West Papua Headlines

*URGENT NEWS-INDONESIAN SOLDIER ACCUSED OF KILLING A PREGNANT WEST PAPUAN MOTHER AND 2 CHILDREN* According to reports, an Indonesian solider allegedly stabbed the woman and children with a sickle late last month “after she ignored his romantic overtures” The Indonesian soldier has apparently now been detained.  The military reported this news on Tuesday but why […]

The Governor of PNG’s National Capital District has urged the Indonesian Government not to stop a West Papuan soccer team from participating in PNG’s 40th Independence celebrations later this week. Governor Powes Parkop says the team has already arrived in Vanimo, but has apparently been stopped by the Indonesian government from travelling further to Port […]

Yesterday, Benny Wenda wrote this letter to the Secretary General, Leaders and People of the Pacific Islands Forum, following the welcome announcement from the Forum that West Papua was to be discussed a regional priority. On behalf of the people of West Papua, Benny Wenda is calling on the Pacific Islands Forum to please remember […]

Benny Wenda has written this statement as a condolence message after the deaths of 54 people in the Oksibil plane crash in West Papua, and the murder of West Papuan man Fredi Wenda by the Indonesian military. Both happened on 16th August (Indonesian Independence Day) which West Papuans refused to participate in. Dear friends, supporters […]

It remains unclear whether the West Papuan activist Filep Karma will soon walk free from Abepura Prison in Indonesia’s eastern region. Karma has served two thirds of a 15-year jail term for treason after he raised the banned Papuan Morning Star flag in 2004. Last week, he rejected an offer of remission on Indonesia’s Independence […]

On 15th August, there will be a Global Demonstration to remember the New York Agreement, known to West Papuans as the “Day of Broken Promise”. On 15th August 1962, West Papua was handed over to Indonesia without consultation from any Papuan. This was called the New York Agreement and although it promised West Papuans a […]

Statement of Church Leaders in West Papua regarding last weeks incident in Tolikara. JAYAPURA, SUARAPAPUA.com — Three church leaders in Papua, issued a joint press statement, related to the incidents in Tolikara, West Papua, which led to the shooting of children of school age, which led to the burning of several kiosks belonging to Papuans and non-Papuans. […]

  A 15 year old boy, Endi Wanimbo, has been shot dead and 11 others injured when police fired on a religious congregation in Karubaga, Tolikara district, West Papua on 17 July. So far no police have been named or arrested for perpetrating these crimes. Following the incident ANTARA News reported that National police chief […]

Dear friends, After the success of joining the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG), we West Papuans have been celebrating and giving thanks, showing our gratitude to our Melanesian brothers and sisters and all supporters for welcoming us back into the Melanesian family. However despite this international recognition for our peaceful movement, the United Liberation Movement for […]

New photo from a West Papuan newspaper. INDOctrinating children. Due to systematic deprivation, there are few school teachers in West Papua and Indonesian soldiers are often sent in their place; “Indonesianizing” Papuans. West Papuan schoolchildren are made to wear the Indonesian flag as their school uniform. They are often beaten and called, “stupid” and “primitive”. […]