Indonesia rights body calls for probe into Papua deaths | The Malaysian Insight

Indonesian security forces and residents clean up the debris of buildings that were torched during recent riots in Wamena, Papua, Indonesia, on October 3. – EPA pic, Octoberr 18, 2019.

INDONESIA’S human rights commission called for a probe into scores of deaths in Papua today after some of the deadliest violence in years swept the restive region. Dozens were killed when riots broke out in Wamena city last month, with some victims burned alive when buildings were set ablaze, and others stabbed in the chaos.

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