By Len Garae :Source Daily Post Vanuatu The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has held a major internal meeting on the Island of New Guinea to reaffirm the Resolutions of the 2023 Congress. Approved by ULMWP President Benny Wenda and Prime Minister (PM) Edison Waromi, 12 Cabinet Ministers and seven Regional Executives have […]
Benny Wenda: Welcome the outcome of the first ULMWP Congress in West Papua
Benny Wenda: Welcome the outcome of the first ULMWP Congress in West Papua November 23, 2023 I am greatly honoured to have been elected as President of the ULMWP Provisional Government at the historic Congress that has just concluded in Port Numbay. I have spoken to Edison Waromi and know that he is overjoyed to […]
Interim President Benny Wenda’s December 1st Speech at Oxford Town Hall 2023
Below is the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave at Oxford Town Hall on December 1, 2023. In the name of Yahweh, in the name of our ancestors, in the name of bones of suffering, and in the name of all generations to come, I would like to first say a minute’s silence […]
West Papuan leader Benny Wenda denied entry by United States
Press release: At 14:00, 13 May 2015 the United States (US) office of homeland security stopped West Papuan Independence leader Mr Benny Wenda from boarding a Virgin Atlantic flight from London to Los Angeles. After check-in staff found an alert on their passport system, Mr Wenda was questioned by an official from the US Homeland […]
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President Wenda: West Papua ready to depart from collapsing Indonesia
September 1, 2025 in News, Statement Indonesia is in chaos, as massive protests have erupted over corruption, economic hardship, and police brutality. I call on all my people to get ready for another escalation back home. West Papua is ready to depart from this dying empire. This time, the protestors’ conflict is not only with […]
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Implementing democracy before independence: ULMWP inaugurates thousands of representatives
July 10, 2025 in Statemhttps://www.ulmwp.org/implementing-democracy-before-independence-ulmwp-inaugurates-thousands-of-representativesent As President of the ULMWP Provisional Government, I welcome the Legislative Council’s first Plenary Session, which was held this week in Jayapura. After a year-long recruitment process, the ULMWP has now inaugurated 250 Senate Members, 350 Legislative Council Members, and 1740 Regional Council members: more than 2300 official representatives in […]
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Interim President: New massacre in Intan Jaya
June 9, 2025 in Statement Fresh details are now emerging of the Indonesian military operation, which took place in Sugapa and Hitadipa districts on 13th May 2025. Soldiers shot indiscriminately at villagers during a clash with the TPNPB, who reported that they suffered four casualties – fourteen less than the eighteen dead claimed by Indonesia. […]
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Ecocide and Genocide Escalates in West Papua: Interview with ULMWP’s Benny Wenda by Paul Gregoire published on 23 May 2025 https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/ecocide-and-genocide-escalates-in-west-papua-interview-with-ulmwps-benny-wenda/ Following his re-election as Australian PM Anthony Albanese paid a visit to relatively new Indonesia president Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, with foreign minister Penny Wong and home affairs minister Tony Burke in tow. This […]
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Interim President: Indonesia bombing operations killing innocents in Puncak
May 7, 2025 in Statement Indonesia has committed a brutal bombing attack against a West Papuan village in Puncak Regency, killing at least one child and severely injuring others. Deris Kogoya, only 18 years old, was executed by a rocket attack from a helicopter while riding his motorbike near Kelanungin Village. His friend Jemi Waker […]
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Boycott Indonesia campaign launches in London, UK
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 […]
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ULMWP & FLNKS hold historic meeting in European Parliament
March 27, 2025 in News The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) held a momentous meeting today in the European Parliament, bringing their shared struggle against foreign occupation to the heart of Europe. The meeting, entitled ‘Anti-Colonial Struggle in the Pacific’, was hosted by Basque Country […]
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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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Interim President: The ULMWP says no to dialogue with Indonesia
February 5, 2025 in Statement Dialogue with Indonesia is not the answer for West Papua. The ULMWP has a clear stance on the question of dialogue: not until self-determination is on the table. West Papua is a colonised nation, not a province of Indonesia. We will not become another Aceh. The only long-term solution is […]
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Interim President Wenda: Four massacred by rogue military unit as Intan Jaya becomes warzone
January 21, 2025 in Statement A rogue Indonesian military unit is roaming Intan Jaya Regency, slaughtering West Papuans at will. Yonif Raider 509 Balawara Yudha have killed at least four West Papuan civilians so far, including three minors. They are acting with total impunity, clearly confident that their crimes will not be punished by the […]
