Benny Wenda is a UK based peaceful freedom fighter, international lobbyist, exiled tribal chief and independence leader of West Papua. On Tuesday afternoon he gave a presentation at Rhodes University as part of his campaign to raise awareness about the situation in West Papua. [ Visit Website ]

A leading West Papuan independence activist has drawn a parallel between Indonesian treatment of convicted drug smugglers with that of West Papuans. Benny Wenda has taken note of a controversial photo of the police chief in Bali, posing with Andrew Chan, an Australian citizen about to be killed by the Indonesian soldiers around him, on […]

A West Papuan leader says Indonesian lobbying of regional governments should not dilute the case for West Papuan membership in the Melanesian Spearhead Group. [ Visit Website ]

Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi visited three Pacific countries this week, namely Papua New Guinea (PNG), the Solomon Islands and Fiji, to strengthen relations between Indonesia and Pacific nations. [ Visit Website ]

“This is a quiet war against the people of West Papua. It’s very disappointing to have on the one hand the government saying we must participate in a war to protect human rights and yet the war in our region, the attack on West Papuan people, they are really not doing anything about it.” [ Visit Website ]

Journalists in Papua New Guinea say they were told not to ask Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi about West Papua and reporters in the Solomon Islands say they were ‘uninvited’ to an event with Marsudi [ Visit Website ]

SOUTH AFRICA – Nobel Peace Prize nominee and West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda visited in Cape Town, South Africa for freedom tour and seeking help from our brothers and sisters black race world-wide who had experience fighting against colonialism and apartheid systems thousands years ago. Mind wild Benny Wenda had welcoming by his brothers […]

On 17 February Equal Education hosted a talk by Benny Wenda of the Free West Papua Campaign at the Wits School of Education. He is in South Africa to spread awareness about the West Papuan fight against Indonesian colonialism and gross human rights abuses of the West Papuan people. He said he was also here […]

SOUTH AFRICA – Cabguba, Benny Wenda meeting with King Zwelethu as well as Tribal headsmen which is Benny explained the current situation and in the past where Indonesia colonisation since 1963. The meeting was taking place in Cabguba, South Africa this month. The King gives the support of his people to the West Papuan people. […]

BEING aware of atrocities being committed against his fellow Pacific islanders wasn’t enough for Joey Tau. [ Visit Website ]