April 30, 2026 in Announcements, Statement May 1st will always be a day of mourning in West Papua. Today we mark 63 years since Indonesia invaded our land, beginning the tragedy we are still living through today. According to the provisions of the New York Agreement, signed the previous year between Indonesia, the USA, and […]
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Hearing in Dutch Parliament on humanitarian situation in West Papua
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 […]
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Hearing in Dutch Parliament on humanitarian situation in West Papua
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 […]
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President Wenda: At least nine killed as Indonesia commits new massacre in Puncak
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 […]
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Papuan activist leader Wenda accuses Jakarta of ‘lying’ over shot down plane
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 […]
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Free West Papua campaign protests Prabowo’s UK visit: Benny Wenda statement
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 […]
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UK Government reaffirms support for UN visit to West Papua
April 4, 2025 in News The British government restated its commitment to a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua on Tuesday 2nd April, after being questioned over its 2024 critical minerals agreement with Indonesia. The Oral Question was asked by Alex Sobel, MP for Leeds Central and Headingley and Chair of […]
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Free West Papua Chair Benny Wenda’s Christmas
December 19, 2024dress On behalf of the ULMWP and the people of West Papua, I would like to wish all our supporters around the world a merry Christmas and a happy new year. I hope that all our solidarity groups, parliamentary allies, friendly diplomatic missions, and civil society supporters will continue to stand up for […]
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Interim President: West Papua Independence Day Speech, December 1st 2024
December 1, 2024 in Speech Below is the full version of the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave while opening the Oxford Green Fair at Oxford Town Hall on December 1, 2024. In the name of Yahweh, in the name of the West Papuan ancestors, in the name of the bones of our […]
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Benny Wenda: UK Government should not welcome Prabowo
November 14, 2024 On behalf of the colonised people of West Papua, I am asking the UK government to cancel their reception of Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. Prabowo is a blood-stained war criminal who is complicit in genocide in East Timor and West Papua. Right now, Indonesia is sending thousands of industrial excavators to destroy 5 million hectares of Papuan forest, […]
