Filep Karma
Filep Karma | |
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Filep Karma wearing his East Timorese hat and West Papuan flag as his clothing pin. | |
| Born | Filep Jacob Semuel Karma 14 August 1959 |
| Died | 1 November 2022 (aged 63) Jayapura, Papua, Indonesia |
| Nationality | Indonesian |
| Known for | 2004 arrest |
Filep Jacob Semuel Karma (14 August 1959 – 1 November 2022) 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. He was released on 19 November 2015.