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

February 23, 2021 Interim President: Renewed humanitarian crisis in West Papua needs urgent Red Cross intervention

The Indonesian state is causing a renewed humanitarian crisis in West Papua. Three young West...

February 9, 2021 Interim President: Refuse creation of three provinces and all Indonesian law

The Indonesian state is trying once again to divide and rule my people by further...

January 26, 2021 President Wenda: State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans reveals Jakarta’s true agenda

More leading Indonesian figures have made racial slurs against Natalius Pigai, former chair of the...

January 7, 2021 President Wenda’s New Year’s Message: Year begins with renewed Indonesian repression

The ULMWP Provisional Government would like to offer its heartfelt new year’s wishes to all...

December 10, 2020 Interim President Wenda: Indonesian Government greets UN Human Rights Day with military operations and arrests

Today, on UN Human Rights Day, I am calling on the Indonesian government to withdraw...

December 1, 2020 Benny Wenda: Provisional Government of West Papua won’t bow down to Jakarta

Today, we announce the formation of our Provisional Government of West Papua. We are ready...

November 25, 2020 ULMWP Chair: Three school children massacred in Puncak as Indonesia targets new generation

An Indonesian military death squad is roaming the regency of Puncak, killing West Papuan school...

October 27, 2020 ULMWP Chair: Martial Law is being imposed in West Papua

The Indonesian government is imposing effective martial law on West Papua. There is no other...

October 20, 2020 ULMWP Executive welcomes Legislative Council’s adoption of Provisional Constitution

As the Executive of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), we welcome the...

September 29, 2020 ULMWP Chair: Indonesian police storm West Papuan university as Vanuatu speaks out at UN

Just days after the Republic of Vanuatu made statements on West Papua at the UN...

September 23, 2020 ULMWP Chair: Pastor shot dead as the people of West Papua resist ‘Special Autonomy’

As the UN General Assembly meets to celebrate its 75th anniversary, it continues to ignore...

August 25, 2020 ULWMP Chair: Two suspicious deaths of Papuan lawyers; three civilians murdered on Indonesian Independence Day

Two leading West Papuan lawyers have mysteriously died this month, following their successful advocacy for...

August 11, 2020 ULMWP Chair: Don’t celebrate Indonesian Independence, commemorate New York Agreement and racist attacks

[Bahasa translation below] This week is incredibly important for the people of West Papua’s collective...

July 29, 2020 ULMWP Chair: Happy 40th Independence Anniversary to Vanuatu

On July 30, the Republic of Vanuatu will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its independence...

July 21, 2020 ULMWP Chair: New killings in Nduga show independence only solution in West Papua

[Bahasa translation below] Two more unarmed West Papuan civilians have been killed by the Indonesian...

July 8, 2020 ULMWP Chair: A referendum, not ‘autonomy’, is the only solution in West Papua

[Bahasa translation below] For over 50 years, Indonesia has been promising West Papua ‘autonomy’. Each...

June 18, 2020 Benny Wenda: Victory for political prisoners – but we must be vigilant

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

June 2, 2020 Urgent alert: Prosecutor seeking 17 years in prison for Buchtar Tabuni

Buchtar Tabuni, one of dozens of political prisoners arrested during the 2019 West Papua Uprising,...

May 29, 2020 Black Melanesian lives matter in West Papua – despite Indonesia’s genocidal Covid response

Since Indonesia invaded and occupied our country in 1963, Black Melanesian West Papuans have been...

May 11, 2020 Benny Wenda: Indonesia using Covid crisis to arrest, imprison, torture

I have received urgent information from West Papua regarding the Indonesian State’s renewed hijacking of...

April 30, 2020 ULMWP Chair: Remember the day Indonesia illegally invaded our country

Fifty-seven years ago to the day, on May 1, 1963, the Indonesian State illegally invaded...

April 27, 2020 Thank you to Ralph Regenvanu and Charlot Salwai from Chairman Wenda

This is the text of a letter sent by ULMWP Chairman, Benny Wenda, to new...

April 20, 2020 Congratulations to Prime Minister Bob Loughman from Chair of ULMWP

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

April 15, 2020 During the coronavirus pandemic, West Papuan people continue to be massacred in silence by the Indonesian military

As Chairman of the ULMWP, it breaks my heart to learn of yet more killings...

March 30, 2020 Media advisory notice on alleged shooting near Freeport mine in Timika

The ULMWP is aware of reports that around six people have been shot in Kuala...

March 25, 2020 ULMWP Chair: Refusal to stop incoming migrants demonstrates Indonesia’s genocidal policies

Indonesian Interior Minister, Tito Karnavian, is refusing to suspend flights and ships carrying individuals...

March 23, 2020 ULMWP Chair: West Papuan political prisoners at risk of Covid-19 if not released

Indonesia must immediately release all West Papuan political prisoners, including the 57 incarcerated following the...

March 18, 2020 ULMWP Chair: West Papua faces double crisis of coronavirus and Indonesian colonialism

As I stated last week, the people of West Papua face a new double crisis:...

March 10, 2020 Urgent alert: Indonesian military depopulating villages to protect Freeport gold mine

As the world faces the coronavirus crisis, my people face a renewed humanitarian crisis in...

March 4, 2020 ULMWP Chair: Indonesian political leaders are now genocide deniers, too

The Indonesian government has become an international pariah state, killing West Papuans with impunity and...