Indonesia human rights court begins trial over 2014 shootings in Papua


  • World
  • Wednesday, 21 Sep 2022

JAKARTA (Reuters) - An Indonesian court began a trial on Wednesday that will examine whether a former army commander committed "crimes against humanity" over the fatal shooting of four teenagers in the country's easternmost region of Papua in 2014.

The trial, which is being run by a division of the Attorney General's Office (AGO) tasked with investigating human rights violations, has been welcomed by activists as a positive step in a restive area where security forces have been accused of abuses.

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