The Papuan victim appeared to have his hands restrained behind his back underneath the level of the water, which had turned pink.
The Indonesian military has detained 13 of its own after disturbing videos surfaced of a group beating and slashing a young Papuan who later died from his injuries.
In another disturbing turn, authorities on Monday revealed an additional arrested Papuan, a man they identified as Warinus Kogoya, died when he supposedly jumped from a moving vehicle while restrained and hit his head on a rock.The Indonesian military said that it investigated the torture videos and confirmed that they were authentic. Forty-two soldiers were investigated and 13 detained. This number was five more than announced earlier this week.
According to the military’s account, soldiers and police trying to secure the clinic were fired at, bringing about the arrests of three Papuans. Defianus had admitted to previous violence and the arson plot, the generals said. Jules Ongge from the Papuan Human Rights Advocacy Association, said soldiers had been known to use torture to produce confessions.
“Though it is extreme and shocking, this video merely exposes how Indonesia behaves every day in my country,” Wenda said.“There is an urgent need for states to take more serious action on human rights in West Papua.”The independence movement in Papua, which borders Papua New Guinea, has been active since the early 1960s.
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