West Papua Headlines

April 22, 2026 in News A Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on West Papua was held in the Dutch Parliament yesterday (21st April 2026). Held in the Parliament of West Papua’s former coloniser, the hearing focused on the current situation in West Papua, the Indonesia–EU Free Trade Agreement, and the ongoing demand for a UN High […]

April 22, 2026 in News A Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on West Papua was held in the Dutch Parliament yesterday (21st April 2026). Held in the Parliament of West Papua’s former coloniser, the hearing focused on the current situation in West Papua, the Indonesia–EU Free Trade Agreement, and the ongoing demand for a UN High […]

April 16, 2026 in Statement Indonesia’s campaign of colonial destruction in the West Papuan highlands is intensifying. Only weeks after the brutal massacre in Dogiyai, the Indonesian military has attacked a refugee camp in Kembru, Puncak Regency. Simultaneous operations were also carried out in the Sinak and Pogoma Districts, with terrified villagers bombarded by an […]

Posted by office | filed in IPWP newsno comments Chair of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP), Alex Sobel MP, this week met the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Volker Turk in Geneva while at the 61st Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva. The pair discussed the OHCHR […]

By APR editor February 20, 2026 Asia Pacific Report A West Papuan leader has accused the Indonesian government of lying over its operations and “masking” the military role of some civilian aircraft. Disputing an Indonesian government statement about reported that TPNPB fired upon an aircraft in Boven Digoel, killing both the pilot and copilot, United […]

January 21, 2026 in Statement The following statement by ULMWP President Benny Wenda was read out at the picket outside 10 Downing Street against UK PM Keir Starmer’s meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto: On behalf of the ULMWP and the West Papuan people, I want to state very clearly: the UK government should not be […]

January 12, 2026 in Statement Indonesia is totally unfit to hold the Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council. How can Indonesia lead on human rights, when they are hiding from the world their sixty-year occupation of West Papua, with five hundred thousand men, women, and children dead? How can Indonesia lead on human rights, […]

December 2, 2025 in Speech Below is the full version of the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave at Oxford Town Hall on December 1, 2025. Wa wa wa wa wa. In the name of Yahweh, in the name of our West Papuan ancestors, and in the name of the bones of our […]

November 4, 2025 in Statement On behalf of the ULMWP, I declare this December 1st to be a celebration of West Papuan unity. In that spirit, I acknowledge and welcome the statement of support for me as President of West Papua from West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) spokesperson Sebby Sambom and Chief of Staff […]

8:31 pm on 23 October 2025 Share this Caleb Fotheringham, RNZ Pacific journalist File image: a Papuan man (right) in traditional clothing and face painted with the banned Morning Star flag stands next to a policeman during a demonstration demanding a referendum on independence in Yogyakarta on 1 December 2023. Photo: AFP / Devi Rahman […]