OVER the last few days Kalasum Ladari’s house at Serui, Yapen Waropen Islands, Papua, was constantly visited by unknown individuals. “They threatened Kalasum so that she would not talk too much,” said Aston Situmorang, the activist who accompanied Kalasum’s family.

Terror began to be felt by Kalasum, 33, a week after the arrest video of her husband Yawan Menase Wayeni appeared on YouTube.com. In the 7-minute video presumably made by the