Amnesty protest at Indonesian Embassy

This is a demonstration for Filep Karma and Yusak Pakage, Papuans who were given long prison terms for raising the Papuan flag in a peaceful demonstration. Indonesia occupied western New Guinea in the 1960s, and has faced sporadic resistance since. While much of Indonesia is in Southeast Asia, Papuans are a Pacific people.

 

Indonesian and other countries struggle with issues of self-determination.

 

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Uploaded on December 1, 2009