time, in 3. Maryones Yarona, Jayapura (1980)
1972, Hans was arrested again by armed forces In August 1980, Maryones Yarona, a
and brought to West Biak by sea. He was 24-year-old resident of Kampung Ormuwari,
detained for 1 day, interrogated by the military Refenirara Jayapura heard about plans to
commander and taken back to the city. raise the Morning Star flag. Maryones
and her two friends, Persila Jakadewa and
2. Konstan Atanay, Sorong (1965) Florida Jakadewa, took part in this effort.
In Sorong in 1965, officers from regional The next morning on August 2, 1980, the

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three friends and three other women were he was hit by the tail of the stingray and
arrested and taken to the police station in forced to eat red ants. He was released on 17
Jayapura where they were interrogated. August 1996.

On August 3, 1980, they were taken to a Frans now is an active member of his church.
military compound in Jayapura and detained
in narrow, dark and wet cells. They were 5. Naomi Masa, Jayapura (1983)
detained at the Military Command Office In 1983, the military came to Naomi Masa’s
for nine months. While in detention, house looking for her husband, a member
Maryones became ill and suffered from of the Papua Free Movement (OPM). The
jaundice. She was sent to a hospital in military forced Naomi and her child onto
Aryoko for treatment where she was a truck to direct them to her husband. On
handcuffed each night. The women were the truck, she was beaten until unconscious
then transferred to a detention centre at the and her child fell from her grasp. Her
headquarters of Military Police Office in husband was finally arrested and detained
Klofkamp for one year. While the court gave at a military post in Besum, Jayapura.
two women freedom, Maryones and three Naomi was also detained and witnessed
others received a 4 year prison sentence. She her husband being tied up and soaked in
stated: “I just make God as motivation in the water. She stated: “Five officers raped me in
struggle of my life.” Years after her release, the military detention centre alternately. I was
Maryones continued to suffer from stomach finally unconscious. My vagina was torn and I
pains. She died on June 9 2015. received 12 stitches. I felt trauma and shame.”
Afterwards, she and her husband were taken
4. Frans Adolof Arfusau, Biak (1982) to Jayapura and interrogated by Special
On April 18, 1982, Frans was arrested at Forces.
secondary school on the day of his final
exam. He was not told of the reason for his After release, she and her husband had to
arrest. A military officer, ordered by the report regularly to the military (wajib lapor).
Commander of Military Command 1708, They fled into the forest and struggled to
took him away. He stated: “On the way from survive. In 1986, with support from the
the school to the police station, I was forced to church, they returned to Besum Village,
drink water from a pond in the middle of the Jayapura.
road, from 9am -12 pm. Earlier, one soldier
would stir the pond so the water would turn However, in 2005, her husband re-married
brown. Then I was taken to the police station another women in their village. She stated: “I
and detained for one week. During the period of feel sad that this happened to me. I experienced
detention I was tortured. I was electrocuted and violence to save my husband, but then he left me
beaten until my head was bleeding.” and married another woman because of what I
had been through.”
After one week, Frans received an arrest
warrant stating he was arrested for his alleged Now, Naomi’s ex-husband has passed away
involvement in the student organization. For and she is living with her two children and
two years, he was moved to various custodies grandchildren in her village. Naomi still feels
including District Military Command, Navy trauma and no sense of justice. She wants
custody, Laksusda Jayapura Cendrawasih Dok to overcome her past, open a kiosk and take
V Mess, and lastly in the Military Detention care of her grandchildren in school.
Cendrawasih in Kolfkam. On April 14, 1984
he was released and returned home, however 6. Tinneke Rumbaku, Biak (1998)
retained the status of a prisoner. From July 2-6, 1998, Filep Karma, a Papuan
leader, organized a peaceful demonstration
He was tried in a district court in Biak and in Biak. Security forces broke up the
served 13 years in prison. In Biak prison, demonstration, killing at least 8 and injuring

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scores of others. One young woman, consequences of the torture she experienced.
Tinneke Rumbaku, was sexually abused and In her community, some men blame victims
witnessed torture during that time. She and of sexual violence for bringing shame upon
her friend NB joined the demonstration at the family. Tinneke finally divorced her
the water tower in Biak. They were suddenly husband, and found the courage to share her
attacked by military officers who pushed, hit story.
and trampled on Tinneke and her friend.
She was dragged, pulled by her feet onto the 7. Amion Karunggu, Jayapura (2000)
road, and hit on the neck. One of the officer Amion Karunggu (15) was studying as a
said: “Madam, I will have to shoot you. But first grade high school student in Jayapura.
you have to run. We have the same religion.” He and his brother Johnny and his sister
She and NB fled and hid inside a newly Irene lived in a student dorm called Ninmin,
dug septic tank in an empty house. During provided by missionaries.
their journey back to the village, they were
stopped by officers, blindfolded and dragged In the early hours of December 7, 2000, a
into the back of a truck. She said: “When they group of police attacked Ninmin. Amion
threw me into the truck, I fell on many bodies. and the other students were gathered in a
I heard many people shout in pain and ask for field near the dormitories where member
help. It seemed the police tortured them. I was of Brimob (mobile police brigade) began to
also tortured.” beat, kick and hit the students. The students
were then thrown into truck and brought to
Tinneke was beaten with rifle butts until she the Jayapura police station. Upon arriving
bled and doused in water while her hands at the station, the students were separated
were tied. A soldier cut her hands instead into groups. Amion was shocked to see his
of the rope and she eventually fainted from younger brother beaten with a piece of wood.
blood loss. When she gained consciousness, Officials ordered the students to strip and
she heard someone say: “Rather than rape, hold out their hands. They proceeded to beat
let’s kill these people.” the students using a rattan and wooden log.
Students were doused in salt water causing
She witnessed people being tortured in a their injuries to burn. Official also insulted
dark room where bodies were piled on a them stating: “ You sleep with pigs, pig brains,
pool of blood. She heard them say: “ You see! you cannot do anything. Our people here in
Soon we will kill you madam. Get ready! Your Jayapura were well. You people from Wamena
turn soon! ” She continued, “Then, the officers came to destroy here! “They were beaten from
burned a large candle and inserted it into my 3 am till noon. One of Amion’s friends, Ori
vagina. They slashed from the vagina towards Doronggi was severely beaten on the head,
the buttock. I was bleeding from my genitals. We he later died at the police station.
screamed but couldn’t do anything. Our hands
and feet were tied. They also lit a cigarette. It Amion and the other students were returned
was like I was going to die. I heard the sound of home without any explanation. Amion
boots passing, kicking and stomping all over our received stitches to his head, and his brother
bodies.” Johnny died from injuries sustained by severe
beating.
A soldier giving water to victims told them:
“I cannot give clothes. But this water from God 8. Yoseph Yoweni, Wasior (2001)
will give strength for you to run. You get out On June 13, 2001, Brimob police raided
of this place.” They ran and hid in the forests residences in the villages of Wonoboi,
near the village for 3 months. Wasior, Manokwari, in search of the
alleged murderer of six Brimob members.
Due to the toll of sexual abuse on her body, As many as four people were killed, one
Tinneke was taken to Jayapura for treatment. person suffered sexual violence, five people
Now, she still suffers from the long-term were forcibly disappeared and 39 people

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suffered torture. The National Commission had subsequently died. Meki Elosak, Wiki
of Human Rights conducted investigation, Meaga, Obeth Kosay, Oskar Hilago, Meki
however, the attorney general refused to Tabuni, Wombi Tabuni, Pastor Ali Jikwa and
follow up the investigation. Peres Tabuni were tortured upon arrest for
reportedly being in possession of a Morning
In 17 July 2001, Yosef Yoweni (59), a Star flag. On April 2014, photographic
primary school teacher in YPK Wondoboi evidence of the degrading treatment endured
was arrested during a visit to family in by these six men was revealed on social
Manokwari. He was arrested when he passed media. The photograph, which was verified
by the blockade of police brigade mobile, by Meki Elosak during an interview with the
beaten with rifle butts and military boots. Jayapura-based NGO, Democracy Alliance
He stated: “They severely tortured me. I was for Papua (ALDP), showed the men lying
powerless. This beating caused blood to come in a ditch. Elosak explained that they were
from my eye socket. For three days, I spat blood.” forced to roll around repeatedly in the
An officer stated Yoseph was arrested for wide muddy ditch by police from Bolakme
involvement in the attack that occurred in district in Jayawijaya regency. He testified
Wonoboi, which Yoseph denied. However, that police officers used rifle butts to break
he and others accused were detained and his nose while he was lying in the ditch. He
severely tortured. also stated a few police officers recorded the
entire event on their mobile phones.
9. Wamena ammunition raids case (2003)
On 4 April 2003, a group of people raided The six men were sentenced to eight years’
the Wamena District Military Command imprisonment for treason. Meki Elosak and
and escaped with weapons and ammunition. Wiki Meaga remain behind bars in Wamena
Shortly after, the military responded brutally prison.
by conducting a sweeping operation in a
village in Wamena. There were reportedly 11. KNPB Jayapura activist case (2012)
nine people killed, eleven people arrested On 7 June 2012, Jefri Wandikbo was
and 38 tortured. While in military detention, arrested alongside Buchtar Tabuni and
Apotnalogolik Lokobal was handcuffed and Assa Alua. The three members of KNPB
kicked until unconscious by ten officers from (West Papuan National Committee) were
the Special Forces Command in attempts returning home after a meeting with the
to force him to sign a confession. Several Papua Provincial Legislative Council when
days later, on 19 April 2003, members of the they were stopped and searched by Jayapura
police Mobile Brigades tortured him again police in a sweeping operation. Wandikbo
by ramming a bottle in his mouth and burnt was detained in Jayapura Regional Police
his armpits, knees and genitals with cigarette Station when police found a cassowary bone
butts. Many others were tortured by similar dagger (a traditional Papuan tool) in his bag.
methods. According to interviews with Wandikbo, he
had bought the dagger at Sentani market to
On 9 May 2015, five remaining detainees in send to his parents in Wamena to use as a
the Wamena Ammunitions Raid case were household tool. While being interrogated,
released after being granted presidential police then accused him of murdering a taxi
clemencies. driver in Waena a month earlier. In order
to extract a confession, Wandikbo’s hands
10. Yalengga flag-raising case (2010) and feet were crushed, his clothes were
On 20 November 2010, at least six men stripped and his genitals were repeatedly
were arrested while they were on their stabbed with the end of a broomstick.
way to a funeral in Piramid village near Without the presence of a lawyer during his
Bokondini District in Tolikara Regency. The interrogations, Wandikbo was forced to sign
deceased had reportedly fallen ill after being a Police Investigation Report, threatened
tortured by police a few months earlier and with death if he refused.

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Despite having an alibi, Wandikbo was were arrested and tortured in detention to
sentenced to eight years imprisonment for force a confession to the theft. Oktovianus
murder under Articles 340 and 56 of the was shot 12 times in the knee and stomach
Indonesian Criminal Code and Law 9/1981. while Cabang was shot 12 times in the
He remains behind bars in Abepura prison. arms, chest and knees. They were taken
to Bhayangkara Hospital in Jayapura.
12. Depapre Activists case (2013) However, Cabang was not operated on and
On 15 February 2013, seven men accused intentionally left to die. After six months
of connecting with pro-independence of suffering and pain, on 29 July 2014,
activists were arrested by Depapre police Cabang passed away. Oktovianus received an
and brought to Jayapura District Police operation, but continued to suffer pains in
Station. For 3 days, they were tortured to his stomach and knees. Local human rights
force a confession as to the whereabouts of workers were concerned Oktovianus was
two pro-independence activists. While in not receiving adequate medical treatment at
detention, Daniel Gobay, Arsel Kobak and Bhayangkara Hospital and arranged for him
Eneko Pahabol were beaten with rattan sticks to be secretly taken out of hospital.
and electrocuted. Police forced the barrels of
their guns into their mouths and ears. Yosafat Two days later, Oktovianus was taken to
Satto, Salim Yaru, Matan Klembiap and Vanimo in Papua New Guinea. When
Obed Bahabol were arrested separately but doctors carried out an x-ray on Oktovianus,
suffered similar torture. They were forced to it showed a pair of surgical clamps in his
take their clothes off before being tortured. stomach where he had previously been
operated on in Bhayangkara Hospital. When
While the other detainees were eventually operated on the following day, doctors found
released without charge, Matan Klembiap a small packet, allegedly containing poison,
and Daniel Gobay were sentenced to attached to the surgical clamps. X-rays of his
more than six months imprisonment for knees indicated signs of chemical poisoning
possession of weapons under Emergency in the nerves.
Law 12/1951. The two men were released
in August 2013 following the completion of Oktovianus is not able to return home to
their sentences. While in prison, Klembiap’s Pirime and is believed to be hiding in Papua
family members were subjected to an New Guinea. The latest information received
assassination attempt. On 1 April 2014, states that he has not yet received the
Klembiap was arrested again along with medical treatment he needs.
five of his friends. Police informed them
that they were accused of sexual assault 14. Sasawa military raid case (2014)
on minors but instead interrogated them On 1 February 2014, at least 17 men,
on their involvement with Papuan activist women and children were arrested during a
group, KNPB. They have since been released. large-scale joint police and military raid in
Sasawa village in Yapen Island.
13. Pirime church raid (2014)
On 26 January 2014, military and police Police and military officers tortured Jemi
officers conducted large-scale raids in Pirime Yermias Kapanai, Septinus Wonawoai,
district in Jayawijaya regency in retaliation Rudi Otis Barangkea, Kornelius Woniana,
for the alleged theft of firearms from Kurilik Peneas Reri, Salmon Windesi and Obeth
police post. Dozens of security forces raided Kayoi. Security forces chained the men
a church during Sunday service. Security together and forced them to crawl on the
forces then reportedly fired shots, killing two ground. Salmon Windesi testified: “Because
members of the congregation. our hands were tied, it felt like being splashed
with scalding water. The back of my head was
Two teenagers, 15-year-old Oktovianus wounded when it was hit with a pistol… I then
Tabuni, and 19-year-old Cabang Tabuni, felt dizzy and fell, but they still continued to

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kick me on my left side.” Peneas Reri stated: for us to sit, and we could barely eat. My body is
“Two police officers and one army officer took still shaking.”
turns kicking and beating me. The army
officer electrocuted me in the mouth. My hands The two students were forced to sign a
were tied to my back and I was electrocuted statement acknowledging the police did not
repeatedly.” Security forces also stamped on beat them and that they would not carry
Jemi Yermias Kapanai’s ear repeatedly until out any other demonstrations. They were
it bled. Otis Barangkea testified: “I was also released the following day and were taken
electrocuted and beaten until I was bleeding. to Dian Harapan hospital to receive medical
When we were in the truck heading towards treatment. Since his release on 3 April,
the police station, an army officer put a bayonet police have visited Wenda’s home on two
blade to my cheek and neck. He threatened me, occasions to intimidate him.
saying “I will slice your neck until it snaps.”
16. Bloody Yotefa case (2014)
Human rights lawyers from ALDP reported On 2 July 2014, a clash broke out between
the seven men were not members of the gamblers and two Jayapura police officers
armed group headed by Fernando Worawoai at an illegal gambling den in Yotefa market
but were ordinary civilians of Sasawa village. in Jayapura and one officer was killed. The
According to lawyers, the trial could not remaining officer prompted other police
be considered fair as it used falsified police and plainclothes Special Forces Command
reports as key evidence in their conviction. officers to conduct a search operation in the
area.
15. Global Day of Action for Political
Prisoners case (2014) 14-year-old Meki Pahabol and his friend
On 2 April 2014, Alfares Kapisa and Yali Abis Kabak were trading betel nuts in
Wenda, Cenderawasih University (UNCEN) Yotefa market when they heard warning
students were arrested at a demonstration in shots fired. Meki was chased by a group of
Jayapura demanding the release of Papuan non-Papuans who beat him with hammers
political prisoners. They were arrested, and wooden planks and stabbed him with a
detained and tortured for over 24 hours at knife. Abis was handed over to an awaiting
Jayapura Regional Police Station. mob who beat him until he fainted. Meki
and Abis were then taken to Bhyangkara
Yali stated: “After arresting us they beat us and Police Hospital, where they endured further
threw us in the crowd control truck. For around ill treatment. While Kabak was unconscious,
1.5 hours we were held in the truck while being police beat him with a metal stand. The
beaten with firsts, rifle butts and rattan sticks two men were forced to kneel facing a wall
then kicked with jackboots. There was nothing with their hands and ankles tied while
we could do, only protect our heads and faces being repeatedly kicked by officers wearing
with our hands.” The two students were jackboots.
brought to Jayapura Regional Police Station.
On the way to the station, police officers A day after the search operation, Jayapura
laid their riot shields on top of them and police officers raided a village community
trampled on them while they laid facedown. at Kilo 9 in Koya. Two men, Urbanus
Alfares stated: “We were beaten as if we were Pahabol and Asman Pahabel were arrested
not human beings. Our bodies were covered in and at gunpoint, covered with black hoods
blood. In the middle of the night the police doctor and intimidated by two men. They were
came and bathed us and cleaned our wounds. He repeatedly beaten and kicked in turns by
forced us to change our blood stained clothes for different police officers to interrogate the
fresh ones in order to get rid of the evidence. We men about the stolen pistol and murder
were beaten from head to toe. Our heads were of the police officer at the gambling
bleeding. I my ribs were broken and Yali’s ear is den. Asman was hit on the elbow and
torn needing three stitches. It was very painful wrist. Urbanus was kicked and stabbed

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with a bayonet blade in the leg and face was also stabbed and beaten with arrows.
whilst his back was beaten with wooden Ibrahim Mariam testified that a Police
beams. Urbanus was then forced to stay Brigadier named Alex Sianturi punched him
in a water basin containing cold water for with knuckleduster gloves on, resulting in
approximately five hours. He was then broken teeth and crushed his fingers under
hauled out and forced to march. Following chair legs. He was also beaten on the head
this, police brought the two men to a local with hammers and was told that he would
police station and police whipped them with be killed if he did not admit to the charges
an electric cable along the way. Urbanus’ against him. Yali Walilo stated that a Police
wounds were so severe police were forced to Brigaier named Yeskel F.M. beat him with
send him to Bhayangkara Hospital where wooden beams and rifle butts and that his
he received 12 stitches to his face. During legs were stamped on by police officers.
his interrogation, Asman was beaten and
stabbed reportedly to extract a confession In December 2014, Yosep, the fifth detainee
that he supported pro-independence activity. in the case, was hospitalised for chest and ear
pains endured as a result of being tortured
On 7 July, Meki, Urbanus and Asman were in detention. He has since been declared
released without charge. On 8 July, Abis unfit to stand trial and has been instructed
Kabak was sent to receive further medical to receive medical treatment before any
treatment and was released from detention proceedings can be resumed.
on 11 July 2014.
On 1 April 2015, the four other detainees
17. Pisugi Election Boycott arrests (2014) were sentenced to one-year imprisonment.
On 12 July 2014, at least 18 people were In May 2015, Yali Walilo and Ibrahim
arrested for allegedly participating in a Marian reportedly escaped from Wamena
boycott of the July Presidential Elections prison. While Jhoni Marian and Marthen
in Pisugi district, Jayawijaya regency. Yosep Marien have been released following the end
Siep, Jhoni Marian, Marthen Marian, Yali of their prison terms, they are still at risk of
Walilo and Ibrahim Marian were later re-imprisonment as a Supreme Court appeal
charged for conspiracy to endanger security to increase their initial prison sentences
of person or property under Articles 187 to three years’ imprisonment is still being
and 164 of the Indonesian Criminal Code, considered.
reportedly for making Molotov bombs, an
accusation they have consistently denied. 18. Lanny Jaya pistol case (2014)
They were chained together with rope, On 9 December 2014, Kamori Murib
beaten with rifle butts and dragged along travelled on his motorcycle from Lanny
a ditch towards a vehicle parked on a main Jaya heading towards Wamena to hand
road. over a pistol he had found that belonged
to a deceased relative to authorities with
While being detained in Jayawijaya Regional the Papuan Legislative Council (Dewan
Police Station, they were kicked, beaten Perwakilan Rakyat Papua, DPRD). Kamori
and electrocuted. During court hearings had decided to do so after hearing a call
in Wamena in March 2015, four of the from Lukas Enembe, the Governor of
detainees testified that they were forced Papua province, urging those in possession
to confess to the charges under torture. of any firearms weapons to hand them
Jhoni Marian testified that during his over to governmental authorities. Kamori’s
interrogation he was repeatedly beaten and friend, Kelpis Wenda, had found the pistol
electrocuted by police officers and confessed in a cupboard at a honai (traditonal hut)
to the charges, fearful police would kill belonging to the deceased relative.
him. Marthen Marian testified that a police
officer forced him to remove his clothes and On his way to Wamena, Kamori came across
slashed him in the arm with a machete. He a police roadblock outside Pirime District

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police station. Fearing that he would appear Murib. Hewas first arrested in February
suspicious as he was carrying a pistol, Murib 2015. On arrest, he was forced into a
decided to raise his hands and tell police vehicle by being dragged along the ground
officers that he was carrying a pistol and and beaten with rifle butts on his upper
wanted to hand it over to authorities. Upon abdomen. In detention, seven centimetre
hearing his admission, police immediately nails were hammered into his left forearms
started beating Murib and dragged him with wooden planks until they reached the
into the police station. Five Brimob officers bone. Kelpis lost two teeth and suffered
proceeded to torture him for several hours. facial wounds as a result of being beaten on
After shaving his hair off with a bayonet the face with rifle butts. His left big toe was
blade, Brimob officers slashed his head and broken and he was beaten on the back with
rubbed the bleeding wound with chilli paste. a chair. He was also beaten with wooden
Following this, scalding water was splashed planks. The following day, Wenda was taken
onto the wound five times. His thighs were to Papuan Police Headquarters in Jayapura
slashed four times with bayonet blades. The for further interrogation. Even though he
tip of his left toe, and parts of both his ears was released shortly after, he was arrested
were sliced off. He was doused with scalding again when Kamori, under torture, admitted
water resulting in serious burn injuries. He that Kelpis too knew about the pistol.
was also beaten in the back and ribs with
rifle guns. Kamori and Kelpis are currently on trial
under charges of Emergency Law 12/1951
Under tight security, Murib was sent to and remain in detention at Wamena prison.
Bhayangkara Hospital in Jayapura. He
was forced to remain naked and his hands
remained cuffed throughout the two months
he spent in Bhayangkara hospital. While
there, he underwent further torture and
beatings. He was force-fed fish bones and
chicken bones and was doused in scalding
water three times.

On 16 February 2015, Murib was taken to

the Papuan Police Headquarters in Jayapura.
He was then allowed to wear clothes and
his handcuffs were released. After being
detained for 40 further days, he was taken
back to Wamena. On 27 April Murib’s
trial began, but he was too ill to attend the
hearing. Doctors in Wamena who examined
Murib observed that he was suffering from
trauma.

As police had not informed Kamori’s family

of his arrest, Kelpis attempted to locate

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 Conclusions and Recommendations
Conclusions and Recommendations

Conclusions
The lack of political will to prevent torture and punish those who are responsible has
produced a situation where victims have little hope for justice, where perpetrators are
confident that they can commit these crimes without fear of any form of redress. Although
Indonesia signed the UN Convention against Torture in 1998 it has yet to amend its criminal
laws to incorporate a definition of torture, one of the key national requirements for state
parties to the Convention. The lack of a formal legal framework to deal with torture adds
another layer of protection for perpetrators. However, even under the current weaker legal
framework, perpetrators could be prosecuted for a variety of offences that already exist under
the criminal code.

Although police and military institutions must comply with special regulations against
torture (Chief of National Police Regulation on Human Rights, No. 8/2009 and Military
Commander Regulation No. 73/IX/2010), the internal mechanisms for accountability remain
weak. Other mechanisms, such as the mandate of the Division on Professionalism and
Security (PROPAM) have also failed to seriously address reports of torture by security forces
personnel.

A lack of legal deterrence against acts of torture has made it difficult to bring state officials to
account. In the few cases where some form of accountability has been attempted perpetrators
have been dealt with lightly, providing a message that the state and judiciary do not strongly
condemn acts of torture. A perfect cycle of impunity has allowed the practice of torture to
continue from Papua’s turbulent past to the present. The Indonesian government has not
demonstrated a serious commitment to recognize the truth about the widespread use of
torture by state agents, prosecute perpetrators, prevent the recurrence of torture or other
violations, and offer reparations to victims. Torture has become embedded in the functioning
and culture of the state security apparatus after the transition to democracy.

Racism, stigma, labelling and accusations of being a separatist, associated with Free Papuan
Movement, or accusations of treason were the common justifications for torturing victims.
Survivors of torture continue to be victimized long after they have been released, with many
enduring continued discrimination, as well as poverty, psychological trauma and health issues.

Recommendations
To the government of Papua and the Parliament of Papua:
Urgently establish a special provincial regulation that establishes a mechanism designed
to seek truth and reconciliation in Papua, as set out in Papua’s Special Autonomy Law
(2000), in consultation with civil society and victim’s groups.
Immediately pass the existing draft special provincial regulation to protect and assist
women victims of violence, drafted by the Papuan People’s Council (MRP) and the
National Women’s Commission (Komnas Perempuan.)

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To the Indonesian government:

Expedite the deliberation on the Bill of Amendment on the Penal Code and the Bill
on the Crime of Torture to strengthen the legal framework around torture. The Bill of
Amendment on the Penal Code must include provisions requiring effective punishment
of perpetrators, while the Bill on the Crime of Torture should include comprehensive
protection and prevention of torture and redress for victims.
Ensure the National Commission of Human Rights conduct effective inquiries into
allegations of torture and ill treatment in detention and in appropriate cases recommend
fair and credible prosecutions to the Office of the Attorney General those suspected of
committing or ordering torture.
Ensure that the Office of the Attorney General take rapid and effective steps to
prosecute those individuals implicated as perpetrators of torture as a result of formal
inquiries conducted by the National Human Rights Commission.
Establish reparation programs to assist victims of torture to repair and rebuild their
lives this should involve the Witness and Victims Protection Agency (LPSK) and the
National Commission on Violence against Women (Komnas Perempuan).
Ratify the Optional Protocol to the Convention against Torture and other Cruel,
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment to develop effective and adequate
national torture preventive mechanisms.
Develop an individual complaint mechanism, where victims of torture and human rights
violations can provide details of their experience in safety, and ensure that the complaints
of victims are adequately followed up by effective investigations and prosecutions.
Resume the unfinished agenda of security sector reform in order to uphold the human
rights standards of both individual and institutional accountability.
Promptly create a Human Rights Court in Papua in accordance with the mandate of
Law 21/2001 on Special Autonomy for Papua.
Implement the recommendations to the Government of Indonesia already provided
by UN bodies, particularly the Universal Periodic Review 2012 and recommendations
from the UN Human Right Committee in 2013, as well as reports from the UN Special
Rapporteurs as an indication of Indonesia’s commitment to the prevention of all forms of
torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
Continue to release prisoners of conscience in Papua, particularly those who experienced
torture during their investigation and detention.

To the international community:

Continue engagement with the Indonesian government on reports of the practice of
torture in Papua and other parts of Indonesia, including the demand for fulfillment of
international obligations to prevent the use of torture and effectively prosecute those
responsible.
Continue to closely monitor the situation in Papua, including allegations of torture and
the responses to situations in which torture has been reported.
Actively promote the need for truth, justice and prevention of torture as fundamental
element without which a peaceful settlement of ongoing conflict in Papua will be
impossible.
Encourage the government of Indonesia to fulfill its obligations to provide reparations to
victims of torture.
Support civil society organizations that are courageously engaged in documenting cases
of torture, providing psychosocial support to survivors, and advocating for effective steps
to promote justice.

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 Summary of Case Studies
Summary of Case Studies
Method of Tools of
Date of torture, cruel torture, cruel Reason for
Name(s) Sex Location Perpetrators
incident or degrading or degrading torture
treatment treatment
Hans Awendu M 1965, Samofa, Forced to run Cart Navy officers Accused of
Baldus Mofu F 1972 Biak while pulling a Rifles Biak military involvement
Ani Ap heavy cart Wooden planks officers with the
Electrocuted Sexual assault OPM and
Put in a tank the Sapari
of dirty water movement
containing
worms and
food remains
Raped
Konstan Atanay M 1965 Sorong Beaten with Wooden planks Military Raising the
(Witnessed wooden planks Rifle butts officers from Morning
sexual violence and rifle butts Urine the Pattimura Star flag and
against women Forced to drink Sexual assault and Udayana accused of
and girls) his own urine Military involvement
Rape Command with the OPM

Maryones F 1980 Jayapura Detained in Detention room Jayapura Raising the

Yarona appalling Military Morning Star
conditions Command flag
office
Frans Adolof M 1982 Biak Forced to drink Filthy water Military Alleged
Arfusau pond water Electric cable Command involvement
Electrocuted Stingray tail 1708 military with the
Beaten with a Red ants officer Papua Action
stingray tail Biak police for the Earth
Forced to eat Biak prison Student
red ants guards Organisation
(Organisasi
Aksi Bumi
Pelajar Bumi
Papua)
Naomi Masa F 1983 Jayapura Tied up and Rope Military officers Involvement
AB (Naomi M soaked in water Water from Units 751 with the OPM
Masa’s Rape Sexual assault and 753
husband)
Biak massacre F 1998 Biak Dragged along Rifle butts Military officers Taking part
case M a road by her Candle in a peaceful
feet Knife demon-
Tinneke Beaten with Sexual assault stration
Rumbaku rifle butts and violence where the
Other victims Lit candle Morning
of the Biak inserted in Star flag was
massacre vagina raised at a
Slashed her water tower
genitals near Biak
Witnessed harbour
other victims
breasts’ cut off

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Summary of Case Studies

Method of Tools of
Date of torture, cruel torture, cruel Reason for
Name(s) Sex Location Perpetrators
incident or degrading or degrading torture
treatment treatment
Abepura 2000 M 2000 Jayapura Beaten with Wooden plank Brimob officers Caught
case wooden planks, Rattan sticks in clash
shovel and Salt water between
Amion rattan sticks Shovel Abepura
Karunggu Forced to strip police and
Johny naked group that
Karunggu Rubbed attacked
Other students wounds with the Abepura
salt water police Office.
Wasior case M 2001 Wasior, Beaten with Rifles Brimob officers Retaliation
Manok- rifle butts and Belts for the
Yoseph Yoweni wari belts Jackboots murder of
Other victims Kicked with Sexual assault five Brimob
from Wondiboi jackboots officers
village (Yulius Other victims
Webori) raped and
humiliated
Wamena M 4 April Wamena Bottled Bottle Wamena Allegedly
ammunition 2003 rammed up the Cigarettes military involved
raid case mouth Rope officers in raid on
Cigarette burns Table Wamena
1. Kimanus on armpit, knee District
Wenda and genitals Military
2. Apotna- Pulled about by Command
logolik Lokobal a rope around and escaped
3. Michael the neck with
Heselo Burn marks on weapons and
4. Kanius Murib body ammunition.
5. Jefrai Murib Thumbnails
6. Yapenas pulled out
Murib Toes and
fingers crushed
Yalengga flag- M 20 Tolikara Forced to roll Rifles Bolame district Possession
raising case Novem- around in a police officers of a Morning
ber 2010 muddy ditch Star flag
1. Meki Elosak and then to lie
2. Wiki Meaga in a dry ditch
3. Obeth Kosay Beaten with
4. Oskar Hilago rifle butts
5. Meki Tabuni
6. Wombi
Tabuni
7. Pastor Ali
Jikwa
8. Peres Tabuni
KNPB Jayapura M 7 June Jayapura Hands and feet Table Jayapura Reportedly
activist case 2012 crushed Broomstick Regional Police to extract a
Forced to strip confession to
Jefri Wandikbo Genitals the murder of
repeatedly a taxi driver
stabbed with a
broomstick

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 Summary of Case Studies
Method of Tools of
Date of torture, cruel torture, cruel Reason for
Name(s) Sex Location Perpetrators
incident or degrading or degrading torture
treatment treatment
Depapre M 15 Jayapura Electrocuted on Electric batons Jayapura police Alleged
Activists case Febru- the legs Guns officers connection
ary 2013 Forced barrels Rattan sticks with pro-
1. Daniel Gobay of guns into indepen-
2. Matan mouths and dence
Klembiap ears activists
3. Arsel Kobak Forced to strip
4. Eneko Kicked
Pahabol repeatedly
5. Yosafat Satto Beaten with
6. Salim Yaru rattan sticks
7. Obed
Pahabol
Pirime Church M 26 Pirime Shot multiple Guns Jayawijaya In connection
Raid January times military and to the alleged
2014 Denied police officers theft of eight
1. Oktovianus adequate firearms from
Tabuni medical Kurilik police
2. Cabang treatment post
Tabuni
Sasawa military M 1 Feb- Sasawa, Chained Guns Yapen island In connection
raid case ruary Yapen together and Rope military and with an
2014 island forced to crawl Electric batons police officers armed
1. Jemi Yermias Beaten with group led
Kapanai pistols, kicked by Fernando
2. Septinus and stamped Worawoai
Wonawoai on
3. Rudi Otis Electrocuted
Barangkea
4. Kornelius
Woniana
5. Peneas Reri
6. Salmon
Windesi
7. Obeth Kayoi
Global Day M 2 April Jayapura Beaten with Riot shields Jayapura police Taking part
of Action 2014 rifle butts, Electric batons Brimob officers in a demon-
for Political rattan sticks, Rifle butts stration
Prisoners case punched and Rattan sticks demanding
kicked the uncon-
1. Alfares Kapisa Riot shields laid ditional
2. Yali Wenda on top of them release of
while being Papuan
trampled on political
Electrocuted prisoners

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Summary of Case Studies

Method of Tools of
Date of torture, cruel torture, cruel Reason for
Name(s) Sex Location Perpetrators
incident or degrading or degrading torture
treatment treatment
Bloody Yotefa M 2 July Jayapura Beaten with Hammers Non-Papuan In connection
case 2014 hammers and Wooden planks/ immigrants to the death
wooden planks beams (pendatang) of a police
1. Abis Kabak Stabbed with Knife Jayapura police officer and
2. Meki Pahabol knife, bayonet Bayonet blade officers theft of a
3. Urbanus blade Metal drip stand pistol during
Pahabol Beaten with Water basin a clash at
4. Asman a metal drip Electric cable an illegal
Pahabol stand gambling
Repeatedly den.
kicked while
hands and
ankles tied
Face and back
beaten with
wooden beams
Forced to
be stay in
water basin
containing cold
water for five
hours
Whipped with
an electric
cable
Pisugi Election M 12 July Pisugi, Chained Rope Jayawijaya Allegedly
Boycott arrests 2014 Jaya- together and Rifle butts military and participating
wijaya dragged along Hammers police officers in a boycott
1. Yosep Siep a ditch Wooden beams of the July
2. Jhoni Marian Beaten with Electric batons Presidential
3. Marthen rifle butts, Machete Elections and
Marian hammers and Arrows accused of
4. Yali Walilo wooden beams Knuckleduster reportedly
5. Ibrahim Electrocuted gloves making
Marian Forced to strip Chair Molotov
Slashed with bombs.
machete
Stabbed and
beaten with
arrows
Punched with
knuckleduster
gloves
Fingers crushed
Kicked and
stamped on

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 Summary of Case Studies
Method of Tools of
Date of torture, cruel torture, cruel Reason for
Name(s) Sex Location Perpetrators
incident or degrading or degrading torture
treatment treatment
Lanny Jaya M 9 Pirime, Head shaved Bayonet blades Brimob officers Possession
pistol case Decem- Lanny Slashed head Chilli paste Lanny Jaya of a pistol
ber 2014 Jaya and rubbed Scalding water police belonging to
1. Kamori Murib wound with Rifle guns a deceased
2. Kelpis Wenda chilli paste Handcuffs relative
Doused with Fish and chicken which they
scalding water bones had intended
Thighs slashed Seven to hand over
Tip of left toe centimetre nails to DPRD
and parts of Wooden planks authorities.
eats sliced off Chair
Beaten with
rifle guns
Forced to
remain naked
and cuffed for
two months
Force-fed fish
and chicken
bones
Dragged along
the ground
Nails
hammered into
left forearms
with wooden
planks
Beaten with
a chair and
wooden planks

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The seven detainees in the Sasawa military raid case.
(Credit: Democracy Alliance For Papua (ALDP))