As President of the ULMWP Provisional Government, I welcome the Legislative Council’s first Plenary Session, which was held ...

III. Legal Framework Although political space for dissent in Indonesia has increased enormously since the fall of Soeharto, broadly worded laws limiting freedom of expression remain on the books and ...

The Governor of the Capital City (Port Moresby) of Papua New Guinea, Mr Powes Parkop, has announced that he officially dedicated his life for a Free West Papua. He made the comment at a commemoration ...

‘Balikpapan 7’ political prisoners released from jail August 23, 2020 The last of seven Papuan activists have been released from a detention center in Indonesian Borneo after serving a sentence on ...

December 1st 2024 marked the 63rd anniversary of West Papua’s 1961 Independence Day, when the Morning Star flag was first raised across West Papua and the New Guinea Council declared independence.

As Interim President of the ULMWP, I welcome the release of the judgment of the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) on West Papua. After testimonies from West Papuans on the ground and legal and ...

Welcome to this month’s PAPUA MERDEKA newsletter! Foreign journalists and West Papuans are persecuted for telling the truth about West Papua. We will keep you updated with what is really happening.

A demonstration was held outside the Indonesian Embassy in London on 26th September following a pair of massacres in West Papua. Protestors called for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ...

Below is a list of questions for members of our International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) network to table in their national legislatures concerning issues of vital importance in West Papua ...

This was the last song composed by West Papua’s most renowned musician, Arnold Ap. At the end of his life he recorded these moving lyrics in his prison cell and soon afterwards was shot dead by the ...

Indonesia has committed a brutal bombing attack against a West Papuan village in Puncak Regency, killing at least one child and severely injuring others. Deris Kogoya, only 18 years old, was executed ...

The human rights campaigner Filep Karma – one of West Papua’s most famous former political prisoners – has been found dead on a beach in Jayapura, sparking calls for a full and independent inquiry ...