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Opposition leader says human rights and justice should be ‘cornerstone’ of UK Labour party’s foreign policy : Source Jeremy Corbyn, who is a cofounder of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua, described the gathering as ‘historic’. Photograph: LNP/REX/Shutterstock Jeremy Corbyn has drawn attention to the plight of West Papuans, saying the recognition of human rights […]

A global petition calling on the United Nations to put West Papua back on its decolonisation list has been launched in Britain: Source (L to R) Tim, Tom and Joel from Swim for West Papua, Maria Wenda, Benny Wenda, Rt Hon Andrew Smith MP, Peter Tatchell, Lord Harries. Photo: International Parliamentarians for West Papua The […]

This article was written by a West Papuan about the Indonesian police threatening West Papuan activists from the West Papua National Committee (KNPB). On Tuesday, 22 March 2016, the Indonesian Police Chief Inspector in West Papua, Paulus Waterpauw has written to the West Papua National Committee (KNPB), for the purpose of the meeting is to […]

West Papuan Independence Leader Benny Wenda was recently interviewed by Tv3 Network Limited 3 about the West Papuan freedom struggle and why his people are calling on Ghana to support West Papua again. Please watch and share here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=HTtpY530kK8&feature=youtu.be

This article has been written by a West Papuan activist about the West Papuan churches condemning the Indonesian military and police   President of the Evangelical Church in West Papua and all Indonesia (GIDI Rev. Dorman Wandikbo has asserted that without security and escorts from the Indonesian security forces, military and police, the Papuan people […]

Yesterday, West Papuan Independence Leader Benny Wenda addressed the entire Oxford City Council in the United Kingdom and thanked them for the tremendous support Oxford continues to show for West Papua’s freedom. He said, “We West Papuans feel that this Campaign is very safe in the hands of the people of Oxford. From this city […]

Dozens of students marched on the Indonesian Embassy in the New Zealand capital, Wellington, today to protest over continuing violence from the security forces in West Papua. The students, many of them from Melanesian countries, had walked from Victoria University and were joined by several MPs, including the Green Party’s Catherine Delahunty. She says it […]

Pacific churches say Indonesia must seriously address human rights abuses and extra-judicial killings in Papua. The call by the Pacific Conference of Churches comes after the killing of a student in Timika and Indonesia’s denials at the UN General Assembly of human rights abuses in the territory it annexed in 1961. Photo: RNZI The organisation’s general […]

14 NGOs demand justice after the shooting of two West Papuan teenagers Kaleb Bagau and Efrando Sabarofek last month. 14 NGOs have submitted an urgent appeal case to the United Nations Human Rights Commission in Geneva calling for an impartial investigation into the shooting of the 2 boys and for the perpetrators to face justice.  […]

It is frustrating that serious human rights abuses in Indonesian-controlled West Papua continue to fly below the radar. This year there has been some good news but it is also going largely unremarked. This is equally frustrating, especially as the positive developments all stem from initiatives taken by courageous Papuans themselves or by our neighbours […]