Tag: Police brutality
Indonesian police not investigating violence against journalists, says AJI
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Indonesian police have not been investigating reported cases of violence against journalists, reports Indonesian news magazine Tempo.
According to the Jakarta Alliance...
‘Not a big deal’ claim police, rejecting UN call for Papua...
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Papua Regional Police public information head Assistant Superintendent Suryadi Diaz is asking all parties not to dramatise or make a big...
Police use snake to interrogate Papuan, apologise for ‘racist’ torture
Pacific Media Watch Newsdesk
Indonesian police have apologised for wrapping a snake around an indigenous Papuan they suspected of theft, reports The Jakarta Post.
A video...
Scott Waide: PNGFM news boss calls for investigations, penalties for troops...
Scott Waide's blog highlights an open letter by Genesis Ketan, director of news, PNGFM:
As director of News for PNGFM, I am very disappointed at...
Indonesian police break up Papuan ‘New York’ pact protest in Ternate
By Arnold Belau in Jayapura
Police have violently broken up a peaceful action being held by the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) in...
Duterte says as ‘parent of nation,’ he can order detention of...
By Pia Ranada in Manila
President Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines has cited the power of the state to act as parents of persons needing...
PNG condemned for sorcery attacks, police brutality and over refugees
Refugees and asylum seekers on Papua New Guinea’s Manus Island have suffered repeated violent attacks and robberies by locals, says Human Rights Watch. Video:...
