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Human rights group criticises Indonesian actions in West Papua
Amnesty International has accused Indonesian forces of grave human rights violations in Papua, where the murder of the province's top independence leader last year remains unresolved.
In a report issued during the annual United Nations Commission on Human Rights, it urged the 53-member state body to condemn "appalling" abuses by Indonesia's security forces in Papua, Aceh and elsewhere in the world's largest Muslim country.
Amnesty's report, documents cases of extrajudicial executions, disappearances, torture and arbitrary detention of activists in west Papua which is also known as Irian Jaya.
Theys Eluay, who headed the pro-independence Papua Presidium Council, was found dead in his overturned car last November. Police have not ruled out military involvement in the murder although the army has denied all accusations.
04/04/2002 11:09:56 | ABC Radio Australia News
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