May 4, 2021
Urgent alert: Massive military operations in West Papua imminent
I issue this urgent warning the world: huge Indonesian military operations, some of the largest...
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April 30, 2021
Interim President: New cabinet committed to human rights and climate justice
Today, on the 58th anniversary of Indonesia’s colonisation of West Papua, we take another historic...
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April 27, 2021
Interim President responds to President Widodo’s crackdown order in West Papua
As the Interim President of the West Papuan nation, I am issuing this response to...
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March 24, 2021
Interim President: The OPM is not a ‘terrorist’ group – the Indonesian state is
The Indonesian state is considering listing the Organisasi Papua Merdeka, OPM, as a terrorist organisation....
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March 9, 2021
Interim President: Young boy murdered as Indonesian police tell West Papuans ‘You are a legitimate target! Shoot!’
A 17-year-old boy has become the latest victim of Indonesia’s six-decades-long colonisation of West Papua....
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February 23, 2021
Interim President: Renewed humanitarian crisis in West Papua needs urgent Red Cross intervention
The Indonesian state is causing a renewed humanitarian crisis in West Papua. Three young West...
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February 9, 2021
Interim President: Refuse creation of three provinces and all Indonesian law
The Indonesian state is trying once again to divide and rule my people by further...
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January 26, 2021
President Wenda: State-sanctioned racism against West Papuans reveals Jakarta’s true agenda
More leading Indonesian figures have made racial slurs against Natalius Pigai, former chair of the...
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January 7, 2021
President Wenda’s New Year’s Message: Year begins with renewed Indonesian repression
The ULMWP Provisional Government would like to offer its heartfelt new year’s wishes to all...
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December 10, 2020
Interim President Wenda: Indonesian Government greets UN Human Rights Day with military operations and arrests
Today, on UN Human Rights Day, I am calling on the Indonesian government to withdraw...
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December 1, 2020
Benny Wenda: Provisional Government of West Papua won’t bow down to Jakarta
Today, we announce the formation of our Provisional Government of West Papua. We are ready...
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November 25, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Three school children massacred in Puncak as Indonesia targets new generation
An Indonesian military death squad is roaming the regency of Puncak, killing West Papuan school...
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October 27, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Martial Law is being imposed in West Papua
The Indonesian government is imposing effective martial law on West Papua. There is no other...
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October 20, 2020
ULMWP Executive welcomes Legislative Council’s adoption of Provisional Constitution
As the Executive of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), we welcome the...
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September 29, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Indonesian police storm West Papuan university as Vanuatu speaks out at UN
Just days after the Republic of Vanuatu made statements on West Papua at the UN...
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September 23, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Pastor shot dead as the people of West Papua resist ‘Special Autonomy’
As the UN General Assembly meets to celebrate its 75th anniversary, it continues to ignore...
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August 25, 2020
ULWMP Chair: Two suspicious deaths of Papuan lawyers; three civilians murdered on Indonesian Independence Day
Two leading West Papuan lawyers have mysteriously died this month, following their successful advocacy for...
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August 11, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Don’t celebrate Indonesian Independence, commemorate New York Agreement and racist attacks
[Bahasa translation below] This week is incredibly important for the people of West Papua’s collective...
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July 29, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Happy 40th Independence Anniversary to Vanuatu
On July 30, the Republic of Vanuatu will celebrate the 40th anniversary of its independence...
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July 21, 2020
ULMWP Chair: New killings in Nduga show independence only solution in West Papua
[Bahasa translation below] Two more unarmed West Papuan civilians have been killed by the Indonesian...
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July 8, 2020
ULMWP Chair: A referendum, not ‘autonomy’, is the only solution in West Papua
[Bahasa translation below] For over 50 years, Indonesia has been promising West Papua ‘autonomy’. Each...
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June 18, 2020
Benny Wenda: Victory for political prisoners – but we must be vigilant
On behalf of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua and the people of West...
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June 2, 2020
Urgent alert: Prosecutor seeking 17 years in prison for Buchtar Tabuni
Buchtar Tabuni, one of dozens of political prisoners arrested during the 2019 West Papua Uprising,...
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May 29, 2020
Black Melanesian lives matter in West Papua – despite Indonesia’s genocidal Covid response
Since Indonesia invaded and occupied our country in 1963, Black Melanesian West Papuans have been...
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May 11, 2020
Benny Wenda: Indonesia using Covid crisis to arrest, imprison, torture
I have received urgent information from West Papua regarding the Indonesian State’s renewed hijacking of...
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April 30, 2020
ULMWP Chair: Remember the day Indonesia illegally invaded our country
Fifty-seven years ago to the day, on May 1, 1963, the Indonesian State illegally invaded...
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April 27, 2020
Thank you to Ralph Regenvanu and Charlot Salwai from Chairman Wenda
This is the text of a letter sent by ULMWP Chairman, Benny Wenda, to new...
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April 20, 2020
Congratulations to Prime Minister Bob Loughman from Chair of ULMWP
The following text was sent in a letter from Chairman Benny Wenda to the newly...
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April 15, 2020
During the coronavirus pandemic, West Papuan people continue to be massacred in silence by the Indonesian military
As Chairman of the ULMWP, it breaks my heart to learn of yet more killings...
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March 30, 2020
Media advisory notice on alleged shooting near Freeport mine in Timika
The ULMWP is aware of reports that around six people have been shot in Kuala...
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