Selpius Bobi

Selpius Bobi is a political activist for the independence of Western New Guinea (West Papua) from Indonesia .

For his role in the March 2006 uprising in the city of Abepur, West Papua, he was sentenced to prison by the Indonesian authorities and served four years in prison between 2006 and 2010. On January 26, 2011, he organized protests by the Papuan people in Jayapura . It was criticized that the Papuan People's Assembly (MRP) does not support the local population sufficiently. From October 17-19 , 2011, he took part in the third Papua People's Congress in Abepur as chairman of the assembly. On October 19, 2011, he was arrested for high treason.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Violence against Political Prisoners , at: vhrmedia.com (Engl.)
2. ↑ Intensive Security at Papuan Congress, at: tempointeractive.com (English)  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ ^{a b} 10 lawyers to assist Papua congress suspects: Cons , at: Jakarta Post (eng.) ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.