Hand reading ‘Convicted narcotics prisoner’: What about some for us!

Forgotten amid the uproar over an alleged political trade off with Australia after President Yudhoyono (right) granted clemency to convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby, is the fate of scores of political prisoners jailed for peacefully protesting against Jakarta rule in Papua. Unlike Corby, who has the Australian government on her side, Canberra fully supports Indonesia’s sovereignty over West Papua and is turning a blind eye to Jakarta’s brutal suppression of decent in the province.