Report by the Special Rapporteur on Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Theo van Boven |
Papua New Guinea
1284. By letter dated 11 August 2004, the Special Rapporteur notified the Government that
he had received allegations concerning Ekar Keapu, a reporter for the newspaper The
National. On 28 November 2003 at 10.30 a.m. he was covering a confrontation between the
police and a group of vendors outside the Gordon Market in Port Moresby. Ekar Keapu was
confronted by a policeman who ordered him not to take any photographs and later smashed
the camera on the ground. Another policeman approached from behind and punched him on
the side of the face. A third policeman threatened him with a steel rod.
This report has been published by Equipo Nizkor and Derechos Human Rights on July 27, 2005.