Indonesia: Jailed for waving a flag: Prisoners of Conscience in Maluku

Indonesia: Jailed for waving a flag: Prisoners of Conscience in Maluku

Index Number: ASA 21/008/2009
Date Published: 26 March 2009
Categories: Indonesia

This report provides information about the conditions of arrest, detention and/or sentencing of 72 people arrested between April 2007 and July 2008 in Maluku, and highlights some of the human rights violations these individuals were subjected to including arbitrary arrests, torture and other ill-treatment, incommunicado detention, inadequate medical care in detention, and denial of the right to appeal. It also includes recommendations to the Indonesian government, which, if implemented would improve the human rights situation in Maluku province.