Mr Karma is serving a 15-year jail sentence for treason after he raising 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 Mr 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".
