January 21, 2023
Interim President: Indonesia’s intervention in Myanmar an act of gross hypocrisy
The Indonesian Government is pursuing peace in Myanmar while continuing to perpetrate unspeakable and inhuman...
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January 12, 2023
Interim President: Release Lukas Enembe
On behalf of the ULMWP Executive, I call for the immediate and unconditional release of...
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December 19, 2022
Interim President Benny Wenda’s Christmas message
As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to thank everyone who has supported...
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December 15, 2022
Interim President Benny Wenda’s December 9th Speech at Queen Mary University of London
Below is the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave at Queen Mary University...
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December 13, 2022
Interim President: Mass displacements occurring in every corner of West Papua
I am very sad to hear news from on the ground in West Papua that...
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December 12, 2022
Interim President: ULMWP supports Pacific Conference of Churches’ call for boycott of Indonesia
On November 30th, the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) called for a boycott of all...
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December 1, 2022
Interim President Benny Wenda’s December 1 Speech at Oxford Town Hall
Below is the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave at Oxford Town Hall...
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November 18, 2022
News: Eight countries criticise Indonesian human rights abuses at UPR
Eight countries have called for immediate investigation of human rights abuses in occupied West Papua...
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November 18, 2022
Interim President: Release seven West Papuan students arrested for peaceful protest
Once again, Indonesia has once again shown to the world that freedom of expression and...
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November 15, 2022
Open Letter: Noam Chomsky, Peter Tatchell, Benjamin Zephaniah, Jeremy Corbyn, George Monbiot and others give their support to the Green State Vision
Below is an open letter signed by over 140 organisations and individuals in support of...
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November 15, 2022
Interim President: Hold prayer meetings on Dec. 1 to commemorate our national day
December 1st will be the 61st anniversary of the first raising of West Papua’s national...
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November 4, 2022
Interim President: Congratulations to new Vanuatu Prime Minister
The following was sent in a letter from Chairman Benny Wenda to the newly elected...
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November 1, 2022
Interim President: National Day of Mourning after death of Filep Karma
Today is a National Day of Mourning for the West Papuan people. All of us,...
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October 28, 2022
Interim President: statement on death of Morning Star flag-raiser, nine months after arrest
West Papuans everywhere are today mourning the loss of Zode Hilapok, one of the eight...
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October 17, 2022
Urgent Notice: Buchtar Tabuni and two ULMWP Ministers arrested by Indonesian Police
Indonesian Police have arrested Buchtar Tabuni, one of West Papua’s most important liberation leaders, along...
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October 10, 2022
Interim President: West Papua mourns the loss of Jonah Wenda and Leonie Tanggahma
The people of West Papua are today mourning the passing of two towering figures in...
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September 21, 2022
Interim President: Lukas Enembe is innocent
Lukas Enembe, the Governor of Papua Province, is the latest Papuan leader to be criminalised...
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September 16, 2022
Interim President: Full liberation for all of New Guinea is coming
On behalf of the people of West Papua, I offer congratulations to all our Melanesian...
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September 9, 2022
Interim President: statement on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
On behalf of the ULMWP Provisional Government I would like to offer my condolences and...
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September 9, 2022
Interim President: Papuaphobia behind Indonesia’s arrest of Eltinus Omaleng
Only a week after four indigenous West Papuans were murdered and mutilated in Mimika by...
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September 2, 2022
Interim President: Indonesian President’s visit an insult to murdered West Papuans
President Joko Widodo has again visited West Papua, in the same week that five of...
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August 30, 2022
Interim President: brutal killing of four West Papuans is a reminder of the reality of Indonesian colonialism
It is heartbreaking to hear that four indigenous Papuan civilians have been killed and mutilated...
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August 19, 2022
Interim President: Congratulations to Papua New Guinea PM on his re-election
On behalf of the people of West Papua and the United Liberation Movement for West...
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August 15, 2022
Interim President: Mourning the 60th anniversary of the New York Agreement
Today, August 15th, marks sixty years since West Papua was betrayed. On this day in...
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July 29, 2022
Interim President: Happy Independence Day Anniversary to Vanuatu
The 30th of July marks the 42nd anniversary of the Republic of Vanuatu’s independence from...
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July 25, 2022
Press release: West Papuan and Kanak liberation movements sign Memorandum of Understanding
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and the Kanak and Socialist National Liberation...
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July 15, 2022
Interim President: West Papua mourns the loss of Julianus Sapioper
I am deeply sad to learn of the passing of Julianus Sapioper, a West Papuan...
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July 12, 2022
Interim President: Pacific Islands Forum must urge Indonesia to allow UN access to West Papua
On behalf of the Provisional Government and people of West Papua, I would like to...
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July 1, 2022
Interim President: Celebrating the 51st anniversary of the OPM independence declaration
Today we celebrate the 51st anniversary of the independence declaration of the Free Papua Movement...
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June 20, 2022
Interim President’s June 14th Speech at IPWP meeting in UK Parliament
Below is a full version of the speech that Interim President Benny Wenda gave during...
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