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

August 28, 2023 President Wenda: ULMWP welcomes MSG call for UN visit and continues fight for full membership

On behalf of the ULMWP, I welcome the call from the MSG Leaders’ Summit for...

August 4, 2023 Interim President: New documentary tells forgotten story of Indonesian military operations

A very important new documentary has come out which shows the 2021 attack on Kiwirok,...

July 28, 2023 President Wenda: Indonesia panics as West Papua rallies behind MSG full membership

As the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) leaders’ summit approaches, Indonesia is stepping up its campaign...

July 12, 2023 President Wenda: Indonesia increases repression as West Papua prepares for MSG full membership

As people across West Papua mobilise in favour of the ULMWP gaining full membership of...

June 21, 2023 President Wenda: ULMWP welcomes Vanuatu Deputy PM’s comments during Indonesia visit

On behalf of the ULMWP, I welcome Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat’s comments on...

June 20, 2023 President Wenda: More arrests in West Papua as military escalation continues

As the Melanesian Spearhead Group prepares for its Leaders’ Meeting, Indonesia is once again ramping...

June 6, 2023 President Wenda calls for all West Papuans to support MSG full membership

We are at a historic moment for the West Papuan people. At the upcoming Melanesian...

June 2, 2023 President Wenda: New Zealand pilot must be released unconditionally and unharmed

On behalf of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), I would like to...

May 30, 2023 President Wenda: West Papua mourns the loss of freedom fighter Tom Beanal

I am very sad to announce the death of Tom Beanal, a West Papuan freedom...

May 3, 2023 President Wenda: Indonesia ramps up Martial Law in West Papua with new ‘Combat Alert’

For West Papuans, the 1st of May 1963 will always be remembered as the first...

April 18, 2023 President Wenda: Indonesian military treating West Papuans like animals

Indonesian colonial forces have once again shown that they are proud to kill West Papuans. ...

April 12, 2023 President Wenda: West Papua is effectively under martial law

This is an urgent notice to the world that Indonesia have essentially imposed martial law...

March 29, 2023 President Wenda: Indonesia makes humanitarianism illegal for West Papuans

Today, Indonesia has shown that even humanitarianism is illegal in West Papua. Twenty West Papuans...

March 20, 2023 President Wenda: Mourning the loss of Gerardus Thommey, West Papuan liberation fighter

West Papuans are today mourning the sad loss of Gerardus Thommey, an elder and leader...

March 10, 2023 President Wenda: West Papua victim of new humanitarian crisis

The Indonesian state is causing a renewed humanitarian crisis in occupied West Papua. A 35-year-old...

March 3, 2023 President Wenda: What’s the difference between Jokowi’s support for Palestine and Rabuka’s support for West Papua?

The Indonesian government is angrily protesting Fiji’s decision to support ULMWP full membership of the...

February 25, 2023 President: A new massacre in West Papua

I am heartbroken to hear that nine West Papuans have been murdered by Indonesian security...

February 21, 2023 President Wenda: Captured New Zealand pilot must be unconditionally released

On behalf of the ULMWP I again call for the unconditional release of Phillip Mehrtens,...

February 9, 2023 President Wenda: sympathy for hostage pilot, abduction a result of Indonesian colonialism

I want to offer my deepest sympathies to the friends and family of the New...

January 21, 2023 Interim President: Indonesia’s intervention in Myanmar an act of gross hypocrisy

The Indonesian Government is pursuing peace in Myanmar while continuing to perpetrate unspeakable and inhuman...

January 12, 2023 Interim President: Release Lukas Enembe

On behalf of the ULMWP Executive, I call for the immediate and unconditional release of...

December 19, 2022 Interim President Benny Wenda’s Christmas message

As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to thank everyone who has supported...

December 13, 2022 Interim President: Mass displacements occurring in every corner of West Papua

I am very sad to hear news from on the ground in West Papua that...

December 12, 2022 Interim President: ULMWP supports Pacific Conference of Churches’ call for boycott of Indonesia

On November 30th, the Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) called for a boycott of all...

November 18, 2022 Interim President: Release seven West Papuan students arrested for peaceful protest

Once again, Indonesia has once again shown to the world that freedom of expression and...

November 15, 2022 Interim President: Hold prayer meetings on Dec. 1 to commemorate our national day

December 1st will be the 61st anniversary of the first raising of West Papua’s national...

November 4, 2022 Interim President: Congratulations to new Vanuatu Prime Minister

The following was sent in a letter from Chairman Benny Wenda to the newly elected...

November 1, 2022 Interim President: National Day of Mourning after death of Filep Karma

Today is a National Day of Mourning for the West Papuan people. All of us,...

October 28, 2022 Interim President: statement on death of Morning Star flag-raiser, nine months after arrest

West Papuans everywhere are today mourning the loss of Zode Hilapok, one of the eight...

September 21, 2022 Interim President: Lukas Enembe is innocent

Lukas Enembe, the Governor of Papua Province, is the latest Papuan leader to be criminalised...