Indonesian police are investigating the authenticity of a new video that appears to show security forces torturing two detainees during interrogation. The video shows locals from Papua province being questioned about an alleged arms cache and beaten. Agence France-Presse claims that "the police force... is known to torture and abuse detainees of all kinds, including women and those held on minor charges." Human Rights Watch accuses authorities of attacking villages in Papua and West Papua provinces, sometimes murdering inhabitants, and of arresting non-violent activists. Last month, press in Australia accused police in Maluku province of regularly abusing separatist detainees. The Kopassus (special forces) are accused of being the worst of the abusers.
Indonesian police are investigating the authenticity of a new video that appears to show security forces torturing two detainees during interrogation. The video shows locals from province being questioned about an alleged arms cache and beaten. claims that "the police force... is known to torture and abuse detainees of all kinds, including women and those held on minor charges." Human Rights Watch accuses authorities of attacking villages in Papua and West Papua provinces, sometimes murdering inhabitants, and of arresting non-violent activists. Last month, press in Australia accused police in province of regularly abusing separatist detainees. The (special forces) are accused of being the worst of the abusers.
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