Buchtar Tabuni is a Papuan independence

Independence

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 activist, leader of the National Committee for West Papua

National Committee for West Papua

The National Committee for West Papua is a Papuan peoples' group campaigning for independence of Papua and West Papua....

 (Komite Nasional
Papua Barat, KNPB). Amnesty International

Amnesty International

Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...

 considered him to be a prisoner of conscience

Prisoner of conscience

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.

He studied engineering in Makassar

Makassar

Makassar, is the provincial capital of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the largest city on Sulawesi Island. From 1971 to 1999, the city was named Ujung Pandang, after a precolonial fort in the city, and the two names are often used interchangeably...

, South Sulawesi

South Sulawesi

South Sulawesi is a province of Indonesia, located on the western southern peninsula of Sulawesi Island. The province is bordered by Central Sulawesi province to the north, South East Sulawesi province to the east and West Sulawesi province to the west...

. He was arrested on December 3, 2008, in his house in Sentani

Sentani

Sentani can refer to several things related to a region on the north coast of the province of Papua, Indonesia:* Sentani *Lake Sentani, a relatively large, oddly-shaped freshwater lake* Sentani , a tribal group who originate from this area...

, near
Jayapura

Jayapura

Jayapura City is the capital of Papua province, Indonesia, on the island of New Guinea. It is situated on Yos Sudarso Bay . Its approximate population in 2002 was 200,000....

, for organizing protests against the accidental shooting of his relative, Opinus Tabuni. Buchtar Tabuni was sentenced to three years’ imprisonment. He was released from prison on August 17, 2011.

See also

• Human rights in Indonesia
  Human rights in Indonesia
  Indonesian government actions have been noted as a concern by advocates for human rights. Both Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International have criticized the Indonesian government on multiple subjects....
  
  
• National Committee for West Papua
  National Committee for West Papua
  The National Committee for West Papua is a Papuan peoples' group campaigning for independence of Papua and West Papua....
  
  
• Papua conflict
  Papua Conflict
  The Papua conflict is an ethnic separatist insurgency in Indonesia, predominantly in the Papua and West Papua provinces on the island of New Guinea. Since the withdrawal of the Dutch colonizers in 1963, the militant Free Papua Movement organization has conducted a low-level campaign of attacks on...