Police crackdown on commemorations for New York Agreement in Jayapura City

On 15 August 2024, police dispersed peaceful protests in the towns of Nabire, Wamena, and Sentani, as well as in Jayapura City with force. According to information received from local human rights groups, 222 protesters were arrested, and 41 injured as police forces dispersed the crowd with batons, teargas, and rubber ammunition. Many wounded protesters sustained head injuries, indicating that the officers targeted vital body areas.

In Jayapura city, protesters gathered in various locations in Waena, Expo, the Cenderawasih University (UNCEN), and near the circle-way in Abepura. According to the police, about 700 officers were deployed to secure the protest in various locations. They prevented groups of protesters in Waena and Expo from walking towards Abepura to meet with the other KNPB supporters. At around noon, police officers also entered the UNCEN without providing a warrant and stopped peaceful orations held by Papuan students inside the campus. At 3.20 pm, crowd control police personnel dispersed the crowd at the Abepura circle-way with teargas and water cannons. A protestor named Mr Paskalis Ningmabin was beaten by police with rubber batons at Expo Waena, resulting in a serious cut of three stitches on the head.  

More information and visual material: https://humanrightsmonitor.org/news/police-crackdown-on-commemorations-for-new-york-agreement-across-west-papua-222-arrested-41-injured/

Detailed Case Data
name of the location: Cendrawasih University (-2.582080876739954, 140.655894513286)
administrative region: Indonesia, Papua Province, Jayapura City
total number of victims: dozens
period of incident: 15.08.2024
perpetrator: police
perpetrator details: unknown
Issues: freedom of expression, torture, freedom of peaceful assembly, indigenous peoples, ill-treatment
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Further HRM News: https://humanrightsmonitor.org/news/police-crackdown-on-commemorations-for-new-york-agreement-across-west-papua-222-arrested-41-injured/