HMS

Detainees
Gender
Male
Age when first arrested
17
Age group when first arrested
15-17 (youth)
Date of arrest
Jan 3, 2025
Place of origin
Yahukimo Regency
Reason of arrest
  • Accused of collaborating with armed groups
Arrested by (Institution)
  • Police
Arrested by (Unit)
  • Brimob Polda Papua
  • Polres Yahukimo
Type of violation
  • Arbitrary Arrest
Place of the first detention
Polres Yahukimo
Concerns reported
  • Arbitrary arrest
  • Arbitrary detention
  • Minor
Current status
  • Detained
  • To be revisited
Sources

Local HRD

Additional description

Yahukimo police and Brimob units reportedly arrested two minors, YM (14) and HS (17), on Social Street, Kali Bonto, Yahukimo Regency, in the afternoon of 3 January 2025. Our source told us that on 1 January 2025, there was a shooting incident followed by patrols and sweeps.

Until the end of March 2025, there was no further information about the two children.

Related detention facility

Latitude: -4.865770637613093

Longitude: 139.48709778869957

Related detention facility (linked Detainees)
Polres Yahukimo
Related event
  • Arrest of two children in Kali Bonto