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View all search resultsThe four students were apprehended within the USTJ campus while they were holding an open forum as a protest at the judicial proceedings of the “Balikpapan Seven”, a group of Papuan students and activists who have been on trial on treason charges for their involvement in a string of anti-racism protests in Jayapura last year.
Protests took place simultaneously in several cities in Indonesia on Monday demanding that authorities drop all charges and release seven Papuan activists accused of treason at the Balikpapan District Court in East Kalimantan for their involvement in anti-racism protests in Jayapura, Papua last year.
The activists – Surya Anta, Ambrosius Mulait, Dano Tabuni, Charles Kossay and Ariana Lokbere – had been convicted of treason for protesting in support of Papuan independence in front of the Presidential Palace in Jakarta in August of last year.
Judges have sent activists to prison for committing treason during a protest supporting Papuan independence last August. A human rights watchdog criticized the decision, saying they had the right to assemble and voice their opinions.
The meeting with the regent was a follow-up to a discussion with Papuan migrant students the week before, during which the students asked the Papuan People’s Assembly, the Papuan Regional Legislative Council and the Papuan governor to pay more attention to their future.
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