INDONESIA’S ABU GHRAIB: Torture Footage Emerges

INDONESIA’S ABU GHRAIB: Brutal Torture Footage Emerges From Puncak Jaya Of Priests Killing By Indonesian Security Forces

October 18th, 2010

*westpapuamedia.info*

*WARNING:CONTAINS GRAPHIC UNEDITED TORTURE VIDEO*

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.

Perhaps the most brutal scenes are where the old man, believed to be a priest of the indigenous Kingmi Church, the Reverend Kindeman Gire, is repeatedly held down while soldiers deliberately burn his penis with a burning stick.

Westpapuamedia.info is working together with a joint team of media and international human rights workers to verify all the facts around this video. It had been released prematurely by external sources, so the facts are still being confirmed. Investigators are still conducting forensic analysis of the original source files to determine the full identity of the mobile phone that was used to film these abuses, and if it is connected to other videos recently received (to be published).

The two victims spoke in Bahasa Indonesia and Lani. It is believed that the main victim is Rev. Kindeman Gire who was killed in March 2010. The younger man is believed by local investigators to be Reverend Pltinius Kogoya

westpapuamedia.info is presenting the full UNEDITED video on the torture. Please click on the link below (opens in new window)

*WARNING: THIS FOOTAGE IS HIGHLY DISTURBING AND GRAPHIC.*

https://www.fpcn-global.org/films/mov/brutal_Kostrad_torture_in_West_Papua-320x240_H264.mov

More information as it comes to hand.

ENDS