Koman was born in Medan, North Sumatra on 14 June 1988.^[3] She graduated from the faculty of law at Pelita Harapan University.^[4] In 2016, she received an Indonesian government scholarship to continue studying at the Australian National University, graduating with a masters in law in July 2019.^[5] Outside of her activism on Papua, she also worked as a lawyer for asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Iran.^[3] In May 2017, she participated in a demonstration urging for the release of former Jakarta governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama from prison, and gave a speech criticizing Joko Widodo's government.^[6]

In September 2019, Indonesian police named Koman a suspect under the country's information and electronic transactions law for alleged "provocation" and for "spreading hoaxes".^[7] She was in Australia at the time and declined to return to Indonesia.^[8] Indonesia threatened to ask Interpol to issue a red notice for her arrest.^[9]

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