AHRC U/A INDONESIA: Teenage indigenous Papuan brutally assaulted

INDONESIA: Teenage indigenous Papuan brutally assaulted

  

July 24, 2017

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION - URGENT APPEALS PROGRAMME

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-093-2017

24 July 2017

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INDONESIA: Teenage indigenous Papuan brutally assaulted

ISSUES: Fair trial, impunity, torture, remedy, due process of law, rule of law
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Dear Friends,

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has received information from its local partner in Papua about the torture of Albert Nawipa (15), a junior high school student. Nawipa was illegally taken by the police and brought to a police station near Potikelek market in Wamena. The police accused him of attacking a dancing show in Potikelek market. He was tortured by three police officers and subsequently hospitalized. His serious injuries have prevented him from enrolling in the Senior High School in Wamena regent. The police have yet to comprehensively examine the case, and no adequate remedies have been provided to Nawipa....................... 
http://www.humanrights.asia/news/urgent-appeals/AHRC-UAC-093-2017

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