Indonesia rights commission alleges slain Papuan pastor was tortured

  • 11/2/2020
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia’s human rights commission said on Monday that a fact-finding team believed the military had tortured a pastor in the country’s Papua region in a bid to extract information on stolen military weapons before shooting him dead. Resource-rich Papua has been plagued by a long-standing conflict between security forces and separatist groups since its absorption into Indonesia in 1969. In late September, Christian pastor Yeremia Zanambani was found dead with gunshot wounds in a pig shed, sparking outrage and pressure from church groups for an investigation. A report on Monday by Indonesia’s human rights commission (Komnas HAM) said it suspected a military officer of torturing and shooting the pastor during a search for missing weapons and the whereabouts of separatists. Describing the killing as “extra-judicial”, the report said wounds from a sharp weapon were also found on the pastor. After a separate government fact-finding probe, Indonesia’s chief security minister said last month security forces or a “third party” may have had some involvement.

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