Semeri Balingga

Detainees
Affiliation
  • KNPB
Gender
Male
Age when first arrested
18
Age group when first arrested
18-24 (young adult)
Date of arrest
Jul 6, 2023
Occupation
  • Activist
Reason of arrest
  • Affiliation with independence groups
Arrested by (Institution)
  • Police
Arrested by (Unit)
  • Polres Yahukimo
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary Arrest
  • Denial of Freedom of Assembly
Place of the first detention
Polres Yahukimo
Concerns reported
  • Arbitrary arrest
Current status
  • Released
Date of release
Jul 6, 2023
Sources

Human Rights Monitor

Additional description

Members of the Yahukimo District police arbitrarily arrested six activists belonging to the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in the town of Dekai, Yahukimo Regency, on 6 July 2023.The activists organised and carried on a collective cleaning activity in Dekai. The police repeatedly approached them claiming that the activists needed official permission to continue working. At 11:00 am, police officers arrested six KNPB activists without showing a warrant or justifying the arrest. All activists were released from the Yahukimo District Police Station at 12:20 pm after being interrogated for about one hour.

Related detention facility

Latitude: -4.865770637613093

Longitude: 139.48709778869957

Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
Polres Yahukimo
Related event
  • Arrests of KNPB Dekai (2023)