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View all search resultsCivilians hired in the expired ammunition disposal operation in Garut, West Java on May 12 were paid Rp 150,000 (US$9.22) a day and were not given proper training or protective equipment, according to findings from the National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM).
Tensions flared in West Papua over the weekend after members of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) rebel group opened fire on a National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) delegation accompanying police in the search for a missing officer in the Rawara River, Moskona district, Teluk Bintuni regency.
A recent string of extra-judicial executions by police officers has shed light on the institution’s failure to regulate firearm use among its personnel, prompting watchdogs to urge the institution to improve accountability in the use of lethal force.
Various human rights groups reported that the police had used excessive force in dispersing the protests by firing water cannons and tear gas as well as launching violent attacks against unarmed participants, some of whom were underage students.
The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) condemned on Wednesday the killing of a New Zealand helicopter pilot, who was allegedly shot dead by armed rebels in restive Central Papua province earlier this week.
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