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HRW: Repression Against KNPB Is Legal?
Jakarta Onews,--ConsultantHumanRights Watch(HRW)forIndonesia,AndreasHarsonoquestioned theactionsof the Indonesian securityforceswho were shootingup to 22members of theWest Papua National Committee(KNPB)diedduring the year2012,and 55people were arrested,andmade hundreds ofothers wounded.
"ButmakeKNPB22 peoplediedwith the shooting,anddozenswere arrested,andwho knows how manyhundredsinjured, with nojudicial processis transparent,and withoutthe internal mechanismof the proceduresof police workinPapua,raisesthe question of whetherthe repression ofKNPBthislegal?."
The statementaffirmedAndreas,wheninterviewedsuarapapua.com,Thursday (01/03/2013)last night.
AccordingHarsono, may bethe reasonthe policeis true thatthere are members ofKNPBinvolvedviolence,attackingsettlersorsecurity forcesattacked,butofficersmust demonstratein a transparent manner.
"The issue ofpoliceisworkingwithtransparency.Canthe policeshowworktransparently?Instead,KNPBalsoneed to doan internalinvestigation,policeinvestigateallegationsthatmembers ofKNPBnoviolenceinvolved,"he said.
Harsonoalso hope,the organization'sleaderVictorYeimomaysoonannounce theresults of the investigation,as well asmakingthe decisionto issueanassessedKNPBmembersengagedin variousacts of violence.
As writtenthis mediumbefore,VictorFYeimo,ChairmanKNPBstatesKNPBKilled22 Membersof the Year2012bythe Indonesian securityforcesshot dead,55 peoplein jail, and someof them becameListPeople Search(DPO)of thePapua Policeto date.
Yeimopredicted,in2013,the killingandarrests ofactivistswill continue to bewagedKNPBPapua policeusingterrorismAct.
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