Last December four unarmed West Papua teenagers were killed and 17 more West Papua people were injured when the Indonesian army and police opened fire on a group of peaceful protestors in Paniai.
They had gathered to protest an earlier incident of violence by the Indonesian security forces.
A four-minute video, shot by citizen journalists and released publicly for the first time on 9 April, includes first-hand testimony from survivors of the massacre as well as graphic footage taken in the immediate aftermath.
“This film gives a disturbing insight into the Indonesian military’s casual disregard for the lives of Indigenous Papuans,” said Esther Cann from TAPOL.
“The protesters had gathered peacefully to challenge the beating of a young boy the previous day by Indonesian security forces and they were greeted with bullets.”
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- Scoop.co.nz
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