24 Mar 2023 Koteka Wenda, alongside her father has been involved in the West Papua Independence campaign since before she can remember. In this interview, she sat with the PCC to talk about her and her family’s journey, the challenges she has faced and the advocacy that she and West Papua youth like her contribute to […]

 24 February 2023 Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific Lead Digital and Social Media Journalist @kelvinfiji [email protected] Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific Journalist [email protected] Benny Wenda, left, and the Prime Minister of Fiji, Sitiveni Rabuka Photo: Government of Fiji Fiji’s Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is the first Fijian leader in 16 years to hold a one-on-one meeting with the head of the United […]

May 12, 2022 A new network of MPs in support of West Papua was launched today (May 12, 2022) at the European Parliament in Brussels. At a meeting and press conference, the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) announced the formation of its new EU branch. The meeting, ‘West Papua: Human rights, self-determination, and green state vision’, […]

West Papua independence Source:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/01/west-papua-independence-leaders-declare-government-in-waiting Province’s breakaway movement nominates exiled leader as interim president as conflict-ridden Indonesian region marks independence da Ben Doherty Pacific Editor @bendohertycorro Tue 1 Dec 2020 00.33 GMT West Papuan leaders have declared a provisional “government-in-waiting” of the contested Indonesian province, as the United Nations said it was “disturbed by escalating violence” there, […]

By David Lynch@davi_lynchPolitics Reporter Benny Wenda, the newly-declared president of the interim government of West Papua, lives in exile in Oxford after escaping imprisonment in Indonesia.   Today, West Papuans declared they would form a ‘provisional government-in-waiting’ for their homeland region, which is currently split into two provinces under the control of Indonesia. Mr Wenda leads a […]

  18 Jul 2019 Benny Wenda is awarded the Honorary Freedom of the City at a special meeting of the Full Council held in Oxford Town Hall, at 5pm on 17 July. http://mycouncil.oxford.gov.uk/ieList…  Transcript Follow along using the transcript. Show transcript Oxford City Council 2.01K subscribers

Feature length documentary about the Nobel Peace Prize nominated West Papua independence leader Benny Wenda. Filmed over a two year period by British filmmaker Dominic Brown, it provides a rare insight into the life and times of this freedom fighter and his tireless struggle to liberate his people from Indonesian colonial rule.

West Papua – the forgotten people ByADAM PERRY February 13, 2017 22:02 Papuans are among the most vulnerable members of the human race, some whose only encounter with “foreigners” has been marked with violence, oppression and hatred. An activist shouts near a police line during a rally to commemorate the West Papuan declaration of independence. […]

The $100bn gold mine and the West Papuans who say they are counting the cost Link: https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2016/nov/02/100-bn-dollar-gold-mine-west-papuans-say-they-are-counting-the-cost-indonesia By Susan Schulman Grasberg mine in the Indonesian region has been a source of untold wealth for its owners, but local communities say it has brought poverty and oppression The delta of West Papua’s Aikwa river, on Kamoro […]