Filep Karma

Male, Person

1959 –

25

Who is Filep Karma?

Filep Jacob Semuel Karma, commonly known as Filep Karma, is a Papuan independence activist. On 1 December 2004 he helped raise the Morning Star flag at a ceremony in Jayapura, Indonesia, for which he was charged with treason and given a fifteen-year prison sentence. Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have protested on his behalf, the former designating him a prisoner of conscience.

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Born
Aug 15, 1959
Biak
Ethnicity
  • Papuan people
Nationality
  • Indonesia

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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