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...
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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...
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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. ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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January 12, 2023
Interim President: Release Lukas Enembe
On behalf of the ULMWP Executive, I call for the immediate and unconditional release of...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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September 21, 2022
Interim President: Lukas Enembe is innocent
Lukas Enembe, the Governor of Papua Province, is the latest Papuan leader to be criminalised...
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September 16, 2022
Interim President: Full liberation for all of New Guinea is coming
On behalf of the people of West Papua, I offer congratulations to all our Melanesian...
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September 9, 2022
Interim President: statement on the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
On behalf of the ULMWP Provisional Government I would like to offer my condolences and...
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September 9, 2022
Interim President: Papuaphobia behind Indonesia’s arrest of Eltinus Omaleng
Only a week after four indigenous West Papuans were murdered and mutilated in Mimika by...
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September 2, 2022
Interim President: Indonesian President’s visit an insult to murdered West Papuans
President Joko Widodo has again visited West Papua, in the same week that five of...
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August 30, 2022
Interim President: brutal killing of four West Papuans is a reminder of the reality of Indonesian colonialism
It is heartbreaking to hear that four indigenous Papuan civilians have been killed and mutilated...
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August 19, 2022
Interim President: Congratulations to Papua New Guinea PM on his re-election
On behalf of the people of West Papua and the United Liberation Movement for West...
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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 29, 2022
Interim President: Happy Independence Day Anniversary to Vanuatu
The 30th of July marks the 42nd anniversary of the Republic of Vanuatu’s independence from...
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