A peaceful demonstration against the formation of new provinces in West Papua took place on 15 March 2022 in Yakuhimo’s largest town Dekai. A heated argument between police personnel and protesters quickly escalated into unrest. The police opened fire indiscriminately at the crowd injuring at least ten protestors. Two of them died due to their injuries, and three were hospitalised at the General Hospital in Dekai. Following the crackdown, police officers reportedly arrested the person registering the protest, Mr Denias Helembo, and several other protesters.
Detailed Case Data
name of the location: Dekai
administrative region: Indonesia, Papua Province, Yahukimo Regency, Dekai district
total number of victims: dozens
period of incident: 15.03.2022
perpetrator: police
perpetrator details: unknown
Issues: freedom of expression, torture, extra-judicial killings, freedom of assembly, freedom of association, indigenous peoples, arbitrary detention
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Further HRM News: https://humanrightsmonitor.org/news/police-crack-down-on-protests-against-new-autonomy-regions-in-west-papua-two-protesters-shot-dead-14-injured-103-arrested/
| Number | Name, Details | Gender | Age | Group Affiliation | Violations |
| 1 | Yakob Meklok | male | 39 | activists, indigenous | execution, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Erson Weipsa | male | 18 | activists, indigenous | execution, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Anton Itlay | male | 23 | activists, indigenous | torture, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Ripen Keroman | male | 20 | activists, indigenous | torture, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Omori Bahabol | male | 22 | activists, indigenous | torture, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Setti Kobak | male | 23 | activists, indigenous | torture, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Lukas Busup | male | 37 | activists, indigenous | torture, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Ance Kaningga | male | 17 | activists, indigenous | torture, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Luki Kobak | male | 21 | activists, indigenous | torture, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Miren Omu | male | 22 | activists, indigenous | torture, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| 1 | Denias Helembo | male | unknown | activists, indigenous | arbitrary detention, freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
| dozens | unknown | unknown | unknown | activists, indigenous | freedom of expression, freedom of assembly |
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