Steve Sweeney talks to West Papuan independence leader BENNY WENDA about the struggle against brutal Indonesian occupation, his experiences of racist persecution and his pledge to make West Papua ‘the first green state in the world’ after liberation It HAS…
Benny Wenda has been a fierce advocate for the West Papuan cause. Why is it, then, that the proclamation of his presidency has been met with marked skepticism within West Papua? By Leon Langdon, The Diplomat In December 2020, Benny Wenda told TIME…
PRESIDENT-ELECT of the self-styled Republic of West Papua Benny Wenda called for continued support for the cause of the freedom of his people, warning that the new year has begun with renewed Indonesian repression. In his new year’s message, released…
January 13, 2021 in News – The Netherlands has become the 83rd international state calling for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to be allowed into West Papua. Following questions posed by parliamentarians from seven Dutch political parties, the Dutch Foreign…
Gen. WPRA Amunggut Tabi from the West Papua Army sends this public letter to the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Republic of South Molucass and Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to organise and form an organisation called UNITED LIBERATION…
From Dateline Pacific, RNZ Despite ongoing harassment and arrests, civil society groups in West Papua have been working to consult with indigenous people on an issue regarding the region’s political future. Indonesia’s government is seeking to extend the Papuan provinces’ Special Autonomy…
Stated in the official website of West Papua Army, the Central Defense Headquarters of West Papua Army declares full support to the formation of the Provisional Government of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (PC-ULMWP) on December 1, 2020,…
As racial justice protests swept the U.S. this summer, a related movement was taking hold thousands of miles away in Indonesia. Papuan Lives Matter began as a hashtag on social media, spreading across the sprawling archipelago of 270 million people.…
West Papua was annexed by Indonesia decades ago, leading to a prolonged conflict. A tribal chief who lives overseas recently declared himself president of the embattled territory. By Richard C. Paddock BANGKOK — It has been 59 years since separatists…
Catholic priests in West Papua have appealed for reconciliation and dialogue to address ongoing armed violence in their region. A statement has been issued by 147 priests from across the Indonesian-administered provinces of West Papua and Papua. The priests acknowledge…
