Yustinus Murib (died November 5, 2003) was a West Papuan rebel who was the leader of the Free Papua Movement, a separatist group that since the 1960s has been fighting for independence from

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. Shortly before being killed Murib sent letters to a few different world leaders and the

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, calling for an independent nation to be a mediator between

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and the Papuan independence movement. He and other leaders of the separatist movement had called for peace talks with the central government, but on November 6, 2003 Kopassus troops killed him and nine of his men. The

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displayed his corpse as a trophy.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Murib, Yustinus Indonesian rebels 2003 deaths People from Western New Guinea