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As President of the ULMWP Provisional Government, I welcome the Legislative Council’s first Plenary Session, which was held ...
Paradise Bombed August 7, 2023 An extraordinary new documentary, filmed on the ground in West Papua, exposes the crimes against humanity being committed by the Indonesian military in the highlands of ...
The Boycott Indonesia campaign officially launched in London on the 20th March. Speaking at the event were Benny Wenda (ULMWP Interim President), activist Peter Tatchell, Tim Hansen (ULMWP Legal ...
West Papua: Five facts about Indonesia’s occupation September 20, 2017 Military repression, possible genocide, western collusion Indonesia refuses a referendum on self-determination & independence ...
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 ...
Indonesia may have again used the chemical weapon White Phosphorus on indigenous West Papuans in Kiwirok. I am calling for an urgent international investigation into these very serious allegations.
Historic meeting on West Papua’s future takes place in British Parliament May 3, 2016 An historic step on the road to freedom for West Papua was made in London today. At a meeting of the International ...
Indonesia has launched a number of devastating airstrikes on a handful of villages in Ilaga, Puncak Regency. These attacks follow last week’s brutal bombing attacks in Puncak, which killed one Papuan ...
Indonesian security forces shoot into Papuan village from helicopters July 12, 2018 Google translated. SUARAPAPUA.com reports – Yairus Gwijangge, Regent of Nduga District, Papua, confirmed that there ...
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