Viktor Bernadus Deyal

Detainees
Gender
Male
Age when first arrested
29
Age group when first arrested
25-64 (adult)
Date of arrest
Sep 3, 2025
Place of origin
Yahukimo Regency
Occupation
  • Farmer
Reason of arrest
  • Drunk
Arrested by (Institution)
  • Police
Arrested by (Unit)
  • Polsek Dekai
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary Arrest
  • Denial of the Right to Life
  • Torture & Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Place of the first detention
Polsek Kota Dekai
Concerns reported
  • Arbitrary arrest
  • Torture
  • Unlawful killing
Current status
  • Deceased
Date of release_additional text
Date of decease: 03/09/2025
Sources

HRM | BBC | SeputarPapua

Additional description

Police personnel in Yahukimo reportedly arrested and tortured a young Papuan man, Viktor Deal, at the Dekai Police Station in Yahukimo, Papua Pegunungan Province, on 3 September 2025. The young man was said to be ranting in front of the police station because he was under the influence of alcohol. Police personnel arrested him, put him in a patrol car, drove him around while torturing him. That evening, Viktor was reportedly found at the Dekai Regional General Hospital in a lifeless state.

Related detention facility

Latitude: -4.4938647369525215

Longitude: 139.52854676553153

Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
Polsek Kota Dekai
Related event
  • Torture of Viktor Deyal