Indonesia releases Dutch journalists

Four Dutch journalists arrested in the Indonesian province of Papua on Monday have been freed, the NRC reports.


The Indonesian authorities said it arrested the four because they did not have proper papers. They were in Papua to report on a pro-independence demonstration.

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