The students were charged with organising and attending an outlawed event and producing materials promoting Papuan independence. - SCREENGRAB FROM BOYPAPUA61/TWITTER, WESTPAPUAMEDIA/TWITTER
JAKARTA (AFP):Indonesian authorities detained and charged eight West Papuan students with treason on Thursday (Dec 2) for raising the banned Morning Star flag used by supporters of independence for the restive province, police said.
On Wednesday scores of people had gathered at a stadium in West Papua's capital Jayapura to celebrate the anniversary of the region's declaration of independence from Dutch colonial rule in 1961, before Indonesia took control two years later.
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