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Campaigners showed solidarity with their fellow countrymen by raising the West Papuan flag over Oxford Town Hall.
Exiled countryman Benna Wenda joined Oxford's Lord Mayor John Tanner and other local campaigners to mark West Papua's National Day on Saturday 1st December 2007.
Raising the flag - known as the Morning Star - is illegal inside the Indonesian-controlled territory and can result in jail or even execution according to campaigners.
Mr Wenda, 32, was give a 25-year prison sentence in 2002 for raising the flag in his country but escaped a year later and fled to join friends in Oxford. The father of four said, 'This is really important, very significant for me and for my people. It's really meaningful Seeing my country's flag raised at Oxford Town Hall makes me know that people are with us in our struggle for peace, justice and freedom for West Papua. It also make me cry deep in my heart because my people are suffering for so long under Indonesian rule.
In my country, if we raise our flag, Indonesian soldiers will shoot us dead. But here, the British people and Government have given me freedom. From here I can tell the world we Papuans just want to be free'.
Fellow campaigner Richard Samuelson, 43, from Oxford added, 'There is no freedom for people to campaign for independence in West Papua'.
City councillor Matt Sellwood said, 'I am delighted that Oxford is able to use its international profile to raise the issue of human rights in West Papua. What is going on there is an absolute disgrace'.
Campaigners say West Papua has been closed off to the outside world and claim the Indonesian military is killing and torturing the indigenous population.
 

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Representatives of the United Kingdom Police force attending the 9/11 Memorial Service in New York, 2004. Union flag donated by United Flags & Flagstaffs Ltd.

September 11th Digital Archive

The Grimsby & Cleethorpes Sea Cadet Corps hosted the Trafalgar Sunday 2004 Church Parade at St James' and carried out a march-past before the Mayor of N.E. Lincolnshire at the Borough's Town Hall. Sea Cadet Corps flag manufactured by United Flags & Flagstaffs Ltd. 

Grimsby & Cleethorpes Sea Cadet Corps

Merchant Navy Day, September 3rd 2006. On this day, every year from the year 2000 onward, hopefully, the Red Ensign will be seen flying proudly from both public and private buildings throughout the United Kingdom. This will remind the nation of our maritime heritage. 'We will remember those who have crossed the bar'. 

Merchant Navy Association

The Green Flag Award is the national standard for parks and green spaces in England and Wales. The award scheme began in 1996 as a means of recognising and reqarding the best green spaces in the country. It was also seen as a way of encouraging others to achieve the same high environmental standards, creating a benchmark of excellence in recreational green areas. Winning a Green Flag Award brings excellent publicity. Both the media and the public are becoming increasingly aware that a site flying a Green Flag is a high quality green space. Each site is judged on its own merits and suitability to the community it serves. We manufacture, install and maintain flagpoles that fly the Green Flag in many areas of Greater Manchester, Cheshire, Oldham and Rochdale. 

The Green Flag Award

Necessary Group