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Summary During this period Papuans Behind Bars recorded 57 political arrests of West Papuans, comprising at least 50 arbitrary arrests and six arbitrary detentions. In

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Summary During this period Papuans Behind Bars recorded 173 cases of arbitrary arrests of West Papuans and people speaking out about West Papua. Of these

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Summary During April to June 2024, we saw a spike of 112 arbitrary arrests (from 114 arrest incidents) compared with only 22 arbitrary arrests during

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Summary Papuans Behind Bars noted that during the first quarter of 2024, there were at least 22 cases of arbitrary arrest involving 2 minors and

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Summary In 2023, we recorded a total of 531 political arrests, relating to 530 people, in 81 separate incidents. Of those arrested, 50 were indicted

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Summary We recorded that there were 679 political arrests so far this year. Out of that, 2 people were named as suspects. Of those arrested,

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Summary PBB recorded a total fourteen (14) new political detainees between the period of January 2022 and March 2022. We also recorded an additional eleven

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Summary 50 political arrests were recorded during the three-month period from October to December 2021. Of these, 11 people remain in detention, 36 have been

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Summary 418 new political prisoners were recorded in the period October 2020 to September 2021. Most new political prisoners have been released after being arrested

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Summary There were 245 new political prisoners between 1 January 2019 and 30 September 2020. While 198 of the political prisoners on record have now

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In Brief Numerous political arrests have taken place in 2018 and 2019 as the Indonesian authorities attempt to suppress political protests in West Papua and

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Over the past four months, eleven West Papuan people have become political prisoners. The case profiles included in this update are listed in chronological order
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This Papuans Behind Bars update focuses on exposing police and military intimidation of West Papuan students and civil society groups outside of West Papua between
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At the end of June 2016, there were at least 17 political prisoners in Papua.
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At the end of June 2016, there were at least 32 political prisoners in Papua.
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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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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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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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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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