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

January 10, 2022 Interim President Benny Wenda’s New Year Message

I would like to wish a Happy New Year to all our solidarity supporters around...

December 26, 2021 Interim President: Rest in Peace Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Rest in Peace the great Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Today we mourn the loss of a...

December 15, 2021 Interim President Benny Wenda’s Christmas Message

As 2021 ends, I would like to thank everyone who has stood with us this...

December 7, 2021 Interim President: Immediately release eight peaceful student demonstrators

On December 1, our national day, eight West Papuan students were arrested by Indonesian police...

November 4, 2021 Benny Wenda: ‘Green State Vision’ our pathway to saving world’s third-largest rain-forest

Today in Glasgow at the COP26, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua Provisional Government...

October 27, 2021 Interim President: West Papuan baby killed by Indonesian military as refugees flee into PNG

Two small babies were shot by the Indonesian military in Intan Jaya yesterday, October 26....

October 5, 2021 Interim President: Indonesian national games held on the bones of the people of West Papua

Jakarta is holding its 20th ‘National Games’ (PON XX) on the bones of my people...

September 22, 2021 President Wenda responds to death of health worker in Kiwirok District

Once again, Indonesia is creating bloodshed to justify its military operations in West Papua. This...

September 15, 2021 Interim President: The line separating PNG and West Papua will fall like the Berlin Wall

Happy 46th independence anniversary to Papua New Guinea. We send a message of solidarity from...

September 7, 2021 Interim President: Mass displacements part of Indonesia’s business strategy in West Papua

I am really sad to hear from the ground in West Papua that 2,400 civilians...

August 17, 2021 Interim President Wenda: Victor Yeimo must be immediately released

Victor Yeimo, the Spokesperson for the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) must be immediately and...

August 11, 2021 Interim President Wenda: Solidarity with Nigerian diplomat subjected to racism by Indonesia

The racist attack on a Nigerian diplomat by Indonesian border officers is what we West...

August 10, 2021 Interim President: Remember August 15 as a day of betrayal

August 15, 1962 is a day of betrayal for us West Papuans. This is the...

July 30, 2021 Interim President: Indonesia must be suspended from UN HRC over systematic racism

The international community must immediately suspend Indonesia from the UN Human Rights Council. The treatment...

July 20, 2021 Interim President Benny Wenda: Western powers must give vaccines direct to West Papua now

As the Interim President of the Provisional Government of West Papua, I have today written...

July 14, 2021 Interim President: Indonesia imposing second Act of No Choice with ‘Special Autonomy’ bill

We have received urgent information from inside West Papua: students peacefully demonstrating against Indonesia’s imposition...

July 6, 2021 Interim President: Remember the Biak Massacre

On July 6, 1998, over 100 peacefully demonstrating West Papuans were murdered by the Indonesian...

June 30, 2021 Interim President: Remember the 50th anniversary of the OPM declaration

Today we remember the 50th anniversary of the independence declaration of the OPM at Markas...

June 14, 2021 Interim President: Condolences for death of Pastor Allen Nafuki

On behalf of the ULMWP Provisional Government and the people of West Papua, I would...

June 9, 2021 Interim President: Another bloody massacre in occupied West Papua

Indonesian colonial forces have committed another bloody massacre, adding to the hundreds of thousands of...

June 2, 2021 Interim President: Internet access blocked as arrests of liberation leaders begin

Indonesia has cut off the internet in West Papua to conceal its crack-down on the...

May 24, 2021 Interim President: Indonesia’s UN vote exposes its hypocrisy in West Papua

The Indonesian government is speaking out about Myanmar and Palestine whilst voting to ignore genocide...

May 10, 2021 Interim President: Release Victor Yeimo immediately

On Sunday May 9, the Indonesian colonial police arrested Victor Yeimo, one of our most...

May 4, 2021 Urgent alert: Massive military operations in West Papua imminent

I issue this urgent warning the world: huge Indonesian military operations, some of the largest...

April 30, 2021 Interim President: New cabinet committed to human rights and climate justice

Today, on the 58th anniversary of Indonesia’s colonisation of West Papua, we take another historic...

April 27, 2021 Interim President responds to President Widodo’s crackdown order in West Papua

As the Interim President of the West Papuan nation, I am issuing this response to...

March 24, 2021 Interim President: The OPM is not a ‘terrorist’ group – the Indonesian state is

The Indonesian state is considering listing the Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM, as a terrorist organisation....

March 9, 2021 Interim President: Young boy murdered as Indonesian police tell West Papuans ‘You are a legitimate target! Shoot!’

A 17-year-old boy has become the latest victim of Indonesia’s six-decades-long colonisation of West Papua....

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...