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18 October 2010

VIDEO: New evidence of torture killings by Indonesia forces

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WARNING IMAGE AND VIDEO IS DISTURBING: Video has been released of the torture killing by Indonesia forces of two West Papua men. Video and Image: West Papua Media.

JAYAPURA: West Papuan human rights workers have obtained a series of mobile phone videos of brutal acts of torture on two West Papuan priests. Indonesian security forces, most likely troops from the Kostrad battalion 754 based at Nabire, filmed the torture March 17 2010 at a road bridge near Tingginambut, Puncak Jaya, in the midst of a still ongoing military operation.

This disturbing video shows hooded members of an Indonesian security team, believed to be members of Kostrad battalion 753 from Nabire, kicking, punching, poking with bayonets, terrorising, and brutalising both detainees.

WARNING: LINK TO VIDEO – THIS FOOTAGE IS HIGHLY DISTURBING AND GRAPHIC: Torture killing video of two priests in West Papua by Indonesian forces.

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