Indonesian police arrest Papuan independence figure for suspected treason

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JAKARTA: Indonesian authorities have arrested Papuan independence leader Victor Yeimo over accusations that he orchestrated some of the most ...

Protests convulsed Indonesia's provinces of Papua and West Papua, on the island of New Guinea - collectively known as Papua - for several weeks in August 2019.

The sometimes violent unrest erupted after a mob taunted Papuan students in Surabaya, Indonesia’s second city on the island of Java, with racial epithets, calling them"monkeys", over accusations they had desecrated a national flag.Papuan separatists have pushed for independence for decades, saying a 1969 vote overseen by the United Nations that brought the region under Indonesian control was illegitimate. Indonesia rejects the claims.

In a development that has alarmed rights activists, Indonesia's chief security minister has announced that armed Papuan separatists can beYeimo's arrest could inflame the situation further, said Indonesian human rights lawyer Veronica Koman. "Since the news broke that he was arrested, many West Papuans have already announced that they will take to the streets to demand his release," she said.

 

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VeronicaKoman Support Indonesia.

In Fact Papuan Case Is Similiar To XINJIANG And TIBET Case. I Give To You A CLUE,It's New York Agreement.

VeronicaKoman The Indonesian Taliban killed 2 non-papuan teachers and a pupil they wanted to get rid of, and many more. With 100 fighters only active in 4 gold rich districts of 27 Papua municipalities, not representing 4 million Papuans. Freedom fighters? Gold mafia terrorists without cause.

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