January 26, 2021
President Wenda: State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans reveals Jakarta’s true agenda
More leading Indonesian figures have made racial slurs against Natalius Pigai, former chair of the...
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January 18, 2021
West Papua in 2021: arrests, abductions and plans for ethnic cleansing
Following the announcement of a Provisional Government of West Papua and rejection of Jakarta’s ‘Special...
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January 13, 2021
Netherlands becomes 83rd state calling for UN visit to West Papua
The Netherlands has become the 83rd international state calling for the UN High Commissioner for...
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January 7, 2021
President Wenda’s New Year’s Message: Year begins with renewed Indonesian repression
The ULMWP Provisional Government would like to offer its heartfelt new year’s wishes to all...
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December 16, 2020
Press Release: Urgent UN complaint submitted to protect ULMWP leadership and members
An urgent UN complaint has been submitted today (December 16) to protect the leaders and...
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December 10, 2020
Interim President Wenda: Indonesian Government greets UN Human Rights Day with military operations and arrests
Today, on UN Human Rights Day, I am calling on the Indonesian government to withdraw...
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December 9, 2020
Indonesian military violence against West Papuan religious figures – summary
A number of West Papuan religious figures have been killed or wounded in recent months,...
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December 3, 2020
Press Release: Benny Wenda ready for talks; British Ambassador summoned in Jakarta; Indonesian police and military threaten action against President Wenda
Interim President Benny Wenda ready to sit down with Jokowi ‘president-to-president’; British Ambassador in Jakarta...
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December 1, 2020
Press Release: ‘Provisional Government’ of West Papua announced, Indonesian rule rejected
Provisional Government created to achieve referendum and an independent West Papua; Future Republic of West...
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December 1, 2020
Benny Wenda: Provisional Government of West Papua won’t bow down to Jakarta
Today, we announce the formation of our Provisional Government of West Papua. We are ready...
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November 30, 2020
Indonesia arrests own law-makers in new crack-down; UN responds
Eighty-four Papuans were arrested for ‘treason’ on November 17, 2020, in Merauke, as Indonesia moves...
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November 25, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Three school children massacred in Puncak as Indonesia targets new generation
An Indonesian military death squad is roaming the regency of Puncak, killing West Papuan school...
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November 19, 2020
ULMWP Chairman: Hold mass prayer meetings on Dec. 1 to commemorate our day of recognition
[In Bahasa below] On December 1, 1961, our people’s right to self-determination was finally recognised...
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November 11, 2020
UK Government becomes 82nd state demanding UN access to West Papua
In a major victory for the ULMWP, the British Government has stated its support for...
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October 27, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Martial Law is being imposed in West Papua
The Indonesian government is imposing effective martial law on West Papua. There is no other...
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October 20, 2020
ULMWP Executive welcomes Legislative Council’s adoption of Provisional Constitution
As the Executive of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), we welcome the...
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September 29, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Indonesian police storm West Papuan university as Vanuatu speaks out at UN
Just days after the Republic of Vanuatu made statements on West Papua at the UN...
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September 24, 2020
URGENT WEST PAPUA ALERT: MASS ARRESTS IN NABIRE
The ULMWP has received urgent information from inside West Papua concerning the mass arrest of...
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September 23, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Pastor shot dead as the people of West Papua resist ‘Special Autonomy’
As the UN General Assembly meets to celebrate its 75th anniversary, it continues to ignore...
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September 15, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Happy Independence Anniversary to Papua New Guinea
On behalf of the people of West Papua, congratulations and warm wishes to the people,...
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August 25, 2020
ULWMP Chair: Two suspicious deaths of Papuan lawyers; three civilians murdered on Indonesian Independence Day
Two leading West Papuan lawyers have mysteriously died this month, following their successful advocacy for...
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August 11, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Don’t celebrate Indonesian Independence, commemorate New York Agreement and racist attacks
[Bahasa translation below] This week is incredibly important for the people of West Papua’s collective...
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July 29, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Happy 40th Independence Anniversary to Vanuatu
On July 30, the Republic of Vanuatu will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its independence...
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July 21, 2020
ULMWP Chair: New killings in Nduga show independence only solution in West Papua
[Bahasa translation below] Two more unarmed West Papuan civilians have been killed by the Indonesian...
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July 8, 2020
ULMWP Chair: A referendum, not ‘autonomy’, is the only solution in West Papua
[Bahasa translation below] For over 50 years, Indonesia has been promising West Papua ‘autonomy’. Each...
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June 18, 2020
Benny Wenda: Victory for political prisoners – but we must be vigilant
On behalf of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua and the people of West...
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June 2, 2020
Urgent alert: Prosecutor seeking 17 years in prison for Buchtar Tabuni
Buchtar Tabuni, one of dozens of political prisoners arrested during the 2019 West Papua Uprising,...
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May 29, 2020
Black Melanesian lives matter in West Papua – despite Indonesia’s genocidal Covid response
Since Indonesia invaded and occupied our country in 1963, Black Melanesian West Papuans have been...
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May 11, 2020
Benny Wenda: Indonesia using Covid crisis to arrest, imprison, torture
I have received urgent information from West Papua regarding the Indonesian State’s renewed hijacking of...
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April 30, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Remember the day Indonesia illegally invaded our country
Fifty-seven years ago to the day, on May 1, 1963, the Indonesian State illegally invaded...
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