19.2.11
infoZine - Amnesty International Demands the Release of Imprisoned Indonesian Activist - Kansas City, Missouri News: "By Hamdhoon Rashad - Cries of “Shame on Indonesia” rang outside the Indonesian Embassy in Thursday as Amnesty International held a rally to demand the immediate and unconditional release of imprisoned Indonesian activist Filep Karma.
Washington, D.C. - infoZine - Scripps Howard Foundation Wire - The Amnesty group called on the Indonesian government to release the man they call a prisoner of conscience. Karma, 51, who was jailed for his role in a peaceful flag-raising protest in the Papua Province of Indonesia in December 2004.
“We hold this rally every month to remind the Indonesian government that we are not going to give up on Filep,” Claudia Vandermade, special focus case coordinator at Amnesty International USA, said.
Some 200 people participated in a non-violent ceremony outside Abepura in Papua Province on Dec.1, 2004, when the Morning Star flag, a symbol of Papuan independence, was raised in commemoration of the declaration of Papuan independence in 1962."
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