Indonesian government ‘forcing all NGOs to leave West Papua’ DECEMBER 13, 2015 URGENT NEWS FROM OCCUPIED WEST PAPUA According to CNN, the Indonesian government has ordered all International NGO offices to close operations and leave West Papua by the end of 2015. They apparently received these instructions from the state earlier this month. This is a familiar […]

Benny Wenda has written this statement on International Human Rights Day  about the deaths of up to 4 West Papuan villagers in Yapen who were shot by the Indonesian military and police for raising the West Papuan flag on 1st December 2015. Benny Wenda is available for media inquiries: Email [email protected], Telephone +44 7411 053 953 […]

2 days ago, West Papuans mourned the Anniversary of the Paniai Massacre, remembering 8th December 2014 when 5 West Papuan children, were shot dead and 17 others injured by the Indonesian military. A West Papuan who took part in this Mourning ceremony said “With one heart, we young West Papuans abroad in PNG light candles, hold hands and pray […]

On Tuesday 1st December, West Papuans were commemorating their national day and 54 years to the day since the West Papuan flag was first raised in 1961. In response to flag raisings and demonstrations all over West Papua and Indonesia, the Indonesian authorities brutally cracked down on all such activities. Killing of West Papuans in Yapen […]

Following the huge success of the Global Flag Raising for West Papua, West Papuan Independence Leader Benny Wenda has written this thank you letter to all supporters who took part and who continue support West Papua’s freedom. You can also read his Letter thanking Oxford City Council for their support here.  Dear all supporters, On […]

Yesterday, West Papuan Independence Leader Benny Wenda addressed the entire Oxford City Council in the United Kingdom and thanked them for the tremendous support Oxford continues to show for West Papua’s freedom. He said, “We West Papuans feel that this Campaign is very safe in the hands of the people of Oxford. From this city […]

The spokesperson for the Free West Papua Campaign Benny Wenda, is in South Africa, so far having met Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu gathering support for his country.

Northern Governor, Gary Juffa, has been critical of the extreme media attention the Paris attacks are receiving, compared to the support for the plight of West Papua.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare assures a visiting West Papuan delegation of his determination as Chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to continue the push for West Papua’s freedom from all forms of human rights abuses and oppression in that region. A government statement today says Mr Sogavare made the assurance during a courtesy meeting […]

Dozens of students marched on the Indonesian Embassy in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, today to protest over continuing violence from the security forces in West Papua. The students, many of them from Melanesian countries, had walked from Victoria University and were joined by several MPs, including the Green Party’s Catherine Delahunty. She says it […]