Indonesia s crackdown in West Papua brings fresh scrutiny to Australian-trained counterterrorism squad By Prianka Srinivasan and Hellena Souisa
Two Indonesian military officers have been killed by independence fighters in Papua as violence continues to flare in Indonesia s easternmost provinces.
An additional 400 troops had been deployed to the contested region after President Joko Widodo called for a crackdown, with Indonesian authorities arresting Papuan independence leader Victor Yeimo over accusations of masterminding civil unrest.
More than 30 civil society groups, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have called for Mr Yeimo s release, while the West Papua Liberation Army has said some of their members were killed and villages attacked by the Indonesian military in recent days.