A new website and campaign has been launched to highlight Indonesia’s appalling record of jailing peaceful activists.
The website is intended to support advocacy for the rights of the political prisoners who are currently languishing in jails across West Papua.
There are at least 40 political detainees being held in Papuan jails. Many have been subjected to torture, denied access to lawyers, and suffered all manner of other human rights violations.
Across Indonesia there are well over 100 political prisoners, a fact backed up by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
One of the worst cases is that of Filep Karma. He is serving a 15 YEAR jail term, simply for unfurling a banned independence flag. He was convicted of “treason” and claims to have been mistreated in custody.
In 2011 Amnesty International designated him a prisoner of conscience and called for his immediate release.
Find out more about Filep Karma here:
http://www.papuansbehindbars.org/?prisoner_profiles=filep-karma&lang=en
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filep_Karma
If you care about human rights you should care about WEST PAPUA!