In Remembrance of Our Parents & Our Great Ancestors Yesterday, Benny Wenda attended the Galaxy Radio Parents and Ancestors Day in London, United Kingdom. The event was organised by the African and African Caribbean Community in London to remember and honour the parents and great ancestors of African and African Caribbean people, many of whom […]
Independence Leader Benny Wenda
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Benny Wenda gives a talk at the Oxford Black Students Union
Yesterday on 21st May, Benny Wenda gave a talk at the Oxford Black Students Union about West Papua’s struggle against Indonesian colonialism and discrimination. Benny explained to the students that his people were not fighting to overthrow political power but were peacefully fighting purely to stop Indonesia’s colonialism, discrimination and racism in West Papua. In […]
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Benny Wenda gives a talk at Sheffield University Law School
On 11th May Benny Wenda gave a talk at the University of Sheffield School of Law in the United Kingdom. He talked about how the case for West Papua was very strong under international law, after West Papua was illegally occupied by Indonesia without the consent of the West Papuan people. Benny said that Indonesia […]
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(21-05 18:30) BENNY WENDA at the Oxford Black Students Union | FREE WEST PAPUA
The Oxford Black Students Union is blessed to be inviting one of the most formidable freedom fighters of our time – Benny Wenda. Benny is a West Papuan independence leader, international spokesman for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), and founder of the Free West Papua Campaign. In his youth, he witnessed the […]
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Benny Wenda, West Papua Leader Speaks Out Against Indonesian Repression, And His US Visa Cancelation
The leader of the movement to Free West Papua, Benny Wenda, was scheduled to be on our show live in studio today. But yesterday, at the airport in London, when he attempted to check in for his flight to the US, he was detained by Department of Homeland Security officials who informed him that his […]
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Open Lecture: Benny Wenda and West Papua’s Struggle for Freedom
Benny Wenda is a West Papuan independence leader and an international lobbyist for the independence of West Papua from Indonesia. Mr. Wenda was put on trial in 2002 for allegedly leading a procession of people in an independence rally. He escaped from prison and was smuggled to the UK by an NGO, where he has […]
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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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THE SINGER-FIGHTER
Benny Wenda is a UK based peaceful freedom fighter, international lobbyist, exiled tribal chief and independence leader of West Papua. On Tuesday afternoon he gave a presentation at Rhodes University as part of his campaign to raise awareness about the situation in West Papua. [ Visit Website ]
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Pacific island links: Australian-Fiji ties, Micronesian trade, Benny Wenda and more
Catch up with news, commentary & analysis from and about the Pacific island region: Australia is working hard to normalise relations with Fiji now that the election is over, including the restoration of military ties. But there is still no word as to when the Bainimarama Government will welcome Australia’s High Commissioner. The government of […]
