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Indigenous man from the Paniai Lakes region, Central Papua, Indonesia

Paniai families say their ‘suspicions now a reality’ as court releases sole defendant

Jakarta – The families of the victims of the Paniai massacre are disappointed with the panel of judges which handed down a verdict of not guilty against retired Infantry Major Isak Sattu at the Makassar District Court in South Sulawesi. Their attorney Yones Douw said that the verdict has legitimised the families’ scepticism that they would not find justice through the human rights court saying…

Disappointed over Makassar trial, families of Paniai massacre victims write to UN

Jakarta – The families of victims of the 2014 Paniai massacre in Papua have sent a letter to the United Nations (UN), which has its head office in Geneva, Switzerland. They are disappointed with the human rights trial hearings into the Paniai case which are taking place at the Makassar District Court in South Sulawesi, and are asking the UN to intervene in order to settle the case. The letter was…

Rights watchdog says Paniai human rights trial in Makassar ‘just a formality’

Makassar – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) says that the court hearings into the Paniai gross human rights violations in Papua, which are taking place at the Makassar District Court in South Sulawesi, are nothing more than a formality. A sole defendant, namely retired Infantry Major Isak Sattu, is being tried in the case. The public prosecutor (JPU) team is…

Witness testimonies at Paniai massacre trial reinforce calls for wider probe

Jayapura – The witnesses testimonies by Polri (Indonesian police officers) that were presented during the hearings into the 2014 Paniai massacre case at the Makassar District Court in South Sulawesi on Wednesday September 28, reinforce the grounds for the Attorney General and the court not to just prosecute a single defendant. This is also in accordance with the identification of the perpetrators…

Protesting sole defendant, families of Paniai victims refuse to attend Makassar trial

Rizky Suryarandika, Jakarta – Human rights activist and lawyer for the families of the victims of the 2014 Paniai massacre in Papua, Younes Douw, has revealed the reluctance on the part of the families to attend the human rights trial hearing the case. The families object because only one person has been declared a suspect. Douw said that in principle, the families of the victims do not reject…