INDONESIA
Kanius Murib (m) (note corrected spelling)
Numbungga Telenggen (m) (note corrected spelling)
Kimanus Wenda (m)
Enos Lokobal (m) (note corrected spelling)
Des Wenda (m)
Mikael Heselo (m)
Yapray Murib (m)
Nine members of Jayawijaya District Military
Command
New names:
Terius Kogoya (m), (also known as Primus Kogoya)
priest, human rights defender
Luis Maday (m), human rights defender
Matius Murib (m), human rights defender
Wim Logo (m)
Amnesty International is concerned for the safety
of three human rights defenders in Wamena town,
Jayawijaya District, Papua Province after priest and
human rights defender, Terius Kogoya, was detained
and questioned by the military on 8 May. Soldiers
have also been looking for human rights activists
Matius Murib and Luis Maday. In the past, activists
involved in investigating and publicizing human
rights cases in Papua have received death threats,
been accused of defamation and summoned for
questioning by the police.
At around 3pm on 6 May, soldiers from Jayawijaya
District Military Command (Kodim 1702) arrived at
the house of Terius Kogoya, the head of the Baptist
church in Wamena who has been working to protect
detainees arrested in connection with the attack on
Kodim 1702 on 4 April. The soldiers confiscated a
letter signed by the relatives of seven of the nine
military personnel, which authorized lawyers to act
on the detainees' behalf. On the evening of 7 May,
three soldiers returned to Terius Kogoya's home.
They reportedly threatened the priest and members of
his family before leaving.
On the morning of 8 May, Terius Kogoya was
detained without a warrant by soldiers and taken to
Kodim 1702, where he was questioned about the 4
April attack. He was released at around 1pm, but the
soldiers told him to return the following day with
Matius Murib, a member of the Commission for
Disappearances and Victims of Violence in Papua (Kontras
Papua). He did not comply with this order.
While Terius Kogoya was being questioned at Kodim
1702, soldiers returned to his home, looking for
Matius Murib and Luis Maday, the head of the Wamena
office of the Institute for Human Rights Studies and
Advocacy (Elsham). It is believed that the three men
have been targeted because of their role in
monitoring the human rights situation in the Wamena
area during the ongoing security force operations
which followed the 4 April attack.
Concern also remains for the eight civilians and
nine members of Kodim 1702 named above. They are
among at least 30 people who are known to have been
arrested during joint police and military operations
to find those responsible for the attack on Kodim
1702. Wim Logo, who was arrested on 6 April in
Wamena, is now known to be still detained. He was
initially detained with ten others in Kodim 1702 and
was reportedly beaten. The ten others have been
released. Wim Logo is currently being held at the
Headquarters of the Military Police in Jayapura.
There is no information on
his treatment, but there are concerns for his safety
(see UA 95/03, ASA 21/010/2003, 9 April 2003 and
follow ups).
According to unconfirmed reports, two workers
with the Baptist church, Ketis Tabuni and Enggelek
Tabuni, were shot dead on 4 May by members of the
Indonesian Military (Tentara Nasional Indonesia,
TNI) in Kuyawage, Wamena
District, during the course of ongoing security
force operations in the area. The two were said to
be collecting food from their garden at the time.
Two others, Yinggen Tabuni and Alinus Murib were
shot and injured by the military on 2 May. They were
reportedly searching for missing members of their
families at the time. Over a thousand people are
said to have fled their homes as a result of the
operations.
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Please send appeals to arrive
as quickly as possible, in Bahasa Indonesia, English
or your own language:
- expressing concern for the safety of Terius
Kogoya, Luis Maday and Matius Murib and urging the
authorities to take concrete measures to guarantee
their safety;
- urging the authorities to ensure that all members
of the police and military are made aware of the
legitimate role of human rights defenders and their
responsibility to protect human rights defenders
under the UN Declaration on the Rights and
Responsibility of Individuals, Groups and Organs of
Society to Promote and Protect Universally
Recognized Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms;
- expressing concern at reports that the
eight civilians named above have been tortured
or ill-treated;
- urging the government to
take immediate measures, in
accordance with its obligations
under the UN Convention against
Torture and Other Cruel and
Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or
Punishment which it has ratified, to undertake an
immediate, effective and impartial investigation of
the torture allegations, including that of
Mikael Heselo and the other
six detainees and of the death of Yapenas Murib
which is alleged to have resulted from torture;
- calling on the authorities to provide guarantees
that none of those detained will be subjected to
further torture or ill-treatment;
- urging the authorities to ensure that all the
detainees receive unrestricted access to legal
representatives of their own choosing, to relatives
and to any medical attention they may require;
- urging the authorities to investigate the reports
of extrajudicial execution of Ketis Tabuni and
Enggelek Tabuni and to bring the perpetrators to
justice.
APPEALS TO:
Military Commander, Kodam VIII / XVII Trikora
Brig. Gen. Nurdin Zainal
Pangdam VIII/Trikora
Jl. Polimak Atas Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
Telegram: Kodam VIII/XVII Trikora, Papua, Indonesia
Fax: + 62 967 531642 / 967 537743 (if someone
answers ask for the fax:
“saya mau kirim faxâ€*) (it may be
difficult to get through; please keep trying)
Salutation: Dear Brigadier General
Chief of Police - Kapolda Papua
Insp. Gen. Budi Utomo
Head of Regional Police Papua
Jl. Sam Ratulangie No. 8
Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
Telegram: Kapolda, Papua, Indonesia
Fax: +62 967 531717
Salutation: Dear Inspector General
COPIES TO:
The Chairman
National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM)
Abdul Hakim Garuda Nusantara
Jl Latuharhary No. 4B
Menteng, Jakarta Pusat 10310, Indonesia
Fax: + 62 21 3925227
Salutation: Dear Chairman
and to diplomatic representatives of Indonesia
accredited to your country.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS IMMEDIATELY. Check with the
International Secretariat, or your section office,
if sending appeals after 20 June 2003.
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