‘We are supportive of a campaign in the area to support the lgtb community but we are calling on the students to display the flag in their own windows.
Banning flags is bowing for terrorism,’ she told the paper. Local VVD chief Claire Martens said Duwo should have taken more measures to keep the students safe. The decision angered COC Amsterdam chair Margriet Veeger who said ‘intimidation has won’, according to the Parool.