Filep Karma

Filep Karma
Filep Karma wearing his East Timorese hat and West Papuan flag as his clothing pin.
Born
Filep Jacob Semuel Karma

14 August 1959
Jayapura,[1] Dutch New Guinea[2]
Died1 November 2022(2022-11-01) (aged 63)
Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia
NationalityIndonesian
Known for2004 arrest

Filep Jacob Semuel Karma (14 August 1959 – 1 November 2022)[3] was a West Papua independence activist. On 1 December 2004, he helped raise the Morning Star flag at a ceremony in Jayapura, for which he was charged with treason and given a fifteen-year prison sentence. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch protested on his behalf, the former designating him a prisoner of conscience.[4] He was released on 19 November 2015.[5]

  1. ^ Karma, F.; Soenmi, L. (2014). Seakan kitorang setengah binatang: rasialisme Indonesia di tanah Papua (in Indonesian). Penerbit Deiyai. p. 2. ISBN 978-602-17071-4-2. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  2. ^ Karma, F.; Soenmi, L. (2014). Seakan kitorang setengah binatang: rasialisme Indonesia di tanah Papua (in Indonesian). Penerbit Deiyai. p. 110. ISBN 978-602-17071-4-2.
  3. ^ "Aktivis Filep Karma Ditemukan Meninggal di Pantai Jayapura". detiknews (in Indonesian). 1 November 2022. Retrieved 1 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Filep Karma, Jailed for Raising a Flag". Amnesty International. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 April 2011. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Indonesia releases prominent Papuan pro-independence leader from jail". ABC News. Australia. 19 November 2015. Retrieved 19 November 2015.