United Liberation Movement for West Papua

Exclusive: Independence leader Benny Wenda joins parliamentarians, lawyers and humanitarians demanding UN supports referendum on territory’s fate : Source Indonesia gained complete control of West Papua through a UN-sanctioned but discredited ballot in 1969. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP The United Nations must pass a resolution for an internationally supervised vote for independence in West Papua, global […]

A new article extensively covering the success of West Papua joining the Melanesian Spearhead Group earlier this year has been published in wagingnonviolence.org You can read the full article, “A new hopeful chapter in West Papua’s 50-year freedom struggle” here “A new hopeful chapter in West Papua’s 50-year freedom struggle” is an edited excerpt from the […]

AUCKLAND (Pacific Media Watch): The Pacific Island Forum (PIF) leaders meeting in Papua New Guinea is a few weeks away and the secretary-general for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Octovianus Mote, is in New Zealand to lobby the government to support human rights. West Papua is now on the agenda at the […]

We are very sad to learn of the tragic death of former Vanuatu Prime Minister and true hero for the West Papuan freedom struggle, Edward Natapei. Mr Natapei was an outspoken supporter of West Papuan liberation and contributed so much towards helping the West Papuan people unite and gain international support for the cause.  Following […]

A Melanesian specialist says the West Papuan nationalist coalition that received observer status at the Melanesian Spearhead Group could follow a similar path to the FLNKS, which represents New Caledonia’s Kanak people. Associate Professor Tarcisius Tara Kabutaulaka, from the University of Hawaii, says while the decision to only grant the group observer status may be […]

Exiled West Papua Leader and the founder of Free West Papua Campaign Benny Wenda says West Papua’s issue is a Melanesian issue. Mr Wenda, who lives in England, is in the country with four other West Papua Advocate leaders who also live in other international countries. He told SIBC News today they are in the […]

Solomon Islands must support West Papua’s application to join the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) as it will create an avenue for the sub-regional group to seriously address the plight of West Papuans. Photo credit: SIBC. Solomon Islands Source: SOLOMON ISLANDS MUST SUPPORT WEST PAPUA: MOTE | SIBC

On 30th May rallies were held all over West Papua to show support for West Papua joining the subregional Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) through the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). Up to 82 West Papuans were arrested and many were tortured by the Indonesian authorities. For more information, please see the Free West […]

Today the West Papuan people held rallies all over West Papua and in some Indoensian cities too, asking that West Papua come back to the Melanesian family of the Melanesian Spearhead Group. The people of West Papua put their trust in the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) to represent them within the MSG […]

Independence leader and spokesman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda, was interviewed by Radio Australia on West Papua joining the Melanesian Spearhead Group and Indonesia’s attempts to do the same http://www.radioaustralia.net.au/…/west-papuan-inde…/1446830 Benny Wenda: “The prime minister has a right to welcome Indonesia, but my point of view is that West Papua […]