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June 9, 2025 in Statement Fresh details are now emerging of the Indonesian military operation, which took place in Sugapa and Hitadipa districts on 13th May 2025. Soldiers shot indiscriminately at villagers during a clash with the TPNPB, who reported that they suffered four casualties – fourteen less than the eighteen dead claimed by Indonesia. […]

Ecocide and Genocide Escalates in West Papua: Interview with ULMWP’s Benny Wenda by Paul Gregoire published on 23 May 2025 https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/ecocide-and-genocide-escalates-in-west-papua-interview-with-ulmwps-benny-wenda/ Following his re-election as Australian PM Anthony Albanese paid a visit to relatively new Indonesia president Prabowo Subianto in Jakarta, with foreign minister Penny Wong and home affairs minister Tony Burke in tow. This […]

May 7, 2025 in Statement Indonesia has committed a brutal bombing attack against a West Papuan village in Puncak Regency, killing at least one child and severely injuring others. Deris Kogoya, only 18 years old, was executed by a rocket attack from a helicopter while riding his motorbike near Kelanungin Village. His friend Jemi Waker […]

February 5, 2025 in Statement Dialogue with Indonesia is not the answer for West Papua. The ULMWP has a clear stance on the question of dialogue: not until self-determination is on the table. West Papua is a colonised nation, not a province of Indonesia. We will not become another Aceh. The only long-term solution is […]

January 21, 2025 in Statement A rogue Indonesian military unit is roaming Intan Jaya Regency, slaughtering West Papuans at will. Yonif Raider 509 Balawara Yudha have killed at least four West Papuan civilians so far, including three minors. They are acting with total impunity, clearly confident that their crimes will not be punished by the […]

December 9, 202 As Interim President of the ULMWP, I welcome the release of the judgment of the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) on West Papua. After testimonies from West Papuans on the ground and legal and academic experts, the PPT found Indonesia guilty on all four counts: This judgment is a total vindication of everything the West […]

December 1, 2024 in Speech Below is the full version of the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave while opening the Oxford Green Fair at Oxford Town Hall on December 1, 2024. In the name of Yahweh, in the name of the West Papuan ancestors, in the name of the bones of our […]

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: […]