http://ua.amnesty.ch/urgent-actions/2011/08/251-11
UA 251/11
Indonesia
Aktiv seit 19. August 2011 | Noch 41 Tage Laufzeit
Authorities refuse prisoner medical care
AI-Index: ASA 21/025/2011
Papuan political prisoner Kimanus Wenda is in urgent need of medical
treatment. He has a tumour in his stomach, and needs to be transferred to a
hospital to undergo an operation. Prison authorities have refused to pay for
his transport and medical costs.
Kimanus Wenda is being held at the Nabire prison in Papua province,
Indonesia. He has a tumour in his stomach and is constantly vomiting. Prison
doctors have confirmed that he needs an operation; however, Nabire does not
have the necessary medical facilities available. Kimanus Wenda needs to be
transferred to Jayapura, also in Papua province, where he can receive the
medical treatment he urgently requires. His family and lawyer have requested
that he be transferred to Jayapura but the Nabire prison authorities have
refused to cover the cost of his transport and medical treatment. Under
Indonesian Government Regulation No. 32/1999 on Terms and Procedures on the
Implementation of Prisoners’ Rights in Prisons, all medical costs for treatment
of a prisoner at a hospital must be borne by the state.
Kimanus Wenda has been ill-treated in detention in the past. During his
arrest and interrogation in April 2003, he was reportedly tortured or otherwise
ill-treated by military officers, who beat, kicked and stamped on him. On 25
May 2011 Kimanus Wenda was beaten by prison guards after he and another
political prisoner, Linus Heluka, attempted to file a complaint about a prison
officer who had insulted a Papuan prisoner. At least four prison guards beat
Kimanus Wenda with a thick piece of rubber and kicked him. The guards also hit
Linus Heluka on the head and hand. Linus Heluka was then put in an isolation
cell for two weeks.
Additional Information
Recommended action
Please write immediately in English, Indonesian or your own language
urging the authorities to:
a.. Ensure that Kimanus Wenda receives full and immediate access to the
proper medical treatment he requires;
b.. Allow Kimanus Wenda to travel to Jayapura to receive urgent medical
care as recommended;
c.. Cover the cost of such treatment in accordance with the UN Body of
Principles for the Protection of All Persons under Any Form of Detention or
Imprisonment (Principle 24) and Indonesian regulations;
d.. Immediately conduct an independent and impartial investigation into
all allegations of torture or other ill-treatment by prison guards in Papua and
ensure that, should the allegations be verified, those responsible be brought
to justice in fair trials and the victims receive reparations; and
e.. Ensure that prison conditions and the treatment of prisoners meet
standards provided for in Indonesian law as well as UN Standard Minimum Rules
on the Treatment of Prisoners.
PLEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE 3 OCTOBER 2011.
Appeals to
Head of Nabire Prison,
Arif Rachman,
Lapas Klas IIb Nabire, Jl. Padat Karya,
Nabire 98801,
Papua,
Indonesia.
Fax: +62 984 24721
Salutation: Dear Arif Rachman
Head of the Papuan Provincial Department of Justice and Human Rights,
Daniel Biantong,
Jl. Raya Abepura No. 37,
Kotaraja - Jayapura 99117,
Papua,
Indonesia.
Fax +62 967 586112
Salutation: Dear Daniel Biantong
Copies to
Director General of Prisons,
Drs. Untung Sugiyono,
Ministry of Justice and Human Rights,
Jl. Veteran No. 11,
Jakarta Pusat,
Indonesia.
Fax: +62 21 384 1711
Ambassade de la République d'Indonésie,
Elfenauweg 51,
3006 Berne.
Fax: 031 351 67 65
E-mail: [email protected]
a.. » Kontakt
b.. » Spenden
c.. » Urgent Actions Übersicht
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