Indonesian president lifts foreign media restrictions in Papua


  • World
  • Sunday, 10 May 2015

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's president said on Sunday that foreign journalists no longer need special permission to travel to the politically-sensitive Papua province, lifting decades-old restrictions imposed due to a long simmering secessionist movement.

The announcement comes a day after President Joko Widodo pardoned five political prisoners in Papua, home to a small insurgency that has clashed with the military and police over the past decades.

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