Free West Papua Campaign

December 18, 2025 in Statement As 2025 comes to an end, I would like to thank everyone who has supported a Free West Papua this year, whether through practical contributions or through their spirit. 2025 has been a year of even further escalation in West Papua, as Indonesia has stepped up its campaign of repression […]

West Papua APPG held in UK Parliament   December 16, 2025 in News The final West Papua All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of 2025 was held in the House of Commons yesterday (15/12/2025).  Chaired by Alex Sobel MP (Labour), the APPG was attended by MPs Anneliese Dodds (Labour), Jeremy Corbyn (Your Party), Lord Richard Harries, and addressed […]

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 […]

March 25, 2025 The Boycott Indonesia campaign officially launched in London on the 20th March. Speaking at the event were Benny Wenda (ULMWP Interim President), activist Peter Tatchell, Tim Hansen (ULMWP Legal Advisor), David Whyte (Queen Mary University), with music from the Lani Singers. More than ninety West Papuan tribes, political organisations, religious and political […]

May 21, 2024 This weekend saw yet another display of Indonesian soft power in their battle to turn the city of Oxford against the Free West Papua campaign. Near the Westgate shopping centre, right in the heart of Oxford town centre, a number of stalls were set up to promote Indonesian culture – coinciding with Oxford United’s historic promotion to […]

Protest outside Indonesian Embassy calls for UN visit to West Papua September 28, 2023 Source:https://www.freewestpapua.org/2023/09/28/protest-outside-indonesian-embassy-calls-for-un-visit-to-west-papua/ A demonstration was held outside the Indonesian Embassy in London on 26th September following a pair of massacres in West Papua. The names of the victims in Yahukimo being read in commemoration Protestors called for the UN High Commissioner for […]

  The Indonesian state is again cracking down on protest and free expression in West Papua. Protestors who took to the streets to commemorate World Human Rights Day in Manokwari and Timika were greeted with water cannons, tear gas, batons, and mass arrests. At least forty people were taken into custody, including a one-year-old baby […]

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 […]