1) PRP Spontaneous Action Urges Viktor Yeimo's Release

2) Doctor's advice Viktor Paulus: It's better if Viktor Yeimo be detained separately from other prisoners

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1) PRP Spontaneous Action Urges Viktor Yeimo's Release

Free Viktor Yeimo - News Desk

May 19, 2022

Sympathizers and activists of the Papuan People's Petition rallied across the Jayapura District Court building, Wednesday (18/5/2022) to demand the release of the International Spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee, Victor Yeimo. - Jubi/Hengky Yeimo

"We strongly request that Victor Yeimo as a victim of racism be released, because he did nothing wrong. What is wrong is the perpetrator of the racism speech, who should be arrested and prosecuted,” 

Jayapura, Jubi TV – Hundreds of sympathizers and activists of the Papuan People's Petition held a spontaneous action opposite the Jayapura District Court building, Wednesday (18/5/2022) to provide support for the spokesman. International Spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee, Victor Yeimo. 

They demanded that Victor Yeimo be released. Viktor Yeimo was arrested by police on May 9, 2021 for being accused of being involved in the riots that occurred after the anti-Papuan anti-racism demonstration in Jayapura City on August 29, 2019. 

Yeimo was later charged with treason during a trial at the Jayapura District Court (PN) on February 21, 2022. On Wednesday, the team Yeimo's legal advisor is scheduled to file an exception to the charge. Sympathizers and activists of the Papuan People's Petition demand that Victor Yeimo be released and his trial terminated. The demonstrators stated that Yeimo was not seen as a perpetrator of racism, but rather a victim of racism.

The demonstrators also unfurled a number of pamphlets and gave speeches about racism, discrimination, marginalization, and the treatment of Indonesia, which is considered to have colonized Papuans. The protesters asserted that Victor Yeimo was a figurehead for the liberation of Papua.

The field coordinator for the action, Vara Iyaba, said that his party carried out the spontaneous action as a form of protest against law enforcement officers who carried out legal proceedings against Victor Yeimo. Iyaba stated that Yeimo and the Papuans were victims of an incident of racist remarks directed at Papuan students in Surabaya on August 16, 2019. “We firmly request that Victor Yeimo as a victim of racism be released, because he is not wrong. What is wrong is the perpetrator of the racism, who should be arrested and brought to justice,” he said. 

The chairman of the West Papua National Committee, Agus Kossay, also called for the Jayapura District Court to stop the legal process against Victor Yeimo. Agus Kossay, who was also convicted in the case of mass rage following the anti-racism demonstration in Jayapura City on August 29, 2019 stated that Yeimo did not deserve to be tried in that case, because he was responsible for the case with Papuan activists who were criminalized on charges of being involved in the riots on August 29, 2019. "We have taken that responsibility. Seven of us were arrested and detained in Kalimantan. 

Several younger students were tried in Jayapura. We have represented all the people of the Papuan nation to undergo detention. In my opinion, the Indonesian state through law enforcement officers—be it security forces, prosecutors, panel of judges—does not have the right to try Victor Yeimo,” he said.

Viktor Yeimo was arrested by the police on May 9, 2021 for being accused of being involved in the riots that occurred after the anti-Papuan anti-racism demonstration in Jayapura City on August 29 2019. Yeimo was then detained at the Papua Regional Mobile Brigade Headquarters detention house in Jayapura City. keep getting worse. Victor Yeimo's case was transferred to the Jayapura District Court on August 12, 2021, with case 376/Pid.Sus/2021/PN Jap. Yeimo's detention was transferred to the Abepura prison, but his health condition did not improve. Victor Yeimo's detention was finally overturned on August 30, 2021, and he was treated at the Regional General Hospital (RSUD) Dok 2, Jayapura City. The trial of Victor Yeimo's case continues to be delayed, due to his unstable health condition. 

On February 25, 2022, the panel of judges postponed the trial for reading the indictment, because Viktor Yeimo was again undergoing medical treatment at the Dok 2 Jayapura Hospital. Victor Yeimo was again scheduled to attend his exception hearing on Wednesday, but the trial was again postponed due to his health condition. (*) 

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2) Doctor's advice Viktor Paulus: It's better if Viktor Yeimo be detained separately from other prisoners

Human Rights - News Desk

May 18, 2022

Doctor Victor Paulus when he was sworn in to give a statement at the Jayapura District Court, Wednesday (18/5/2022). – Jubi/Theo Kelen

"In order for the trial to run smoothly, our client's health must also be met,” 

Jayapura, Jubi TV –  The doctor suggested that the defendant Viktor Yeimo be detained separately from the other detainees at a follow-up trial with an exception agenda on Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at the Jayapura District Court . 

Viktor Yeimo was arrested for his involvement in the 2019 racism demonstration which led to riots, burning of several public facilities and houses in Jayapura City, Papua. Victor Yeimo's criminal case was registered at the Jayapura District Court with case number 376/Pid.Sus/2021/PN Jap on August 12, 2021. The trial of Victor Yeimo's criminal case was led by a panel of judges chaired by Eddy Soeprayitno S Putra, SH, MH with member judge Mathius , SH, MH, and Andi Asmuruf, SH.

Doctor Victor Paulus who was presented at the trial said that Viktor Yeimo's tuberculosis was unlike any other disease. Therefore, Viktor Yeimo had to undergo 9 months to 11 months of treatment which had started on October 4, 2021 at the Jayapura Dok 2 Hospital.

"The patient is still undergoing treatment from October 4, 2021 to the present," he said. Paulus said that for now Viktor Yeimo's condition is quite good and stable. This means that there are no complaints that can interfere with breathing such as shortness of breath or phlegm stones. However, Paulus said one thing to note that the sputum examination in March 2022 still found tuberculosis bacteria. 

Therefore, the defendant must regularly take medication so that his condition remains stable. "From the results of our evaluation, we still found TB positive bacteria in the patient's lungs," he said. Paul said that from these conditions, at least Viktor Yeimo should not be combined with the others. 

Viktor Yeimo should be placed in a comfortable place that has air circulation and exposure to sunlight. Paulus said that after seeing the conditions in the prison, the conditions were very humid due to lack of exposure to sunlight. Sunlight is important for people with tuberculosis because it can kill germs.

Coordinator of the Litigation Coalition for Law Enforcement and Human Rights Papua, Emanuel Gobay, said Abepura prison did not have good facilities to treat his clients. He conveyed that the doctor at the prison also advised Viktor Yeimo not to be treated in prison because his illness required special treatment. "In order for the trial to run smoothly, our client's health must also be met," he said. 

After listening to the opinion of the doctor and his attorney, Viktor Yeimo, the panel of judges chaired by Eddy Soeprayitno S. Putra, SH, MH stated that the trial was suspended in order to examine the facilities at the Abepura prison to be used as consideration for transferring the detention to city detention. 

Currently, the trial has continued and Viktor Yeimo's attorney asked the panel of judges to grant the request for transfer of Viktor Yeimo's detention as city arrest or house arrest. (*) This article has been published on Jubi.id with the title: doctor recommends Viktor Yeimo be detained separately

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Author: Theo Kelen

Editor: Dewi Wulandari

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