2) Military members allegedly kill 16-year-old Papuan in Intan Jaya
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1) IDP Update December 2024: Security raids trigger new displacements in Tambrauw and Pegunungan Bintang
As of December 2024, more than 83,295 people in West Papua [1] remain internally displaced as a result of armed conflict between Indonesian security forces and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB). Between October and December 2024, new internal displacements were reported in the regencies of Tambrauw and Pegunungan Bintang. In Tambrauw, people fled in fear of raids after the TPNPB attacked security forces in the Bamusbama District. The internal displacement in Oksop was triggered by the deployment of a significant number of military members in the district without informing local communities about the purpose of the deployment.
The Papua Council of Churches (DGP) and Native Pastors (Pastor Pribumi) organised an exhibition on the situation of IDPs in West Papua. The exhibition was launched in Jayapura on 7 December, 2024 to bring more public attention to the plight of conflict-related IDPs who continue to be widely neglected by the Indonesian Central Government.
Human Rights Monitor has not received updated information on the condition and numbers of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Maybrat, Intan Jaya, Yahukimo, Fakfak, Paniai, and Puncak regencies in the past three months.
Districts Bamusbama and Fef, Tambrauw Regency
New internal displacements in Tambrauw, Papua Barat Province, were reported from the districts of Bamusbama and Fef after joint security forces raided the Bamusbama village on 30 November 2024. According to human rights defenders in Tambrauw, 128 people from the villages Bamuswayman, Wormon, Babak, Bamusbama, Bano, Syarwom, and Banfot fled their homes in fear of the potential further raids or armed clashes in the area. The security force raids followed an armed clash between security forces and TPNPB members in Bamusbama Town on 30 November 2024. The TPNPB claimed to have killed three security personnel during the clash.
Despite the trauma and fear, the residents chose to return home because the forest was no safe place for them. The village head, elders, and community leaders who participated in the evacuation decided to bring the residents back to the village, and they began to return on 3 and 4 December 2024. Even though they have returned home, they are still under pressure and living in fear, preventing them from resuming normal activities as they remain constantly vigilant.
Following reports of the internal displacements circulating on social and local media, the Tambrauw Police Chief, Commissioner Aries Dwi Cahyanto, claimed in a media statement on 8 December 2024 that the situation in Tambrauw had normalised and that the information about the internal displacements was a hoax.
IDPs in the Tambrauw Regency, December 2024…………..
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2) Military members allegedly kill 16-year-old Papuan in Intan Jaya
Human rights defenders allege that members of the Yonif 509/BY military unit tortured 16-year-old Yulianus Abugau in the Mamba Village, Sugapa District, on 8 December 2024. Yulianus Abugau succumbed to the injuries which he sustained as a result of the torture. Military personnel brought the body to the Intan Jaya General Hospital in the late afternoon. Yulianus’ parents demand justice for the extra-judicial execution of their son. They emphasize that Yulianus was neither armed nor affiliated with the West Papua National Army (TPNPB).
According to the information received, Yulianus Abugau and two friends were near Mamba Village, Intan Jaya Regency, Papua Tengah Province, as their motorcycle ran out of fuel around 10.00 am. While his friends pushed the motorbike, Yulianus walked ahead to Mamba to procure fuel but was intercepted by Yonif 509/BY members near the Yonif 509/BY military post. It is believed that the military members dragged Yulianus into the forest behind the military post, where they tortured and fatally stabbed him with a bayonet. The relatives later found later found the body in the high grass (see photos below, source: independent HRDs), only 20-30 meters away from the post. They believe that the military members killed Yuliansu because they suspected him of being part of the armed independence movement.
Members of the Damai Cartenz police Special Unit brought the body to the Intan Jaya General Hospital. The relatives received Yulianus’s body about 4.30 pm and returned it to Mamba Village by evening. The body was buried on 10 December 2024, without forensic examination.
Recent reports from the conflict-ridden region of Intan Jaya in the Papua Tengah province have raised serious concerns about the safety of civilians caught in the crossfire between the Indonesian National Army (TNI) and the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB). Reports also indicate that the military has seized land belonging to the Moni Tribe in Intan Jaya Regency, without the consent or agreement of the indigenous community.
Yulianus Abugau’s body…..
https://humanrightsmonitor.org/case/military-members-allegedly-kill-16-year-old-papuan-in-intan-jaya/
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