Malvin Yobe (2025)

Detainees
Affiliation
  • SKAKRP
Gender
Male
Age when first arrested
33
Age group when first arrested
25-64 (adult)
Date of arrest
May 14, 2025
Occupation
  • Activist
Reason of arrest
  • Demo
Arrested by (Institution)
  • Police
Arrested by (Unit)
  • Polres Mimika
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary Arrest
  • Denial of Freedom of Assembly
  • Denial of Freedom of Expression
  • Denial of the Right to a Fair Trial
Place of the first detention
Polres Mimika
Concerns reported
  • Arbitrary arrest
Current status
  • Released
Date of release
May 14, 2025
Sources

HRD | Jubi.id | TadahNews

Additional description

Timika Resort Police officers arbitrarily arrested Malvin Yobe and friends on 14 May 2025 at Katedral Tiga Raja Timika church for staging a spontaneous demonstration in front of the church after the ordination mass for the new bishop of Timika diocese, Mgr. Bernardus Bofitwos Baru, OSA.

Malvin and friends strongly reject the statement and alignment of the Archbishop of Merauke on the National Strategic Project that destroying indigenous land and the indigenous peoples in Wogekel and Wanam Village, Ilwayab District, Merauke, South Papua.

After questioning, Malvin was released the same day.

Related detention facility

Latitude: -4.447320154009395

Longitude: 136.89714121444572

Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
Polres Mimika
Related event
  • Arrest during Timika Bishop's Ordination