There are reports that 479 Free West Papua activists were arrested by the Indonesian police from 30th May to 1st June They were arrested for demonstrating in support of The United Liberation Movement for West Papua – ULMWP joining the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). It seems that there are up to 31 people still being […]

This message was projected onto the Media Works building (in charge of TV3 news) in Aukland, New Zealand, in an attempt to urge the media to report about West Papua and to encourage more Free West Papua support from the country (Whanau means family in Maori.) Many thanks to the local activist who helped to […]

In support of freedom and an end to the suffering in West Papua, there will be 2 candlelit vigils in Australia on 5th June later this week. Sydney 5th June, 17:30 to 19:30 Sydney Town Hall Melbourne 5th June, 17:30 to 19:30 Melbourne City Square Sydney  In Sydney, a vigil will be held outside Sydney […]

A Solomon Islands MP is calling on the Melanesian Spearhead Group to ignore Indonesia and accept a West Papuan membership bid. Source: Solomons MP calls on MSG to accept West Papua | Radio New Zealand News

There will be a Free West Papua demonstration outside the Indonesian Consulate in Noumea, Kanaky/New Caledonia on 20th June. We hope that many of our fellow Melanesian brothers and sisters in Kanaky will join and show support for West Papua, including joining the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). West Papua is calling to come back to […]

The Solomon Islands says it hasn’t made a decision yet on the West Papua bid for membership of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. Source: Solomons says it is still deciding over West Papua and MSG | Radio New Zealand News

Indonesian President Joko Widodo recently announced the end of the decades-long restriction on foreign journalists in the provinces of Papua and West Papua, Indonesia’s territories in the island of New Guinea. While the president, popularly called Jokowi, says he is committed to human rights in the Papua provinces, the military and police continue to murder […]

Suva – Fiji Islands:  Civil Society Groups in Fiji today expressed concerns over the recent announcement of support by Fijian Prime Minister Frank Bainimarama for Indonesia’s bid to become an associate member of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG). Source: CSO group urge Fiji Government to recognize the ULMWP as legitimate representative of West Papua to […]

SYDNEY – Free West Papua Campaign Sydney will launch on this Friday, 5th of June 2015  in Sydney Australia, therefore we are greatly to invite everyone to come in Free West Papua gear and help us pray for the Freedom of West Papua and people of West Papua who live in exile or West Papua […]

West Papua is one of the last great frontier wildernesses. Over 250 distinct indigenous communities live amongst spectacular rainforests, mountains and coral ecosystems. But all is not well on the world’s second largest island. Source: Resource Extraction in West Papua · Maptia