Friend of WT

Detainees
Gender
Male
Age group when first arrested
15-17 (youth)
Date of arrest
Oct 12, 2024
Occupation
  • Student
Reason of arrest
  • Accused of collaborating with armed groups
Arrested by (Institution)
  • Military
Arrested by (Unit)
  • Yonif 509/BY
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary Arrest
  • Torture & Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Treatment and Punishment
Place of the first detention
Pos Kotis Mamba Yonif 509/BY
Concerns reported
  • Arbitrary arrest
  • Arbitrary detention
  • Torture
Current status
  • Unknown
Date of release
Oct 12, 2024
Sources

HRM | IPMI Makassar

Additional description

Yonif 509/BY personnel reportedly arrested and tortured two high school students around the Mamba Military Post on 12 October 2024. Soldiers allegedly tortured the two young men to obtain information about TPNPB. The two young men were doused in cooking oil and threatened to be burned alive. The following day, Wenes was reportedly released while his friend was reported missing.

Related detention facility

Latitude: -3.733282571522074

Longitude: 136.9807267398398

Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
Pos Kotis Mamba Yonif 509/BY
Related event
  • Arrests and Extrajudicial Executions in Mamba Village