Benny Wenda is to be awarded the Honorary Freedom of the City at a special meeting of the Full Council to be held in Oxford Town Hall, at 5pm on 17 July. The Lord Mayor of Oxford, Councillor Craig Simmons said: “It is my great honour as Lord Mayor to both propose and award Honorary Freedom...
The UK Parliament held a comprehensive hour-long debate into West Papuan human rights on Wednesday. Members of Parliament (MPs) from numerous political parties in the UK noted the historic violation of West Papua’s right to self-determination, raised concern over system human rights abuses by Indonesian security services, and called for the UK government to review...
On Sunday, West Papua lost a great leader and peace-maker, Father Neles Tebay. He tirelessly sought throughout his life to bring peace and justice to our land through non-violent means. We will always remember what he did for the people of West Papua. The new generation will take forward his legacy and continue his work....
[This statement was first posted on the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) website in Mr Wenda’s capacity as Chairman of the ULMWP.] It is with a heavy heart that I am sending this message to you on behalf of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). The people of West Papua are...
On behalf of the ULMWP and the people of West Papua, I would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a Peaceful New Year. This Christmas, the ULMWP appeals to the international community to remember the people of West Papua, for whom Christmas will be a time of mourning. While people around...
As Chairman of The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), I hereby call upon Indonesian President Joko Widodo to immediately withdraw all Indonesian military personnel from West Papua. The world is currently witnessing the escalating crisis in the Nduga region as just one example of the deteriorating human rights situation in West Papua. It...
A message from the desk of Benny Wenda, Chair of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua. Originally posted on website www.ulmwp.org Ahead of next week’s 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) Indonesian security forces have been executing a violent campaign to crackdown on freedom of expression in West Papua. Over the last week...
To the President of Indonesia, the Commander of the TNI, and Chief of Indonesian Police; On behalf of the people of West Papua, and as Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua, we firmly reject the military actions taken by the government of Indonesia in the Kenyam District of Nduga, West Papua. Bombing,...
Today, 6th July 2018, we remember the Biak massacre. On July 6th, 1998, people of Biak, West Papua sung songs at Biak water tower while praying for freedom and raising the West Papuan Morning Star flag. They were peacefully asking for their independence. The Indonesian military arrived at dawn and murdered over 150 men, women...
July 1st, 2018 is the 47 year anniversary of the proclamation of Independence by the OPM on July 1st, 1971. The proclamation brings us unity to fight for Independence from Indonesian colonialism and to look forward as one people with one soul and one destiny – Independence. On July 1st, 2018, the West Papua community...
