User:Yulvin mote

Yulvin mote was born 16 may 1994, commonly known as  yulvin mote, is a Papuan independence activist. On 1 December 2013 he helped raise the Morning Star flag at a ceremony in paniai, West Papua, currently occupied by the Government of Indonesia, for which he was charged with treason and given a five months prison sentence.

Background	Edit

yulvin was born in paniai,papua he raised in an upper-class family active in local politics.

Yulvin was influenced as a child by a midnight raid on his home by Indonesian soldiers who broke the family's furniture.

Flag-raisings and prison terms	Edit

The Morning Star flag, used by supporters of Papuan independence

On 2 July 2014, he led a ceremony to raise the West Papuan flag in paniai, following which, activists clashed with police, resulting in injuries to a dozen officers. The Indonesian military occupied paniai  uwamani village four days later and fired on the activists;  mote has alleged that more than 100 protesters were killed and buried on nearby  enarotali, though a precise death toll is unknown. Human Rights Watch protested the Indonesian government's actions, noting that in the months that followed, it "continuously failed to carry out a serious investigation of these incidents, or hold accountable the perpetrators of abuses against the people in paniai.[3] mote  himself was wounded in both legs by rubber bullets.[3] He was then arrested, tried, and sentenced to six-and-a-half years' imprisonment for treason; the sentence was overturned on appeal after  more had been in prison for ten months.[5]