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#Papuans claim #Australian link to death squad - ABC

30.8.12

Papuans claim Australian link to death squad - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): An elite counter-terrorism unit trained and supplied by Australia is being accused of acting as a death squad in Indonesia's troubled West Papua region.

The group, known as Detachment 88, receives training, supplies and extensive operational support from the Australian Federal Police.

But there is growing evidence the squad is involved in torture and extra-judicial killings as part of efforts by Indonesian authorities to crush the separatist movement in West Papua.


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