On 3 June 2022, around 250 people went to the streets in Sorong city to voice their opposition to Jakarta’s planned administrative partitions. At 2.30 pm, the protesters gathered at the local parliament, demanding to meet the local parliament chairman. He did not come to meet the crowd, and at 3.15 pm, the situation became tense. Some protesters reacted by burning tires in the surrounding area. In return, police officers shot teargas grenades and rubber bullets from close range into the crowd. At least ten protesters sustained injuries due to excessive force during the crowd control operation.
Detailed Case Data
name of the location: DPRD Kota Sorong (-0.8865301465537792, 131.3228631574717)
administrative region: Indonesia, Papua Barat Province, Sorong city
total number of victims: 10
period of incident: 03.06.2022
perpetrator: police, other security forces
perpetrator details: unknown
Issues: freedom of expression, torture, freedom of peaceful assembly, indigenous peoples, excessive use of force
Sources: Nayak Papua: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/q2UZxOeuR1o
Further HRM News: https://humanrightsmonitor.org/case/security-forces-disperse-new-demonstrations-against-formation-of-new-provinces-in-west-papua-at-least-23-protesters-ill-treated-and-40-arrested/
| Number | Name, Details | Gender | Age | Group Affiliation | Violations |
| 1 | Aves Susim | male | 25 | activist | ill-treatment, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Sriyanti Wanane | male | 30 | activist | ill-treatment, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Rita Tenau | female | 50 | activist | ill-treatment, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Beti Kosamah | female | 22 | activist | ill-treatment, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Agus Edoway | male | 25 | activist | ill-treatment, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Agustinus Kamat | male | 27 | activist | ill-treatment, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Subi Taplo | male | 27 | activist | ill-treatment, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Amanda Yumte | female | 23 | activist | ill-treatment, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Nipson Asmuruf | male | 19 | activist | ill-treatment, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Sonny Korain | male | 22 | activist | ill-treatment, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
