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View all search resultsDetained Papuan activist at risk of death, UN expert warns
Indonesia’s Permanent Mission to the UN in Geneva claimed Lawlor’s statement was a “mischaracterization” of Yeimo’s case.
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A United Nations expert has urged Indonesia to provide proper medical care to a Papuan independence activist to "keep him from dying in prison", after reports emerged that his health had deteriorated, Reuters reported.
Victor Yeimo, 39, who is the international spokesman for the West Papua National Committee, was arrested in Jayapura in May.
He has been charged with treason and inciting violence and social unrest in relation to the pro-independence protests that swept the region for several weeks in 2019. Yeimo has denied the charges.
His trial went ahead in August despite repeated requests from his lawyer for a delay on medical grounds, Mary Lawlor, UN special rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, said in a statement on Monday.
"I've seen it before: States deny medical care to ailing, imprisoned human rights defenders, which results in serious illness or death," said Lawlor.
