Jose Wakaf

Detainees
Gender
Male
Age when first arrested
23
Age group when first arrested
18-24 (young adult)
Date of arrest
Aug 27, 2025
Place of origin
Sorong City
Occupation
  • Activist
Reason of arrest
  • Demo
Arrested by (Institution)
  • Police
Arrested by (Unit)
  • Polresta Sorong Kota
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary Arrest
  • Denial of Freedom of Assembly
  • Denial of Freedom of Expression
Place of the first detention
Polresta Sorong Kota
Concerns reported
  • Arbitrary arrest
  • Arbitrary detention
Current status
  • Released
Date of release
Aug 29, 2025
Sources

LBH Papua Pos Sorong | LBH Kaki Abu | BBC Indonesia | TribunNews Sorong 1 | TribunNews Sorong 2

Additional description

Sorong City police personnel and Brimob units forcibly dispersed protests against the transfer of four NFRPB political prisoners from Sorong to Makassar, South Sulawesi. The police also arrested activists, families of political prisoners, and residents who happened to be passing by the protest site on 27 August 2025.

Those arrested were released in three waves. The first fifteen were released on 29 August, followed by three on 30 August, and finally five on 1 September.

Related detention facility

Latitude: -0.8836575179185635

Longitude: 131.28497419380471

Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
Polresta Sorong Kota
Related event
  • Protests over the relocation of the Sorong Four