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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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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...

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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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