Rights group calls for probe into alleged extrajudicial killing in Papua


Soldiers take part in a ceremony before travelling to Papua for deployment in security operations, at Sultan Iskandar Muda Air Force base in Blang Bintang, Aceh, on Dec. 12, 2023. - AFP

JAKARTA: Amid reports of increased military activity in Nduga regency, Highland Papua, following the release of a New Zealand pilot from rebel captivity, rights groups said that Indonesian Military (TNI) personnel have committed an extrajudicial killing of a Papuan civilian, an accusation the military has denied.

On Friday (June 13), the Papua Justice and Welfare Foundation (YKKMP), supported by a coalition of civil society organisations including Amnesty International Indonesia, reported the alleged killing of 27-year-old Abral Wandikbo to the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM).

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