Victor Mambor

Cases
Case status
Unknown
Location of case in SG report
2021-048-001
Relevant SG report
Year of the report
2021
Country Geolocation

Latitude: -0.789275

Longitude: 113.921327

Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
Indonesia
From Region
Type of record
Named individual
Gender
Male
Was the victim a foreign national?
No
Was the victim a minor?
No
Individual's/organization's activity

reporting on the situation in West Papua and Papua provinces. This included engaging with OHCHR, such as providing documentation of alleged violations to UN human rights mechanisms or attending UN meetings.

Type of rights defended
  • Indigenous peoples’ rights
Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
No
Reported trigger of reprisal

reporting on the situation in West Papua and Papua provinces. This included engaging with OHCHR, such as providing documentation of alleged violations to UN human rights mechanisms or attending UN meetings.

Engagement with UN body
  • OHCHR: OHCHR - General
  • OHCHR: OHCHR Field office
Type of attempted engagement
  • Participation in meeting on UN premises
  • Submission of information to UN
Location of mentioned reprisals
Indonesia
Reprisal information

It was reported to OHCHR that additional members of civil society faced threats, harassment and intimidation for their reporting on the situation in West Papua and Papua provinces. This included engaging with OHCHR, such as providing documentation of alleged violations to UN human rights mechanisms or attending UN meetings, for which they were questioned on multiple occasions by security forces, including police, military, and intelligence. Specifically, there have been reported acts of harassment, intimidation and threats against journalist Mr. Victor Mambor, affiliated with the newspaper Tabloid Jubi and The Jakarta Post, and human rights lawyer to Papuans, Ms. Veronica Koman (see IDN 7/201936).

Types of reprisals suffered
  • Threats/Intimidations (incl. "fear of reprisal")
Alleged/likely perpetrators
State actors
Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
No
Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
No
Was the case raised by a State at the UN?
No
How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
1
In which SG report was this case followed up on? 0
2023
Follow up information provided in SG report 0
  1. The case of Mr. Victor Mambor, affiliated with the newspaper Tabloid Jubi and The Jakarta Post, was included in the 2021 report of the Secretary-General108 on allegations of acts of harassment, intimidation and threats for reporting on the situation in West Papua and Papua provinces (Papua region), that included engaging with OHCHR (IDN 7/2019109). On 10 March 2023, special procedures mandate holders addressed three incidents against Mr. Mambor: a bomb attack outside his residence in January 2023, the earlier vandalization of his car in May 2022, and the hacking and deletion of his twitter account in 2022. Reportedly these incidents took place after Mr. Mambor had shared a video depicting violent acts by the Indonesian security forces. Mandate holders expressed concern for his safety and retaliation against his human rights work. (IDN 1/2023).110
  2. On 27 July 2023 the Government responded to the note verbale sent in connection to the present report and requested that the response it had provided to special procedures mandate holders on the case of Mr. Mambor be included in the present report. 111 It explained the challenges encountered in the investigative process into the incidents alleged, shared the initial conclusions pointing to one incident constituting a criminal act, and further clarified that the target and the motive of the offence remained unidentified and therefore no assumptions should be made, or conclusions reached until the ongoing investigations conclude. The Government reiterated its cooperative engagement and its commitment to protect the rights of human rights defenders.
Followup Trends 0
Deterioration/further reprisals
Date of follow up 0
10 March 2023
Did the government respond? 0
Yes
Was this case followed up by a UN body? 0
  • UN Special Procedures: UN Special Procedures - General