Karma is serving a 15-year jail sentence for treason after he raised the banned Morning Star flag at a political rally in 2004.
The former public servant was told he could be freed from Abepura prison on Indonesia's Independence Day, August 17, due to usual remissions in a sentence for good behaviour.
But Karma rejected the package of release on the national holiday.
He said he would be happy to walk free the day after, if his release was “unconditional”.
