May 12, 2022
New West Papua support network launched in European Parliament
A new network of MPs in support of West Papua was launched today (May 12,...
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May 10, 2022
Interim President Wenda: Release six protestors arrested in Jayapura
Indonesian police have arrested six West Papuans at a peaceful rally in Jayapura, where they...
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April 28, 2022
Interim President: On May 1 we remember the day of terror
To my people back home, we must remember May 1 as the day of terror,...
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April 25, 2022
Interim President: Indonesia must allow UN visit before Bali G20 meeting
I want to thank all the Pacific Elders for their recent statement supporting a visit...
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April 22, 2022
News: Pacific Elders call for UN visit to West Papua
The Pacific Elders’ Voice (PEV), comprising former heads of state, US congresspersons and regional figures,...
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March 24, 2022
Interim President Wenda: Immediately release Buchtar Tabuni and Bazoka Logo
Indonesian police have arrested Buchtar Tabuni and Bazoka Logo, two of our most prominent liberation...
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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...
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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...
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November 4, 2021
Press release: West Papuan leaders pledge to make ecocide a serious crime in world’s third largest rainforest
West Papua independence leaders launched their ‘Green State Vision’ today (Nov. 4) at COP26 in...
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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...
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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....
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October 11, 2021
News: UN Secretary-General’s report exposes attacks on human rights defenders in West Papua
A new United Nations report has detailed the harassment and surveillance of West Papuan human...
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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...
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September 8, 2021
News: 79-state OACPS reiterates call for UN human rights chief to be allowed into West Papua
The Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS), made up of 79 countries –...
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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...
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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...
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June 15, 2021
West Papua Council of Churches condemns President Widodo in open letters
In a series of open letters, the West Papua Council of Churches (WPCC) have written...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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April 16, 2021
West Papua Council of Churches calls for immediate UN investigation in West Papua
The West Papua Council of Churches (WPCC) has written to the UN High Commissioner for...
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March 22, 2021
Press Release: Spanish Senate calls for UN High Commissioner to be allowed into West Papua as arrests made
The Spanish Senate has called for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to be...
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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...
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December 16, 2020
Press Release: Urgent UN complaint submitted to protect ULMWP leadership and members
An urgent UN complaint has been submitted today (December 16) to protect the leaders and...
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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...
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December 9, 2020
Indonesian military violence against West Papuan religious figures – summary
A number of West Papuan religious figures have been killed or wounded in recent months,...
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November 30, 2020
Indonesia arrests own law-makers in new crack-down; UN responds
Eighty-four Papuans were arrested for ‘treason’ on November 17, 2020, in Merauke, as Indonesia moves...
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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...
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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...
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