On 3 February 2022, police officers arrested and tortured Papuan student Mr Amzal Yohame during a peaceful protest against the government’s plan to establish new provinces in West Papua. Officers dragged him away from the crowd and into a police car. According to Mr Yohame, police officers punched him in the face and the ribs and kicked him multiple times to the waist on the way to the police station. At the station, officers forced him to take off his clothes. An officer broke his bracelet with the Morning Star emblem. The police released him after two-and-a-half hours.
Detailed Case Data
Location: Manokwari City, Manokwari Polsek Amban
Region: Indonesia, Papua Barat Province, Manokwari, West Manokwari
Region: Indonesia, West Papua, Manokwari, West Manokwari
Total number of victims: 1
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Number of Victims
Name, Details
Gender
Age
Group Affiliation
Violations
1.
1
Amzal Yohame, student
male
unknown
Activist
arbitrary detention, torture, freedom of assembly, freedom of expression
Perpetrator: Indonesian Police
Issues: security force violence