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May 11, 2026 Interim President: Genocide continues as Indonesia massacres ten West Papuans

Summary of events from May 1st to May 10th 2026: Five West Papuans were killed...

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April 30, 2026 President Wenda: ULMWP announces cabinet reshuffle to mark May 1st

May 1st will always be a day of mourning in West Papua. Today we mark...

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April 30, 2026 ULMWP Message of Condolence over the death of Lord Richard Harries

On behalf of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and people of West...

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April 27, 2026 President Wenda: Stop Indonesia’s crackdown on peaceful protest

On behalf of the ULMWP and the West Papuan people, I demand that Indonesia cease...

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April 23, 2026 Benny Wenda’s speech in the Dutch Parliament, 21st April

Below is the full version of the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave...

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April 22, 2026 Hearing in Dutch Parliament on humanitarian situation in West Papua

A Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on West Papua was held in the Dutch Parliament yesterday...

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April 16, 2026 President Wenda: Fifteen killed as Indonesia commits new massacre in Puncak

Note: This statement was edited to reflect updated reports that fifteen, rather than nine, West...

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April 9, 2026 The humanitarian cost of Indonesia’s refusal to allow a UN Human Rights visit to West Papua

Indonesia has refused the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights access to West Papua since...

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April 1, 2026 Urgent: Multiple West Papuans massacred by Indonesian police in Dogiyai

Indonesian police committed another atrocity yesterday (31st March) in West Papua, murdering at least five...

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March 23, 2026 Torture and forced disappearance of West Papuan civilian in Maybrat

  On March 22nd, The Indonesian military (TNI) arbitrarily arrested and tortured a West Papuan...

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March 20, 2026 Interim President Wenda: Indonesia humiliates West Papuans with arbitrary arrests in Tambrauw

On behalf of the ULMWP and the people of West Papua, I condemn Indonesia’s cruel...

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February 19, 2026 President Wenda: Indonesia lying about plane attack in Boven Digoel

The Indonesian government is tricking the world about its practices in West Papua. The Cessna...

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February 10, 2026 President Wenda: Indonesia bombing refugee camps in West Papua

In yet another flagrant breach of international law, Indonesia has bombed a makeshift refugee camp...

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January 21, 2026 Free West Papua campaign protests Prabowo’s UK visit: Benny Wenda statement

The following statement by ULMWP President Benny Wenda was read out at the picket outside...

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January 12, 2026 Interim President: Indonesia is unfit to lead the UN Human Rights Council

Indonesia is totally unfit to hold the Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council. How...

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December 18, 2025 ULMWP President Benny Wenda’s Christmas Message

As 2025 comes to an end, I would like to thank everyone who has supported...

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December 16, 2025 West Papua APPG held in UK Parliament  

The final West Papua All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of 2025 was held in the House...

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December 2, 2025 December 1st commemorated across West Papua and the world

December 1st marked the 64th anniversary of West Papua’s original Independence Day in 1961. The...

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December 2, 2025 President Wenda: West Papua Independence Day Speech, December 1st 2025

Below is the full version of the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave...

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November 4, 2025 President Wenda: December 1st a celebration of West Papuan unity

On behalf of the ULMWP, I declare this December 1st to be a celebration of...

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October 20, 2025 President Wenda: ULMWP condemns the massacre and bombing in Intan Jaya and Kiwirok

On behalf of the ULMWP and the West Papuan people, I condemn the massacre perpetrated...

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October 15, 2025 President Wenda: Indonesia bombards Star Mountains as situation escalates across West Papua 

Indonesia is again bombing Kiwirok, the site of a huge massacre in 2021 that killed...

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September 30, 2025 President Wenda: West Papua will never be an internal matter for Indonesia

No matter what the Indonesian ambassador to Fiji might say, West Papua is not and...

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September 24, 2025 President Wenda: If Indonesia can recognise Israel and Palestine, why not West Papua?

At UNGA yesterday, Indonesia pledged to recognise Israel if they in turn recognise a Palestinian...

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September 16, 2025 President Wenda: West Papua included in PIF communique

On behalf of the ULMWP, I welcome the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) 2025 Communique reaffirming...

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September 15, 2025 President Wenda: Happy Independence Day to Papua New Guinea

On behalf of the West Papuan people, I wish our brothers and sisters in Papua...

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September 10, 2025 UK complicity in ecocide in West Papua: Parliamentary launch

A new report about British involvement in occupied West Papua was launched yesterday (9th September...

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September 1, 2025 President Wenda: West Papua ready to depart from collapsing Indonesia

Indonesia is in chaos, as massive protests have erupted over corruption, economic hardship, and police...

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August 28, 2025 President Wenda: Indonesia kills West Papuans to celebrate Independence Day

Indonesia continues to murder children as they escalate their military operations across West Papua. Two...

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August 14, 2025 President Wenda: No Indonesian Independence Day Celebration in West Papua

As President of the ULMWP, I call on all West Papuans to refuse to take...

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