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October 21, 2024 in Statement As Prabowo Subianto takes office as Indonesian President, the ULMWP restates its basic demand for an internationally-mediated referendum on independence. The continued violation of our self-determination is the root cause of the West Papua conflict. Only a referendum can resolve our issue. This is a frightening time for my people. […]

October 16, 2024 in Statement Two gigantic ecocidal developments have been launched in West Papua, showing again that Indonesia’s occupation of West Papua is a threat to the entire world. In Merauke, Indonesia have broken ground on the biggest deforestation project on earth, covering an area bigger than Switzerland, the Netherlands, or Israel and Palestine […]

President Wenda: Welcome new Pacific Islands Forum call for a UN visit August 30, 2024 in Statement As President of the ULMWP and on behalf of the people of West Papua, I welcome the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Communique reaffirming the 2019 call for a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua: […]

September 10, 2024 in New West Papua APPG held in UK Parliament September 10, 2024 in News The inaugural West Papua All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) of the new Parliament was held in the House of Commons today (10/09/2024). Chaired by Alex Sobel MP (Labour), the APPG was attended by MPs Luke Akehurst (Labour), Alex Ballinger […]

By APR editor – Asia Pacific Report A brutal killing of three Papuan civilians in Puncak Jaya reveals that occupied West Papua is a ticking time bomb under Indonesian President-elect Prabowo Subianto, claims the leader of an advocacy group. And United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Benny Wenda says the Melanesian region risks becoming […]

June 24, 2024 in Statementt On behalf of the ULMWP, I welcome the launch of the West Papua People’s Liberation Front (GR-PWP). The GR-PWP is a new popular movement formed to execute the national agenda of the ULMWP: A) A visit to West Papua by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights;B) ULMWP Full membership […]

Indonesian state terrorism in West Papua continues. June 19, 2024 in Statement Indonesian state terrorism in West Papua continues. In the latest internal displacement, over 5000 Papuan civilians in Paniai have been forced to flee their homes by yet another Indonesian military raid. Men, women, and children have scattered, some of them hiding in the […]

June 10, 2024 in Statement For years, West Papuans have been telling the world that we are the victims of two connected crimes: genocide and ecocide. Over 500,000 Papuans have been killed since the Indonesian occupation began in the 1960s, while millions of acres of ancestral land – forests, rivers, and mountains – have been […]

President Wenda: The ULMWP Agenda is West Papua’s path to liberation May 14, 2024 in Statement On behalf of the ULMWP and the people of West Papua, I call on all our supporters to renew your support for West Papua and stand behind our agenda for independence: A) A visit to West Papua by the […]

News: Scottish Friends of West Papua launched in Scottish Parliament May 10, 2024 in News A new Scottish chapter of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) launched yesterday (10th May 2024) at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. The Scottish Friends of West Papua launch was hosted by Bill Kidd MSP, and addressed by ULMWP […]