PAPUA
Video Nasty

An amateur video exposed brutal behavior by Indonesian troops in the Papua interior. The local government is powerless to act.

November 3, 2010

THE duration of the video is just 10 minutes. The picture is unfocused and somewhat shaky. It appears that the person recording the incident is not really proficient in using a mobile phone camera. But despite its amateurism, the brief presentation is deeply shocking and disturbing.

In the video, two Papuans appear surrounded by a group of soldiers without service uniforms. One soldier is caught on camera in a striped camouflage jacket with a re

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