December 13, 2023
President Wenda: Police brutality in Manokwari and Timika a reminder of Indonesian colonial rule
The Indonesian state is again cracking down on protest and free expression in West Papua....
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June 20, 2023
President Wenda: More arrests in West Papua as military escalation continues
As the Melanesian Spearhead Group prepares for its Leaders’ Meeting, Indonesia is once again ramping...
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October 17, 2022
Urgent Notice: Buchtar Tabuni and two ULMWP Ministers arrested by Indonesian Police
Indonesian Police have arrested Buchtar Tabuni, one of West Papua’s most important liberation leaders, along...
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May 10, 2021
Interim President: Release Victor Yeimo immediately
On Sunday May 9, the Indonesian colonial police arrested Victor Yeimo, one of our most...
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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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September 9, 2019
ULMWP Chair: Urgent action needed as Indonesia attempts to destroy West Papuan liberation movement
[Bahasa translation below] We are winning the struggle with Indonesia. Politically, legally, morally, our arguments...
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August 18, 2019
ULMWP Chairman: Stop Indonesian repression of the people of West Papua
[Statement in Bahasa below.] Over the past three days, the people of West Papua have...
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August 15, 2019
PRESS RELEASE: Brutal Indonesian police crack-down as West Papua issue pushed forward in PIF
Indonesian police have arrested over 140 West Papuans calling for Pacific leaders to make a...
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February 11, 2019
Chairman of the ULMWP condemns Indonesian crackdown on freedom of expression
On January 25, I, as chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP),...
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