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WEST PAPUA: Letter from Councillor Matt Sellwood, Oxford City Council
By FREE WEST PAPUA CAMPAIGN (UK)
Mar 28, 2008, 00:48

WEST PAPUA: Letter from Councillor Matt Sellwood, Oxford City Council (Green Party) to UK Foreign Secretary, David Miliband MP

Oxford, 27 March 2008

Dear Foreign Secretary,


I wanted to write to you, briefly, to express my anger and dismay at the appeasement of Indonesia by your department, particularly by Under Secretary Meg Munn in her speech at Wilton Park on March 3rd.

In the speech, Ms Munn expressed the view that the way in which Indonesia is dealing with West Papua could be used as 'an example for the world'. I am curious as to which parts of the beatings, torture, extra-judicial imprisonments and supression of freedom of expression Ms Munn was referring to.

I am a member of an elected body, Oxford City Council, that proudly flies the West Papuan flag each year in solidarity with those in West Papua who cannot do so - and are beaten and tortured for trying.



Perhaps Ms Munn would like to come and visit Oxford, and meet the West Papuans who live here. She would certainly get a different picture of the situation than she clearly does from her cozy chats with the Indonesian Foreign Minister.



Yours,



Matt Sellwood

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Cllr Matt Sellwood

Holywell Ward

Oxford City Council


Richard Samuelson
Free West Papua Campaign, Oxford, UK.
www.freewestpapua.org



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