Indonesia - Why Indonesia should release two detained French journalists

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Held since early August, Valentine Bourrat and Thomas Dandois are to go on trial next week After holding French journalists Valentine Bourrat and Thomas Dandois in the eastern province of Papua for 70 days, the Indonesian authorities announced yesterday that they will be tried on a charge of misusing an entry visa, which carries a possible five-year jail sentence. The authorities decided to go ahead with a trial in Papua's capital, Jayapura, on 20 October despite many international calls (...)

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