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Video sheds light on Indonesia military actions (AP)

August 3rd, 2010

FILE - In this June 5, 2007 file photo, Papuan protesters wearing tribal dress takes part in a rally demanding an independence referendum outside the U.S. embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia. Indonesia has made tremendous strides toward democracy since emerging from decades of dictatorship under Gen. Suharto in 1998. But government critics in Papua are still given lengthy prison terms for peacefully expressing their views, organizing rallies or simply raising separatist flags. Many say they have been tortured in detention with electric shocks, beatings and cigarette burns. The central government, which granted Papua special autonomy in 2001, denies such atrocities still take place. An Amnesty International report cited incidents of torture, excessive force and executions by security forces in Papua last year. (AP Photo/Irwin Fedriansyah, File)AP - The jumpy video shows a prisoner lying in a jungle clearing in eastern Indonesia moments after troops allegedly sliced open his abdomen with a bayonet, sending intestines tumbling from his stomach.


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