West Papua flag to fly at Parliament

The West Papuan independence flag will be flown on the grounds of Parliament this afternoon by the Green Party.

The flag is raised every year on December the 1st in West Papua, despite the risk of arrest by Indonesian authorities for doing so.

Green MP Catherine Delahunty hopes to raise awareness of what she calls the suffering of the people of West Papua by raising the flag.

Ms Delahunty says New Zealand must keep raising human rights issues with Indonesia to have a peaceful and stable region.

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