Published On:Tuesday, November 17, 2015
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Two Indonesian soldiers convicted for Papuan deaths
Two Indonesian soldiers have been convicted and imprisoned for their role in the deaths of two Papuans in Mimika in August.
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| Jayapura port, Papua |
Two other soldiers are still on trial for their role in the incident in which the four soldiers, who were allegedly drunk, opened fire with assault rifles on a group of Papuans who were holding a local Thanksgiving ceremony in front of a church in Mimika regency.
Human Rights Watch has welcomed the conviction as a rare example of accountability over military abuses in Papua.
However the NGO says it's only a start, since there are many other military abuses which have not been investigated.
In the rare cases where soldiers have been convicted by a military court, the sentences have been extremely lenient.
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