Indonesia: Human Rights and Pro-Independence Actions in Irian Jaya

VI. Wamena, Jayawijaya
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Table of Contents
I. Introduction
II. Background to the Demonstration
III. Sorong and Jayapura
 IV. The Biak Demonstration
V. Bodies in Biak
VI. Wamena, Jayawijaya
VII. Riots in Manokwari
VIII. Arrest of Theys Eluay and the National Dialogue Debate
IX. Appendix: Arrests Since July 1998

On July 7, the West Papuan flag was raised in front of the district council building in Wamena, Jayawijaya district. A month later, between August 6 and 8, eleven people were arrested and are currently detained in Wamena. According to the Institute for Human Rights Studies and Advocacy, a Jayapura-based rights organization, the acknowledged leader of the demonstration, Emanuel Menay, was allowed to go free, even though his role in the flag-raising was witnessed personally by the regional military commander. All were held in the Jayawijaya police command until November 1988 when they were transferred to the district prison as their trials got underway. (See Appendix I).

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