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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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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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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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