Papua: Charges Against Papuan Activists For Peacefully Expressing Their Political Views Should Be Dropped

Papua: Charges Against Papuan Activists For Peacefully Expressing Their Political Views Should Be Dropped   The Indonesian government should drop charges against five Papuan activists who are being prosecuted for peacefully expressing their political views, Human Rights Watch said today. On January 30, 2012, the district court in Jayapura, the Papua provincial capital, will begin the treason (makar) trial of five leaders of the Papuan People’s Congress, which the authorities forcibly...

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