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

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...

February 21, 2020 ULMWP Statement on the Passing of Andy Ayamiseba

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) is deeply saddened by the news that...

February 12, 2020 ‘West Papua has no future in Indonesia’: Chairman Wenda’s Speech to MSG Foreign Ministers

Speech delivered by Chairman of the ULMWP, Benny Wenda, during the Foreign Ministers & Senior...

February 5, 2020 ULMWP Chair: Widodo to visit Australia whilst imprisonment and killing in West Papua increase

[Bahasa translation below] President Widodo is planning to address the Australian parliament on February 10....

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...