Malukan activists at risk of torture in detention in Indonesia

Wednesday 4 August 2010 Amnesty International has warned that 10 Malukan political activists detained by Indonesia’s special anti-terrorism police are facing a high risk of torture. Amnesty International has warned that 10 Malukan political activists detained by Indonesia’s special anti-terrorism police are facing a high risk of torture. Detachment 88 police officers, who have regularly been accused of involvement in torture, arrested the activists on 2 August.  The activists had been planning to use a visit by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to Maluku province on 3 August to draw…

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