January 26, 2021
President Wenda: State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans reveals Jakarta’s true agenda
More leading Indonesian figures have made racial slurs against Natalius Pigai, former chair of the...
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August 11, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Don’t celebrate Indonesian Independence, commemorate New York Agreement and racist attacks
[Bahasa translation below] This week is incredibly important for the people of West Papua’s collective...
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June 2, 2020
Urgent alert: Prosecutor seeking 17 years in prison for Buchtar Tabuni
Buchtar Tabuni, one of dozens of political prisoners arrested during the 2019 West Papua Uprising,...
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May 29, 2020
Black Melanesian lives matter in West Papua – despite Indonesia’s genocidal Covid response
Since Indonesia invaded and occupied our country in 1963, Black Melanesian West Papuans have been...
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May 11, 2020
Benny Wenda: Indonesia using Covid crisis to arrest, imprison, torture
I have received urgent information from West Papua regarding the Indonesian State’s renewed hijacking of...
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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....
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November 18, 2019
ULMWP Chairman: December 1 must be a ‘Day of Mourning’ for all who died this year
I, Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) declare Sunday December 1,...
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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...
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August 26, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: ‘Second Wave’ of ‘West Papua Uprising’ commences in struggle for independence referendum
Tens of thousands of people take to the streets in second wave of protests; One...
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