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

January 2, 2020 ULMWP Chair: New Year’s message to the people of West Papua

Last year was both terrible and good for the people of West Papua. We continued...

December 24, 2019 ULMWP Chairman’s Christmas message to the people of West Papua

Twenty-nineteen has been the worst year on record for the people of West Papua. They...

November 18, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: December 1 must be a ‘Day of Mourning’ for all who died this year

I, Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) declare Sunday December 1,...

October 29, 2019 Benny Wenda: President Jokowi treating West Papua as holiday home in midst of human rights crisis

[Bahasa translation below] President Jokowi has made another trip to West Papua, treating it as...

October 7, 2019 ULMWP Chairman’s response to reports President Widodo willing to hold meeting

[Bahasa version below] I, Chair of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), am...

October 4, 2019 URGENT STATEMENT: Indonesia must not move Agus Kossay and Buchtar Tabuni from West Papua to Jakarta

As Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), I call upon the...

September 12, 2019 Message of Condolence from the Chairman of the ULMWP to the Government and People of the Kingdom of Tonga

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and people of West Papua would like...

September 9, 2019 ULMWP Chair: Urgent action needed as Indonesia attempts to destroy West Papuan liberation movement

[Bahasa translation below] We are winning the struggle with Indonesia. Politically, legally, morally, our arguments...

September 5, 2019 ULMWP Chairman calls on Widodo and Wiranto to hold a referendum, stop personal attacks

[Bahasa version of statement, below.] Hundreds of thousands of West Papuans are rising up for...

August 30, 2019 URGENT ALERT: United Nations intervention needed before Santa Cruz like massacre takes place in West Papua

The people of West Papua need urgent international attention. I am calling on all the...

August 21, 2019 Ketua ULMWP: Bergeraklah dan bersatulah melawan rasisme dan diskriminasi

SERUAN POLITIK Saya selaku Ketua Eksekutif dan pemimpian Bangsa Papua menyampaikan keprihatinan yang mendalam atas...

August 20, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: UN must visit West Papua following racist attacks

I, as Chair of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, express my deep concern...

August 18, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: Stop Indonesian repression of the people of West Papua

[Statement in Bahasa below.] Over the past three days, the people of West Papua have...

August 10, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: Don’t celebrate Indonesian independence – we are mourning for Nduga

[Translation into Bahasa below.] I, as Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua,...

July 26, 2019 UK Opposition Leader Jeremy Corbyn sends statement of congratulations to ULMWP Chairman

On 17th July 2019, ULMWP Chairman Benny Wenda was granted Freedom of the City of...

July 3, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: We are ready to peacefully reclaim our country from Indonesian colonialism

The ULMWP, with the support of the West Papuan people, is ready to peacefully reclaim...

May 30, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: Congratulations to Prime Minister James Marape of PNG

Dear Hon. Prime Minister James Marape, On behalf of the people of West Papua and...

May 13, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: Indonesia must not execute West Papuan political prisoner Yogor Telenggen

As Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). I condemn in the...

April 16, 2019 ULMWP Spokesperson: West Papuans mourn the passing of Pastor Dr. Neles Kebadaby Tebay

West Papuans mourn the passing of Pastor Dr. Neles Kebadaby Tebay Pr, Catholic priest, prolific...

March 26, 2019 Boycott the Indonesian elections and Rally for Referendum!

As the representative body of the West Papuan people and all West Papuan groups, the...

March 21, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: My condolences to the people of Vanuatu for former PM’s passing

On behalf of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua and the people of West...

March 18, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: My condolences and sympathy for people in Sentani, West Papua

It is with a heavy heart that I am sending this message to you on...

March 12, 2019 ULMWP Spokesperson: The UN must stop Indonesian military attacks in West Papua

West Papuans beg for UN intervention as 2,650 Indonesian commandos hunt down freedom-fighters and the...

February 11, 2019 Chairman of the ULMWP condemns Indonesian crackdown on freedom of expression

On January 25, I, as chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP),...

January 25, 2019 Chairman of the ULMWP celebrates handing in of West Papuan People’s Petition to UN High Commissioner

On behalf of the West Papuan people, I can state that the West Papuan People’s...

January 21, 2019 Chairman of the ULMWP statement on chemical weapons and humanitarian crisis in Nduga

I, Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), condemn in the strongest...

January 17, 2019 ULMWP Statement on the Nduga Crisis

For Immediate Release – Jayapura, West Papua 17 January 2019 The people of Nduga are caught...

December 6, 2018 ULMWP condemns mass arrests on West Papua National Day

In the strongest possible terms, the ULMWP condemns the Indonesian government for the arrest and...

November 23, 2018 ULMWP calls for National Day of Prayer in West Papua

23rd November 2018 On behalf of the West Papuan people, the ULMWP calls...

November 20, 2018 West Papuans demand Melanesian Spearhead Group reviews Indonesia’s status

UNITED LIBERATION MOVEMENT FOR WEST PAPUA Winston Churchill St, Port Vila, Vanuatu TEL +61 42025...