Esau Kogoya

Detainees
Gender
Male
Age when first arrested
24
Age group when first arrested
18-24 (young adult)
Date of arrest
Feb 8, 2025
Occupation
  • Student
Reason of arrest
  • Allegedly committing theft
Arrested by (Institution)
  • Police
Arrested by (Unit)
  • Polsek Abepura
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary Arrest
  • Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty
  • Denial of the Right to a Fair Trial
  • Torture & Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Place of the first detention
Polsek Abepura
Place of the second detention
Polres Jayapura
Concerns reported
  • Arbitrary arrest
  • Arbitrary detention
  • Legal procedure
  • Torture
Current status
  • Released
Date of release
Feb 11, 2025
Sources

Local HRD | APSN

Additional description

It was reported that a number of police (in uniform and civilian clothes) arrested five students in Kampkey Abepura, Jayapura City, 8 February 2025. The arrests were made at a boarding house at 5pm local time.

The five students were Nathan Pigai, Esau Kogoya, Frengky Anouw, Fransiskus Petege, and Yosua Mote.

They were released on February 11, 2025, injured, allegedly as a result of torture during interrogation.

Related detention facility

Latitude: -2.6117029789107664

Longitude: 140.66500932160463

Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
Polsek Abepura
Polres Jayapura
Related event
  • Arrest of five students in Kampkey