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| Moni man, Papua.
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Indonesian police have unleashed a new wave of violence against the tribal people of Papua.
Survival has received numerous reports of torture, mal-treatment and
extra-judicial killings committed by the police this year.
Survival fears for the safety of Nelson Rumbiak, who was involved in
clashes between students and police in March. He is currently in police
custody, and has been severely beaten. Following the same clashes,
police raided dormitories and assaulted many students. One, Dany
Hisage, was killed.
Another man, Obet Kossay, was tortured to death by police in January.
Two people were shot dead and many others tortured in the town of
Wamena in May. In June, an 18 year old woman was raped and tortured to
death by seven police officers, and in July a 19 year old woman, Selvi
Kogoya, was shot dead by a police officer after she refused to have sex
with him.
Survival has written to the President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang
Yudhoyono, urging him to bring an end to police violence in Papua and
to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice.
Papua is home to around 312 different tribes. All Papuan peoples have
suffered terribly under the Indonesian occupation, which began in 1963.
