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  • Six Papuans were jailed by an Indonesian court Friday after their treason trial earlier descended into a standoff when the activists refused orders to remove traditional penis gourds. The group -- mostly university students -- were slapped with sentences ranging from eight to nine months for raising the flag of the restive Papua region at a Jakarta rally last year. The Morning Star flag is illegal in Indonesia, which is deeply sensitive about its easternmost province where a low-level insurgency has simmered for decades. On Friday, the Jakarta District Court ruled that raising the flag was "an act of treason intended to overthrow the legitimate government". The group's lawyer Michael Hilman decried the ruling. "Today's verdict shows Papuans' freedom of expression will be even more repressed in the future," he told AFP. "The judges cannot even explain how raising a flag could overthrow the government," he added. The trial was delayed at least twice earlier this year when two of the activists -- wearing Papuan headgear with their faces painted and the word "monkey" scrawled on their bodies -- refused to remove their genital coverings. Papua has seen several spasms of violence, including deadly unrest last year partly linked to a fresh push for independence and racism against Papuans, who have been called monkeys and other slurs. More than 50 Papuans have been charged with treason since the demonstrations, according to Amnesty International. Ethnically Melanesian, most Papuans are Christians who have few cultural links to Muslim-majority Indonesia. A former Dutch colony, Papua came under Indonesian control in the 1960s after a self-determination vote widely viewed as a sham. hrl/pb/axn
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  • Indonesia jails six Papuans on treason charges
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