Mr Ap will be the chief point of contact for the West Papuan liberation movement to the international media; Mr Ap can be reached at [email protected] Details Raki Ap was previously Spokesperson for the ULMWP’s Green State Vision and the Free West Papua Campaign (FWPC). Having performed these roles very effectively, ULMWP President Benny Wenda […]
MAY 22, 2024 https://www.freewestpapua.org/2024/05/22/ulmwp-message-of-solidarity-for-the-people-of-kanaky-in-their-anti-colonial-struggle/ Wa wa wa wa wa. Today I am sending a message of solidarity to the people of Kanaky and our brothers and sisters in the leadership of the FLNKS. What is happening in Kanaky is modern-day colonialism in action. The proposed electoral changes being debated in the French Parliament would fatally damage […]
ULMWP President Benny Wenda’s speech in Scottish Parliament May 13, 2024 in Speech Below is the speech that ULMWP President Benny Wenda gave in the Scottish Parliament on May 9th 2024. First of all, I would like to thank Bill Kidd for hosting this launch event. Your hospitality is appreciated by the West Papuan people. […]
By Len Garae :Source Daily Post Vanuatu The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has held a major internal meeting on the Island of New Guinea to reaffirm the Resolutions of the 2023 Congress. Approved by ULMWP President Benny Wenda and Prime Minister (PM) Edison Waromi, 12 Cabinet Ministers and seven Regional Executives have […]
Final Declaration By Len Garae Feb 10, 2018Final DeclarationFaces of West Papua struggle from left to right: Andy Ayamiseba, Benny Wenda, Barak Sope, Rex Rumakiek, and Paula Makabory pose with final declarations “I as the founder of the Free West Papua Movement or Organisasi Papua Merdeka (OPM) want to acknowledge and support the United Liberation […]
Vanuatu now has a new Interim Special Envoy for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). He is Mr. Morris Kaloran, formerly the Interim Deputy Foreign Minister to West Papua. People have questioned how someone from Lumbukuti village, one of Tongoa Island’s 14 villages, became appointed to such an important role for another country's […]
Natuman congratulates Wenda on election By Len Garae Feb 9, 2024 Former Prime Minister Mr. Joe Natuman (left) congratulates President Benny Wenda (right) while former first President Mr. George Sokomanu cements the handshake with his presence By Len Garae A former Prime Minister (PM), Mr. Joe Natuman whose Government had funded the first arrival of […]
Broadcast 13h ago13 hours ago Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.https://www.abc.net.au/pacific/programs/wantok/wpapua-van-office-wenda/103432524 ULMWP President Benny Wenda Share Siaman blong United Liberation Movement for West Papua, Benny Wenda itok tenkyu blong em long Vanuatu gavman na ol pipol long opim wanpla opis blong ULMWP […]
By Len Garae 21 hrs ago Share Facebook Twitter United Liberation Movement of West Papua’s (ULMWP) Interim President, Mr. Benny Wenda, arrived at Port Vila International Airport yesterday as the first ever ULMWP President to be elected by over 5,000 indigenous delegates from within West Papua. He was welcomed on his arrival by a delegation […]
January 23, 2024 in Press Release, Statement On behalf of the ULMWP and the people of West Papua, I welcome yesterday’s meeting in the European Parliament and the launch of the Brussels Declaration. The Declaration is an important document, echoing the existing calls for a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua […]
In a historic moment for West Papua, Benny Wenda has expressed his deep honour at being elected President of the ULMWP (United Liberation Movement for West Papua) Provisional Government during the recently concluded Congress in Port Numbay. Edison Waromi, elected as Prime Minister, shares in the joy, and both leaders underscore their commitment to […]
https://www.dailypost.vu/news/government-urged-to-honour-jayapura-resolutions/article_579ab5e1-0379-529d-a9a9-0815fcdd3d5c.html By Len Garae Dec 22, 2023 Interim Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of ULMWP, Kaloran (right) addresses Vanua Riki Council of Chiefs on ULMWP Congress at the Shefa Education Conference Hall The United Liberation Movement of West Papua Interim Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs, Morris Kaloran, wishes to ask the Prime Minister Charlot […]
West Papua Congress elect Wenda President By Len Garae Nov 28, 2023 Source:https://www.dailypost.vu/news/west-papua-congress-elect-wenda-president/article_e81d87b6-58c8-507c-8218-cee34acfd529.html Mr. Wenda re-elected President of ULMWP in West Papua West Papua International Secretariat Headquarters in Port Vila, has confirmed that former President of United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) Provisional Government, Mr. Benny Wenda, has been re-elected to his former […]
Benny Wenda: Welcome the outcome of the first ULMWP Congress in West Papua December 1, 2023 Below is the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave at Oxford Town Hall on December 1, 2023. ''In the name of Yahweh, in the name of our ancestors, in the name of bones of suffering, and in […]
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 - Three killings of Papuan civilians in Puncak Jaya . . . military claims denied by local people. Image: ULMWP 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
January 23, 2024 in Press Release, Statement On behalf of the ULMWP and the people of West Papua, I welcome yesterday’s meeting in the European Parliament and the launch of the Brussels Declaration. The Declaration is an important document, echoing the existing calls for a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua […]
Lukas Enembe being visited in hospital by Rev. Dorman Wandikbo of GIDI Church Give the king Your judgments, O God, And Your righteousness to the king’s Son. He will judge Your people with righteousness, And Your poor with justice. The mountains will bring peace to the people, And the little hills, by righteousness. PSALM 72 […]
December 27, 2023 in Statement On Behalf of the ULMWP and the West Papuan people I offer my condolences to the family of Governor Lukas Enembe. Today we remember Enembe and his legacy, as a powerful Governor who fought for West Papuan interests against the Indonesian colonial system that has been imposed on us for […]
Benny Wenda: Welcome the outcome of the first ULMWP Congress in West Papua December 1, 2023 Below is the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave at Oxford Town Hall on December 1, 2023. ''In the name of Yahweh, in the name of our ancestors, in the name of bones of suffering, and in […]
Protest outside Indonesian Embassy calls for UN visit to West Papua September 28, 2023 Source:https://www.freewestpapua.org/2023/09/28/protest-outside-indonesian-embassy-calls-for-un-visit-to-west-papua/ A demonstration was held outside the Indonesian Embassy in London on 26th September following a pair of massacres in West Papua. The names of the victims in Yahukimo being read in commemoration Protestors called for the UN High Commissioner for […]
The Indonesian state is again cracking down on protest and free expression in West Papua. Protestors who took to the streets to commemorate World Human Rights Day in Manokwari and Timika were greeted with water cannons, tear gas, batons, and mass arrests. At least forty people were taken into custody, including a one-year-old baby […]
West Papua independence Source:https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/01/west-papua-independence-leaders-declare-government-in-waiting Province’s breakaway movement nominates exiled leader as interim president as conflict-ridden Indonesian region marks independence da Ben Doherty Pacific Editor @bendohertycorro Tue 1 Dec 2020 00.33 GMT West Papuan leaders have declared a provisional “government-in-waiting” of the contested Indonesian province, as the United Nations said it was “disturbed by escalating violence” there, […]
By David Lynch@davi_lynchPolitics Reporter Benny Wenda, the newly-declared president of the interim government of West Papua, lives in exile in Oxford after escaping imprisonment in Indonesia. Today, West Papuans declared they would form a 'provisional government-in-waiting' for their homeland region, which is currently split into two provinces under the control of Indonesia. Mr Wenda leads a […]
