https://www.ulmwp.org/president-wenda-may-1st-is-a-day-of… President Wenda: May 1st is a day of occupation and bloodshed May 1, 2024 in Statement Today, May 1st, will always be remembered as a day of terror for West Papuans, marking the beginning of Indonesia’s illegal occupation. On this day in 1963, Indonesian troops invaded our land. This was the beginning of the […]
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News: IPWP meeting calls for urgent UN visit to West Papua
News: IPWP meeting calls for urgent UN visit to West Papua October 19, 2023 The International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) held a major meeting in the UK Parliament yesterday (October 18th 2023), calling for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to be urgently allowed to visit West Papua. The IPWP meeting was held […]
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West Papua support network launched in European Parliament
May 12, 2022 A new network of MPs in support of West Papua was launched today (May 12, 2022) at the European Parliament in Brussels. At a meeting and press conference, the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) announced the formation of its new EU branch. The meeting, ‘West Papua: Human rights, self-determination, and green state vision’, […]
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The official launch of the Global Petition for an Internationally Supervised Vote at the Palace of Westminster.
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Global Petition and Swim for West Papua Launched in Westminster
January 25, 2017 On 24th January 2017 the Free West Papua Campaign took another significant step in supporting West Papuans in their journey towards freedom: the official launch of the Global Petition for an Internationally Supervised Vote at the Palace of Westminster. The ground-breaking petition is addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, António […]
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West Papua: UN must supervise vote on independence, says coalition
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 […]
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Jeremy Corbyn on West Papua: UK Labour leader calls for independence vote
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 […]
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Global petition for freedom in West Papua launched in London
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 […]
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Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu meets with Benny, renews call for UN review of West Papuan self-determination
On 27th February 2015 Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu met with West Papuan independence leader and founder of the Free West Papua Campaign, Benny Wenda, in Cape Town, South Africa. He has released the following statement renewing his call for the UN to instigate an investigation into the so called Act of ‘Free’ Choice in which Indonesia […]
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Indonesia criticised by UN over Papua torture
The United Nations special rapporteur on torture has criticised the Indonesian government’s breakup of demonstrations in West Papua last year, saying it breached international conventions on torture. [ Visit Website ]
