Indonesia’s National Human Rights Commission announced it is investigating the deaths of 12 civilians, including women and children, during a military operation in the restive Papua region. The incident occurred on Tuesday in Kemburu village, Central Papua, where the armed forces conducted what they described as a law enforcement operation against the TPNPB-OPM rebel group. Several others were also reported injured.
Commission chief Anis Hidayah told AFP that there is strong suspicion Indonesian soldiers were responsible. The military has not commented on the matter. Local media cited the army’s Habema Task Force as saying its troops killed four members of the separatist movement in a clash and were separately investigating the fatal shooting of a child in another village.
Komnas HAM, which operates independently within Indonesia’s state structure, stated that civilian casualties in any operation are unacceptable and constitute violations of human rights and international humanitarian law. The commission urged all sides to exercise restraint and called on the military to reconsider its operations against Papuan insurgents.
আমার দেশ অনলাইন প্রকাশ : ১৯ এপ্রিল ২০২৬, ১৪: ৫৬ ইন্দোনেশিয়ার জাতীয় মানবাধিকার কমিশন আজ জানিয়েছে, তারা দেশটির অশান্ত পূর্বাঞ্চলীয় পাপুয়া অঞ্চলে একটি সামরিক অভিযানে নারী ও শিশুসহ ১২ জন বেসামরিক নাগরিক নিহত হওয়ার ঘটনা তদন্ত করছে। খবর বার্তা সংস্থা এএফপ
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