Dolvius Hisage (20) is a student at Universitas Cenderawasih and was arrested on 30 August 2019. He distributed pamphlets on 28 August to invite people to join the following day’s protest and led protestors marching to the governor office during the protest. Prosecutors sought eight months imprisonment for him. He was released on 26 January 2020 because his detention term had finished. The District Court found him guilty of violating Article 160 of the Criminal Code on incitement and sentenced him to six months in jail on 20 February 2020. The evidence used against him was only five pamphlets. He appealed and the Court of Appeal upheld the verdict on 28 April 2020.
