Elky Matuan (2025)

Detainees
Affiliation
  • KNPB
Gender
Male
Date of arrest
Sep 23, 2025
Occupation
  • Activist
Reason of arrest
  • Demo
  • Planning of demo
Arrested by (Institution)
  • Police
Arrested by (Unit)
  • Polres Jayapura
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary Arrest
  • Denial of Freedom of Assembly
  • Denial of Freedom of Expression
Place of the first detention
Polres Jayapura
Concerns reported
  • Arbitrary arrest
Current status
  • Released
Date of release
Sep 23, 2025
Sources

HRD/S | HRM

Additional description

Police personnel in Jayapura Regency forcibly dispersed a leaflet distribution action in commemoration of National Peasant Day carried out by KNPB Sentani at Pasar Lama Sentani, Jayapura Regency, on 23 September 2025. In addition to forcibly dispersing the crowd, the police also arrested 13 participants. They were released on the same day.

Related event
  • National Peasant Day Demonstration 2025