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Ferdinand Waas
2010-10-10 Ferdinand Waas is in a state of heart pain and temporary in care in ICCU Room of the Public Hospital in Kudamati Ambon, as a result of torture and beatings inflicted upon him by Detachment 88. > see photo: His wife next to him in the public hospital. Ruben Saiya
Ruben Saiya is a 27-year-old farmer who was born in Aboru village, Haruku Island, near Ambon. He is now imprisoned in Kembang Kuning prison on Nusa Kambangan Island, off Java’s southern shore. On June 29, 2007, he was one of the 28 dancers who unfurled RMS flags in front of President Yudhoyono. He was arrested and an Ambon district court found him guilty of treason under Criminal Code articles 106 and 110. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. His two brothers, Arens and Yohanis, also joined the dance protest and they were sentenced for 8 and 17 years respectively and are serving their sentences in Semarang and Kembang Kuning prisons.
Saiya told Human Rights Watch that the Aboru villagers had decided to dance in a bid to protest their suffering in their own islands. “In the Moluccas, we cannot live a good life. We don’t get a good education. We cannot find work. The Indonesian people have taken over our islands,” he said. When the Ambon court announced his sentence, his wife, Johanna Teterisa, collapsed in the court room. “I don’t know what to tell her anymore,” said Saiya. Because of the expense and logistical obstacles his wife cannot travel to Java to visit her husband. Personal stories
Yonias Siahaya ''I am a human being, not an animal.'' Admitted to hospital after vicious five-hour beating that left his left side immobilised due to fractured hip. Pierced with nails while placed in stress position. Only after four days of coughing blood and vomiting from pain was he given medical care. Paul Lodewijk Krikoff ''It looked like they wanted to terminate us. One of the officers said they would make me into the anchor of the boat.'' Pistol-whipped, kicked, punched, burnt with cigarettes. Forced to eat chillies. Plastic bag put on head until near suffocation. Told to tongue-kiss a fellow prisoner. Andreas Maruanya ''They ordered me and Lodewijk to kiss each other''. Kicked and beaten at Detachment 88 post with sticks while blindfolded. Later attacked with dirty sandals. Refusal to engage in kisses resulted in being held in stress position with head bowed to floor and legs stretched wide. Jacob Sinay ''I was in a big pain. I simply confessed anything.'' Beaten for more than five hours while blindfolded and mouth covered in plastic. Interrogators put his leg under a table leg and then jumped on it. Told to lie down and systematically hit with hard object across legs, arms, fingers and head. Stefen Siahaya ''They cover my face with a plastic bag. I couldn't breathe.'' After breaking plastic bag, beaten in ribs, head, ears with wooden stick. Slapped with sandals and punched repeatedly. Yusuf Sahetapy ''It was torture. It lasted more than a week''. Beaten in the mouth, ear, cheek. In hospital for two days, but on release beaten again during further interrogations. Forced to hold painful stress positions. Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/world/protesters-tortured-beaten-and-humiliated-by-elite-force-20100912-156y9.html#ixzz1PtZKNa6Y |
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH released a report on June 23, 2010 that condemned the Indonesian government for criminally prosecuting peaceful expression by separatists in the Moluccas and Papua
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Allegations of torture ... from left, Melvin Bremer, Paul Lodewijk Krikoff, Yonas Entamoin and Jacob Sinay in prison. » Read more |
