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 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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June 17, 2022
Meeting in UK Parliament advances call for a UN visit to West Papua
The International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) held a meeting in the British Parliament on...
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May 12, 2022
New West Papua support network launched in European Parliament
A new network of MPs in support of West Papua was launched today (May 12,...
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April 22, 2022
News: Pacific Elders call for UN visit to West Papua
The Pacific Elders’ Voice (PEV), comprising former heads of state, US congresspersons and regional figures,...
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February 22, 2022
ULMWP Provisional Government welcomed in the Basque Country and Spain
Last week, Interim President Benny Wenda and ULMWP Head of EU Mission Oridek Ap were...
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October 25, 2021
News: Basque Parliament passes resolution in support of West Papua
On October 8, 2021, the Basque Parliament passed a motion of support with the West...
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October 11, 2021
News: UN Secretary-General’s report exposes attacks on human rights defenders in West Papua
A new United Nations report has detailed the harassment and surveillance of West Papuan human...
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September 8, 2021
News: 79-state OACPS reiterates call for UN human rights chief to be allowed into West Papua
The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), made up of 79 countries –...
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June 30, 2021
News: People of West Papua pay tribute to late Pastor Allen Nafuki
West Papuans have has held mourning ceremonies following the death of Pastor Allen Nafuki, a...
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June 15, 2021
West Papua Council of Churches condemns President Widodo in open letters
In a series of open letters, the West Papua Council of Churches (WPCC) have written...
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April 16, 2021
West Papua Council of Churches calls for immediate UN investigation in West Papua
The West Papua Council of Churches (WPCC) has written to the UN High Commissioner for...
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April 5, 2021
UN human rights chief and Vanuatu condemn Indonesian abuses in West Papua
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has spoken out against the ‘alarming...
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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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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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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 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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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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April 13, 2020
West Papua stands with Vanuatu and Solomon Islands amid Cyclone Harold
On behalf of the ULMWP and the people of West Papua, I send my deepest...
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January 31, 2020
ULMWP Delegation welcomed to EU Parliament by President of Catalonia
A ULMWP delegation, comprised of Chairman Benny Wenda and Head of EU Mission Oridek Ap,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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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March 19, 2019
US State Department: Detention, intimidation and discrimination in West Papua
The 2019 U.S. State Department human rights report has detailed a litany of abuses committed...
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February 21, 2019
United Nations experts condemn human rights abuse and racism in West Papua
The largest group of independent experts within the UN human rights system has issued an...
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