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January 2, 2020 ULMWP Chair: New Year’s message to the people of West Papua

Last year was both terrible and good for the people of West Papua. We continued...

December 24, 2019 ULMWP Chairman’s Christmas message to the people of West Papua

Twenty-nineteen has been the worst year on record for the people of West Papua. They...

November 18, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: December 1 must be a ‘Day of Mourning’ for all who died this year

I, Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) declare Sunday December 1,...

October 29, 2019 Benny Wenda: President Jokowi treating West Papua as holiday home in midst of human rights crisis

[Bahasa translation below] President Jokowi has made another trip to West Papua, treating it as...

October 7, 2019 ULMWP Chairman’s response to reports President Widodo willing to hold meeting

[Bahasa version below] I, Chair of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), am...

October 4, 2019 URGENT STATEMENT: Indonesia must not move Agus Kossay and Buchtar Tabuni from West Papua to Jakarta

As Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), I call upon the...

September 24, 2019 ULMWP Chair: Urgent United Nations and Pacific Islands Forum intervention needed to prevent more massacres in West Papua

[Bahasa translation below] Twenty-nineteen is becoming the worst year in nearly six decades of illegal...

September 12, 2019 Message of Condolence from the Chairman of the ULMWP to the Government and People of the Kingdom of Tonga

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and people of West Papua would like...

September 9, 2019 ULMWP Chair: Urgent action needed as Indonesia attempts to destroy West Papuan liberation movement

[Bahasa translation below] We are winning the struggle with Indonesia. Politically, legally, morally, our arguments...

September 5, 2019 ULMWP Chairman calls on Widodo and Wiranto to hold a referendum, stop personal attacks

[Bahasa version of statement, below.] Hundreds of thousands of West Papuans are rising up for...

August 30, 2019 URGENT ALERT: United Nations intervention needed before Santa Cruz like massacre takes place in West Papua

The people of West Papua need urgent international attention. I am calling on all the...

August 26, 2019 PRESS RELEASE: ‘Second Wave’ of ‘West Papua Uprising’ commences in struggle for independence referendum

Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in second wave of protests; One...

August 21, 2019 Ketua ULMWP: Bergeraklah dan bersatulah melawan rasisme dan diskriminasi

SERUAN POLITIK Saya selaku Ketua Eksekutif dan pemimpian Bangsa Papua menyampaikan keprihatinan yang mendalam atas...

August 20, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: UN must visit West Papua following racist attacks

I, as Chair of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, express my deep concern...

August 18, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: Stop Indonesian repression of the people of West Papua

[Statement in Bahasa below.] Over the past three days, the people of West Papua have...

August 15, 2019 PRESS RELEASE: Brutal Indonesian police crack-down as West Papua issue pushed forward in PIF

Indonesian police have arrested over 140 West Papuans calling for Pacific leaders to make a...

August 10, 2019 Press Release – ULMWP Chairman welcomes call for United Nations Human Rights Mission to West Papua

The Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda has welcomed...

August 10, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: Don’t celebrate Indonesian independence – we are mourning for Nduga

[Translation into Bahasa below.] I, as Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua,...

July 26, 2019 UK Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn sends statement of congratulations to ULMWP Chairman

On 17th July 2019, ULMWP Chairman Benny Wenda was granted Freedom of the City of...

July 21, 2019 ULMWP Chairman receives Freedom of the City of Oxford

On Wednesday 17th July, Benny Wenda the Chairman of The United Liberation Movement for West...

July 3, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: We are ready to peacefully reclaim our country from Indonesian colonialism

The ULMWP, with the support of the West Papuan people, is ready to peacefully reclaim...

July 1, 2019 Press Release: West Papuan military factions form unified ‘West Papua Army’ in historic declaration

July 1, 2019 The three main West Papuan military factions announced their unification today, following...

June 6, 2019 UK Parliamentary meeting hears update on the struggle for self-determination in West Papua

A meeting held in the UK’s Parliament last Tuesday received extensive updates on the human...

May 30, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: Congratulations to Prime Minister James Marape of PNG

Dear Hon. Prime Minister James Marape, On behalf of the people of West Papua and...

May 13, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: Indonesia must not execute West Papuan political prisoner Yogor Telenggen

As Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). I condemn in the...

May 9, 2019 UK Government calls Act of Free Choice ‘utterly flawed’ during historic parliamentary debate

The UK Parliament held a comprehensive hour-long debate into West Papuan human rights on Wednesday....

April 18, 2019 Boycott of 2019 Indonesian Election Successful: 60% of West Papuans didn’t vote

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) estimates that 60% of voters have boycotted...

April 16, 2019 ULMWP Spokesperson: West Papuans mourn the passing of Pastor Dr. Neles Kebadaby Tebay

West Papuans mourn the passing of Pastor Dr. Neles Kebadaby Tebay Pr, Catholic priest, prolific...

April 1, 2019 Human Rights Investigators: Bombs dropped, hospitals torched and thousands displaced in Nduga

A delegation from Front Line Defenders, a human rights monitoring group, has reported that over...

March 28, 2019 The ULMWP provides humanitarian aid to the victims of Sentani flooding

On March 27, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), provided humanitarian assistance to...

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