On 14 December 2022, a tragic incident occurred at Kilometer 2 Kepi in Mappi Regency, South Papua Province, where nine civilians fell victim to a shooting incident. Despite the passage of ten months, this incident has not received a thorough investigation from either the police or the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM).
The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is actively monitoring a series of cases that have unfolded in Idakebo village, North Kamuu district, Dogiyai Regency, Central Papua Province, on 13-14 July 2023.
Former Papua Governor Lukas Enembe, who was recently sentenced to 8 years in prison for bribery and gratification charges, is facing a critical health condition that has prompted calls for his medical treatment in Singapore.
Vice President Ma’ruf Amin has received information from the Regent of Yahukimo, Papua, regarding reports of Yahukimo residents dying due to starvation. According to the Regent of Yahukimo, there have been no starvation-related deaths, but there is indeed a shortage of food in the region.
The Indigenous Peoples Defence Association of the Archipelago (PPMAN) has taken legal action against the Indonesian House of Representatives (DPR RI) and President Joko Widodo (Jokowi).
The vice-regent of the Sorong Selatan Regency, Mr Alfons Sesa, reportedly ill-treated Mr Gad Gabriel Yandafli, the village chief of the Pusu Tiligum Village in the Klasafet, Sorong Regency, on 18 October 2023
HRM’s Papua Monitor Report for the third quarter of 2023 covers the events that happened from 1 July to 30 September 2023 in regard to the conflict situation and human rights violations in West Papua.
The Yahukimo Police are investigating the rape and murder of two Papuan women in a garden area near the Kampung Baru, Dekai District, Papua Pegunungan Province, on 11 October 2023. Both women belonged to an indigenous community of more than 500 people from the Kali Bonto Estuary, Dekai.
In May 2023, the police issued a Letter of Investigation Termination (SP3) for the case. The investigation did not bring any notable results. The perpetrator and the motive behind the attack remain unclear.
Five police officers have been sentenced to six months in prison for ill-treating and extorting Mr Ahmad Widodo in the town of Manokwar, Papua Barat Province.
According to data compiled by human rights defenders in various regencies across West Papua, as of September 2023, a total of 76,228 people, most of them indigenous Papuans, remain internally displaced because of the armed conflict.
Fifteen-year-old Arigoba Kogoya was allegedly shot by security force members in the Village of Alguru, Krepkuri District, Nduga Regency, on 1 September 2023. The bullet hit Arigoba on the left side of the back.
Indonesia is a multiparty democracy. In 2019 Joko Widodo (popularly known as Jokowi) won a second five-year term as president. Voters also elected new members of the House of Representatives and the Regional Representative Council, as well as provincial and local legislatures. Domestic and international observers deemed the elections to be free and fair.
On 13 September 2023, Police Mobile Brigade (Brimob) officers arbitrarily arrested Mr Yulex Sobolim, Mr Erik Sobolim, Mr Denias Sobolim, Mr Tony Mohy, Mr Yeros Sobolim, and Mr Kary Sobolim in the town of Dekai, Yahukimo Regency, Papua Pegunungan Province.
The Papuan human rights defender and international spokesperson of the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), Mr Victor Yeimo, was released from the correctional facility in Abepura, Jayapura City, on 23 September 2023 after serving a sentence of one year
Members of the Nduga District Police and the Damai Cartenz Police Task Force raided a residential house and the local head office of the Papuan Tabernacle Church (Kingmi Papua) in the town of Kenyam, Nduga Regency, Papua Pegunungan Province, on 17.09.2023.
On 15 September 2023, police officers found the bodies of Darnius Heluka, Musa Heluka, Man Senik, Yoman Senik, and Kapai Payage near the Brazza River estuary in the Dekai District, Yahukimo Regency, Papua Pegunungan Province
Security force personnel killed five suspects during two separate raids on 31 August and 9 September 2023. One on 31 August in Mamur Village and 4 on 9 September in Nembukteb Village. Twelve other villagers, including women and children, were reportedly arrested in different locations.
Security force personnel killed five suspects during two separate raids on 31 August and 9 September 2023. Twelve other villagers, including women and children, were reportedly arrested in different locations. According to the information received, the police pressed charges against seven detained suspects
Security force personnel killed five suspects during two separate raids on 31 August and 9 September 2023. One on 31 August in Mamur Village and 4 on 9 September in Nembukteb Village. Twelve other villagers, including women and children, were reportedly arrested in different locations.
