West Papuan man filmed being bound and tortured in water-filled barrel allegedly by Indonesian soldiers

Footage allegedly filmed during February military raid in Puncak regency renews calls for international intervention in contested region
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Footage of a West Papuan man, bound in a water-filled barrel and being beaten and cut with knives, allegedly by Indonesian soldiers, has reanimated demands for international intervention in the contested province.

Two videos of the man being tortured are alleged to have been filmed in early February this year, during a military raid in the Omukia and Gome districts in Puncak regency, in the Central Papua province.

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