Wenda

"Wenda ..." called Krytella as the smallest redhead headed toward the table.

The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995

"Wenda -" called Krytella as the smallest redhead headed toward the table.

The Order War Modesitt, L. E. 1995

Wenda, who insists he supports a peaceful transition to self-rule for his native land, had been travelling widely to gather support for his movement.

Interpol criticised over attempt to arrest Asian separatist leader 2011

Benny Wenda, 37, who has been granted asylum and has lived in the UK since 2003, fears that if he travels abroad he could be detained and returned to Indonesia, where he is a wanted man.

Interpol criticised over attempt to arrest Asian separatist leader 2011

Benny Wenda performing as a singer in West Papuan ethnic dress.

Interpol criticised over attempt to arrest Asian separatist leader 2011

As a result refugees like Benny Wenda, who have travelled half way around the world to escape persecution, continue to be threatened from afar by oppressive governments.

Interpol criticised over attempt to arrest Asian separatist leader 2011

Wenda, whose wife, Maria, and six children live with him in Oxford, was a tribal leader in West Papua, a province of Indonesia, which separatists say was forcibly occupied in the 1960s when the Dutch left the region.

Interpol criticised over attempt to arrest Asian separatist leader 2011

Wenda, head of the Free West Papua movement, claims the charges against him have been trumped up in order to silence him.

Interpol criticised over attempt to arrest Asian separatist leader 2011

Papuan activist Benny Wenda, an escaped political prisoner now in England, is leading the International Parliamentarians for West Papua, a group modeled on a similar organization that helped East Timor secure independence from Indonesia.

Violence, Protests Underscore Papuan Independence Movement 2011

Any extradition request is unlikely to succeed, given that Wenda was granted political asylum.

Interpol criticised over attempt to arrest Asian separatist leader 2011