The spokesperson for the Free West Papua Campaign Benny Wenda, is in South Africa, so far having met Archbishop Emeritus, Desmond Tutu gathering support for his country.

Northern Governor, Gary Juffa, has been critical of the extreme media attention the Paris attacks are receiving, compared to the support for the plight of West Papua.

Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare assures a visiting West Papuan delegation of his determination as Chair of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) to continue the push for West Papua’s freedom from all forms of human rights abuses and oppression in that region. A government statement today says Mr Sogavare made the assurance during a courtesy meeting […]

Dozens of students marched on the Indonesian Embassy in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, today to protest over continuing violence from the security forces in West Papua. The students, many of them from Melanesian countries, had walked from Victoria University and were joined by several MPs, including the Green Party’s Catherine Delahunty. She says it […]

Pacific churches say Indonesia must seriously address human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings in Papua. The call by the Pacific Conference of Churches comes after the killing of a student in Timika and Indonesia’s denials at the UN General Assembly of human rights abuses in the territory it annexed in 1961. Photo: RNZI The organisation’s general […]

Legendary Pacific band Te Vaka have composed an incredible new Free West Papua song as part of their latest album Amataga. Papua I Sisifo is a true freedom song from the heart of the South Pacific and it means so much to all West Papuans, hearing such a powerful song from such a renowned and incredible […]

14 NGOs demand justice after the shooting of two West Papuan teenagers Kaleb Bagau and Efrando Sabarofek last month. 14 NGOs have submitted an urgent appeal case to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva calling for an impartial investigation into the shooting of the 2 boys and for the perpetrators to face justice.  […]

It is frustrating that serious human rights abuses in Indonesian-controlled West Papua continue to fly below the radar. This year there has been some good news but it is also going largely unremarked. This is equally frustrating, especially as the positive developments all stem from initiatives taken by courageous Papuans themselves or by our neighbours […]

Pacific Leaders mention the (ongoing) injustice in West Papua during 70th session at UN General assembly.

New York, USA. Secretary General of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Mr Octovianus Mote, meeting with the Prime Minister of Tonga, Akilisi Pohiva in New York this week. West Papua has a legal right to self determination, to international standards under international law.