UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Archives - United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP)

November 18, 2022 News: Eight countries criticise Indonesian human rights abuses at UPR

Eight countries have called for immediate investigation of human rights abuses in occupied West Papua...

July 12, 2022 Interim President: Pacific Islands Forum must urge Indonesia to allow UN access to West Papua

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

June 17, 2022 Meeting in UK Parliament advances call for a UN visit to West Papua

The International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) held a meeting in the British Parliament on...

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,...

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...

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,...

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...

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 15, 2021 Interim President Benny Wenda’s Christmas Message

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

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 25, 2021 News: Basque Parliament passes resolution in support of West Papua

On October 8, 2021, the Basque Parliament passed a motion of support with the West...

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...

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 –...

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...

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...

April 5, 2021 UN human rights chief and Vanuatu condemn Indonesian abuses in West Papua

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Michelle Bachelet, has spoken out against the ‘alarming...

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...

January 13, 2021 Netherlands becomes 83rd state calling for UN visit to West Papua

The Netherlands has become the 83rd international state calling for the UN High Commissioner for...

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...

November 11, 2020 UK Government becomes 82nd state demanding UN access to West Papua

In a major victory for the ULMWP, the British Government has stated its support for...

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...

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...

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 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....

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...

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...