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

Human Rights Watch Report February 20, 2007 Political Prisoners in Papua I. Summary It is very strange in this era of reform that community views that differ from those of the larger society are ...

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 ...

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.

Indonesia has committed a brutal bombing attack against a West Papuan village in Puncak Regency, killing at least one child and severely injuring others. This brutal attack reminds me of my childhood: ...

Benny Wenda: The Permanent People’s Tribunal proves that West Papua needs freedom December 9, 2024 As Interim President of the ULMWP, I welcome the release of the judgment of the Permanent People’s ...

‘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 ...

Melanesian identity is growing in West Papua, in resistance to the increasing repression of the West Papuan people October 6, 2016 The beating of tifa drums fills the air. At intervals of the ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...