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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 18, 2019 ULMWP Chairman: Stop Indonesian repression of the people of West Papua

[Statement in Bahasa below.] Over the past three days, the people of West Papua have...

February 11, 2019 Chairman of the ULMWP condemns Indonesian crackdown on freedom of expression

On January 25, I, as chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP),...

February 2, 2019 Vanuatu refuses to back down to Indonesia over West Papua

The Foreign Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu, Hon. Ralph Regenvanu MP has reiterated Vanuatu’s...

November 23, 2018 ULMWP calls for National Day of Prayer in West Papua

23rd November 2018 On behalf of the West Papuan people, the ULMWP calls...

November 13, 2018 ULMWP calls for an end to Indonesian military operations in West Papua

The ongoing joint Indonesian military and police operations in Lanny Jaya and the surrounding...

November 2, 2018 ULMWP stands in solidarity with Kanaky New Caledonia during the upcoming independence referendum

3rd November 2018 To the people of Kanaky, On behalf of the people of West...

October 28, 2018 Message of congratulations from ULMWP Chairman to KNPB Congress

28th October 2018 On behalf of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) I...

September 27, 2017 West Papuan People’s Petition signed by 1.8 million West Papuans handed to the UN by ULMWP

PRESS RELEASE Petition for West Papuan self-determination signed by 1.8 million West Papuans and handed...

September 10, 2017 ULMWP Spokesperson presents West Papuan People’s Petition to Jeremy Corbyn

On 7th September 2017, West Papuan Independence Leader and Spokesperson for the United Liberation Movement for...

September 4, 2017 Historic ULMWP Petition reaches United Nations

On 30th August 2017, the West Papuan People’s Petition and the Global Petition for West...

April 5, 2017 United West Papuan people launch the manual petition for an Internationally Supervised Vote

MEDIA STATEMENT 5th April, 2017 United West Papuan people launch the manual petition for...