News Archives - United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP)

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...

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...

April 4, 2025 UK Government reaffirms support for UN visit to West Papua

The British government restated its commitment to a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visit...

March 27, 2025 ULMWP & FLNKS hold historic meeting in European Parliament

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front...

March 24, 2025 Reverend Socrates Yoman speaks at West Papua APPG in UK Parliament

Reverend Socrates Yoman, President of the West Papuan Baptist Church, addressed MPs today (24th March...

September 21, 2024 Press release: Raki Ap appointed ULMWP Spokesperson

Top Lines: Raki Ap has been appointed spokesperson of the United Liberation Movement for West...

September 10, 2024 West Papua APPG held in UK Parliament

The inaugural West Papua All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of the new Parliament was held in...

May 10, 2024 News: Scottish Friends of West Papua launched in Scottish Parliament

A new Scottish chapter of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) launched yesterday (10th...

February 29, 2024 Hearing in Dutch Parliament calls for UN visit to West Papua

A Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on the urgency of a UN visit to West Papua...

November 17, 2023 Benny Wenda: Genocide is happening in West Papua

Indonesian President Jokowi has again shown that he is an arch-hypocrite when it comes to...

October 20, 2023 News: IPWP meeting calls for urgent UN visit to West Papua

The International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) held a major meeting in the UK Parliament...

July 3, 2023 Meeting in European Parliament addresses Human Rights in West Papua

A meeting held last week in the European Parliament called for the EU to reconsider...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

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,...

With Senators from PSOE, Geroa Bai, Adelante Andalucia, Compromis, EH Bildu, ERC & PNV.

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...

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...

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...

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 –...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...