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Security force crackdown in Wamena responded with an outbreak of ethnic horizontal violence – At least 9 persons killed, 58 injured, 13 arrested

Joint security forces dispersed a civil unrest in the Sinakma Village, Wamena Town, Jayawijaya Regency, on 23 February 2023. Video material and the high number civilian fatalities strongly indicate that security force members used unnecessary disproportional force to disperse the crowd.

Trial Update: Four military members found guilty of premeditated murder – two defendants sentenced to life imprisonment

On 15 February 2023, judges at the Military Court III-19 in Jayapura have found the four military members, Private Rahmat Amin Sese, Private Risky Oktav Muliawan, Private Robertus Putra Clinsman, and Private Pargo Rumbouw guilty of killing four indigenous Papuans and subsequently mutilating their bodies in the town of Timika on 22 August 2022.