Papuans Behind Bars

Launched in April 2013, is an online resource about political prisoners in West Papua. This site aims to raise awareness about Papuan political prisoners so that nobody is forgotten. Many of the prisoners have suffered arbitrary arrest, violence, abuse, torture, unfair trials, intimidation and neglect.

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Publications

Prisoner Update: July–September 2016
At the end of June 2016, there were at least 17 political prisoners in Papua.
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Prisoner Update: April–June 2016
At the end of June 2016, there were at least 32 political prisoners in Papua.
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Sentencing of police and military brutality insufficient (PBB Update: January–March 2016)

In Brief In the first three months of 2016, Indonesian authorities continue to react repressively to developments surrounding the United Liberation Movement for West Papua

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Rising voices, rising arrests: A look at West Papua in 2015

A report by Papuans Behind Bars (PBB) exposes the Indonesian government’s increased use of arbitrary arrests to shut down protests in West Papua in 2015.

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Jakarta police action show discrimination against Papuans (PBB Update: December 2015)
1 December commemorative events met with killings, torture, mass arrest, ill-treatment and excessive use of force against indigenous Papuans by Indonesian security forces - 306
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Briefing Paper: Political arrests in West Papua from 2012–2014

This briefing paper provides an analytical overview of data on political arrests in West Papua from 2012 to 2014. It includes analysis of emerging trends

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