Free West Papua Campaign

We are very pleased to report that a new branch of the Free West Papua Campaign has opened in Poland! The new branch was launched with members of Free West Papua Campaign Netherlands and is  located in Garwolin, (near Warsaw) Poland. The launch took place on August 8th during Garwolin’s second solidarity concert for West […]

FREEDOM FIGHTER: Benny Wenda ON AUGUST 15, a group of protesters will descend upon the Indonesian Embassy to contest the Southeast Asian country’s sovereignty over the region of West Papua. Leading the charge will be Benny Wenda, spokesperson of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua. His journey to the frontline of the independence movement […]

West Papuan independence leader Benny Wenda is currently live on Radio in London where he will discuss the ongoing racism, genocide, and illegal occupation of West Papua as well as the Global Day of Action in for West Papua on Saturday Please do tune in and listen http://tunein.com/radio/galaxyafiwe-s178508/

The important regional body, the Pacific Islands Forum has been urged by it’s by it’s own Specialist Sub-Committee on Regionalism (SSCR) to make West Papua a priority issue on the leaders meeting agenda in Papua New Guinea this September. The Sub-Committee apparently decided to act after an “increasing groundswell of support in the region for the people […]

March for Reparation 2015 Watch photoalbum here.

Widespread and growing criticism of the shoddy way in which the Tolikara situation in West Papua has been handled by the security forces, has now reached the door of President Joko Widodo. With the post-mortem of the situation now well under way, observers and investigators are examining the conflicting testimonies of those involved as new […]

  On Sunday 5 July, the Free West Papua Campaign once again joined the Cowley Road Carnival in Oxford, United Kingdom along with other West Papuans from the Netherlands. We are always happy to join this carnival and we felt very proud today to march and dance through the historic streets of Oxford raising the […]

I had high hopes for Joko Widodo after his commitment to revive the relationship with West Papua but his latest actions run counter to that promise Source: Indonesian government cannot stand in the way of West Papuan people | Benny Wenda | Comment is free | The Guardian

Today, the Lani Singers performed at the Origin Festival of First Nations in London along with other indigenous artists such as our Melanesian brothers Mau Power and the Zugubal Dancers from the Torres Strait Islands. We also presented them with the West Papuan national flag, the Morning Star to carry the message back to the Torres Strait. […]

In Remembrance of Our Parents & Our Great Ancestors Yesterday, Benny Wenda attended the Galaxy Radio Parents and Ancestors Day in London, United Kingdom. The event was organised by the African and African Caribbean Community in London to remember and honour the parents and great ancestors of African and African Caribbean people, many of whom […]