The Wasior operation was led by troops from Brimob -- a paramilitary police unit with a notorious human rights record whose members provide security to some logging, mining and other commercial enterprises in Papua and elsewhere in Indonesia.

During the operation at least seven people were killed and one person died in custody as a result of torture. Twenty-seven people were sentenced to prison terms after unfair trials. Local human rights organizations, like Elsham, estimate that over 100 other people were detained, tortured or otherwise ill-treated, that hundreds of people were internally displaced and dozens of houses destroyed.

"Rather than identifying and bringing to justice the individuals responsible for the attacks on the logging companies, the operation appears to have turned into a campaign of revenge against the immediate community and beyond," Amnesty International said.

The organization is calling on the Indonesian government to establish an independent investigation into the allegations of human rights violations in Wasior and to ensure that those responsible are brought to justice, including those with command responsibility.