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...
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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 24, 2019
ULMWP Chair: Urgent United Nations and Pacific Islands Forum intervention needed to prevent more massacres in West Papua
[Bahasa translation below] Twenty-nineteen is becoming the worst year in nearly six decades of illegal...
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March 12, 2019
ULMWP Spokesperson: The UN must stop Indonesian military attacks in West Papua
West Papuans beg for UN intervention as 2,650 Indonesian commandos hunt down freedom-fighters and the...
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February 21, 2019
United Nations experts condemn human rights abuse and racism in West Papua
The largest group of independent experts within the UN human rights system has issued an...
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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...
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January 25, 2019
Chairman of the ULMWP celebrates handing in of West Papuan People’s Petition to UN High Commissioner
On behalf of the West Papuan people, I can state that the West Papuan People’s...
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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...
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October 14, 2018
Statement on increasing violence in West Papua
Growing Indonesian state violence in West Papua – Several civilians reportedly killed 14th October 2018 Over...
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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...
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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...
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May 10, 2017
Indonesian government under pressure over record in Papua at the UN Universal Period Review
On May 3, 2017, Indonesia’s human rights record in West Papua and elsewhere was placed...
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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...
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March 27, 2017
Media statement – West Papuan man shot dead by the Indonesian police in Yapen.
MEDIA STATEMENT 27th March, 2017 West Papuan man shot dead by the Indonesian police...
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