Oxford Town Hall in the UK has been flying the West Papua flag from its roof for the past 3 days in a show of support for West Papua’s independence struggle.
The gesture came about after a meeting between exiled tribal leader Benny Wenda and the Lord Mayor of Oxford four years ago. Since then, Oxford Town Hall has flown the flag every year on West Papua’s independence day.
West Papua Media Alerts previously reported on how the Indonesian Embassy in London had last year put pressure on the UK Foreign Office to outlaw the raising of the West Papua flag at Oxford Town Hall, but this request was refused.
This Wednesday, activists from the UK based Free West Papua Campaign held a demonstration in London outside the Indonesian Embassy in London. Tribal leader Benny Wenda then visited Downing Street with Lord Harries to hand in a letter and ‘genocide dossier’ to the Prime Minister.
Earlier this year, British Prime Minister David Cameron described the plight of the Papuan people as a ‘terrible situation’ – the highest profile political leader to acknowledge the situation. Since then there have been growing calls within the UK for action to help West Papua. David Cameron had previously met Benny Wenda whilst leader of the UK opposition and showed sympathy for the West Papua issue.
West Papua Media Alerts 
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