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...
On behalf of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua I would like to congratulate, and thank First Union and West Papua Action Auckland for opening the West Papua solidarity “desk” in Onehunga, Aotearoa New Zealand this week. You have the full support of the ULMWP and the people of West Papua. This historical and...
As the world celebrates Easter Sunday, in West Papua we are also celebrating the long-awaited release of our brother Yanto Awerkion, a political prisoner who faced a 15-year jail sentence for “treason” just for supporting a petition. Under Indonesian law, people in occupied West Papua can get a life sentence or worse for expressing their...
Dear friends, Following my message of condolence earlier this month after the devastating earthquake in Papua New Guinea, the situation has tragically further deteriorated and now over 100 people have died and over 300,000 people have been left without shelter. In response to this, we the people of West Papua are standing shoulder to shoulder...
10th February 2018, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) would like to announce that all members have arrived safely in Port Moresby to attend the 21st Leaders’ Summit of the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG).. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the government and people of...
Originally written by Benny Wenda on 17th November 2017. He has also written a short summary of this statement which can be read in a Press Release by the Free West Papua Campaign. Dear everyone, I am deeply concerned about the extremely worrying situation currently unfolding in the Tembagapura area of West Papua, where a...
Dear friends, It is with a heavy heart that I have learnt of the tragic passing of Professor Pieter Drooglever, a world renowned Dutch scholar, author and true friend of West Papua. Professor Drooglever is a man I had known personally and he had both a brilliant mind and a wonderful heart when it came...
This month, several West Papuan people, particularly activists from the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) have been intimidated, attacked and killed by the Indonesian police and so called “unknown persons”. On 14th October, in Port Numbay (Jayapura), 19 year old West Papuan activist Alex Sambom from the KNPB went missing and the next day was...
The West Papuan people’s petition is no hoax: it is the voice of our people – signed by the majority of West Papuans The real hoax is Indonesia’s justification for its occupation of West Papua This week I delivered a petition signed by the majority of West Papuans to the United Nations, calling on the UN to act...
UNITED LIBERATION MOVEMENT FOR WEST PAPUA (ULMWP) – PRESS RELEASE Petition for West Papuan self-determination signed by 1.8 million West Papuans and handed to UN by West Papuan leaders ULMWP Spokesperson Benny Wenda thanking Solomon Islands Prime Minister H.E. Manasseh Sogavare after his UNGA speech supporting West Papuan self-determination. Photo: ULMWP. Petition for decolonisation and...
