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Benny Wenda is a West Papuan independence leader and an international lobbyist for the independence of West Papua from Indonesia. Mr. Wenda was put on trial in 2002 for allegedly leading a procession of people in an independence rally. He escaped from prison and was smuggled to the UK by an NGO, where he has […]

Independence leader and spokesman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda, was interviewed by Radio Australia on West Papua joining the Melanesian Spearhead Group and Indonesia’s attempts to do the same http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/…/west-papuan-inde…/1446830 Benny Wenda: “The prime minister has a right to welcome Indonesia, but my point of view is that West Papua […]

Press Release West Papuan Independence Leader and Nobel Peace Prize Nominee Benny Wenda Tours South Africa Exiled tribal leader Benny Wenda came to South Africa on the 16th of February to seek support for self-determination and freedom for his people in West Papua, who are currently suffering under the brutal Indonesian occupation. West Papua is […]

On 27th February 2015 Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu met with West Papuan independence leader and founder of the Free West Papua Campaign, Benny Wenda, in Cape Town, South Africa. He has released the following statement renewing his call for the UN to instigate an investigation into the so called Act of ‘Free’ Choice in which Indonesia […]

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The thorny issue of West Papua has stirred controversy during a state visit by Indonesia’s President, Joko Widodo, to Papua New Guinea. Read full article

Some more photos from the protests held in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea yesterday at the arrival of the Indonesian President. There were 2 protests in the city and 7 people were arrested and spent 6 hours in jail. Our people are refusing the Indonesian president and calling on him to stop the genocide and […]

The Indonesian government has gone back on their promise to open West Papua to foreign journalists and is once again making a long list of conditions they want journalists to obey. “Foreign media should obtain permits to cover Papua so, we will not be blamed if they go to forbidden areas. Their reports must not […]

Human Rights Watch says the Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s visit to Papua New Guinea this week represents Jakarta’s latest heavy-handed attempt to pressure the Melanesian Spearhead Group into rejecting West Papua’s membership application. Read full article and listen to the interview.