News Stories
Category: Human Rights
Torture and forced disappearance of West Papuan civilian in Maybrat
March 23, 2026
On March 22nd, The Indonesian military (TNI) arbitrarily arrested and tortured a West Papuan civilian named Yusuf Sory following a gunfight with the West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) in Sory Village, Maybrat Regency. Mr Sory’s whereabouts are currently unknown and he is feared dead. The video inset shows a clearly terrified Mr Sory tied […]
Interim President Wenda: Indonesia humiliates West Papuans with arbitrary arrests in Tambrauw
March 20, 2026
On behalf of the ULMWP and the people of West Papua, I condemn Indonesia’s cruel and humiliating arbitrary arrest of twelve West Papuans in Tambrauw Regency this week. The arrests took place on the March 18th, after Indonesia conducted military operations in the Fef and Bamus Bama districts. People were dragged out of their homes, tortured, and […]
President Wenda: Indonesia lying about plane attack in Boven Digoel
February 19, 2026
The Indonesian government is tricking the world about its practices in West Papua. The Cessna plane the TPNPB fired upon in Boven Digoel was not a civilian plane, as the police spokesman misleadingly stated, but part of a security operation. Indonesia is again disguising their military activity as civil activity. They are also willfully breaching the […]
President Wenda: Indonesia bombing refugee camps in West Papua
February 10, 2026
In yet another flagrant breach of international law, Indonesia has bombed a makeshift refugee camp in Puncak Regency. This is part of their ongoing campaign of terror in the West Papuan highlands, with their Airforce having relentlessly attacked the region since January 31st. According to Human Rights Defenders on the ground, the Indonesian military used drones to […]
Free West Papua campaign protests Prabowo’s UK visit: Benny Wenda statement
January 21, 2026
The following statement by ULMWP President Benny Wenda was read out at the picket outside 10 Downing Street against UK PM Keir Starmer’s meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto: On behalf of the ULMWP and the West Papuan people, I want to state very clearly: the UK government should not be welcoming the war criminal […]
Interim President: Indonesia is unfit to lead the UN Human Rights Council
January 12, 2026
Indonesia is totally unfit to hold the Presidency of the UN Human Rights Council. How can Indonesia lead on human rights, when they are hiding from the world their sixty-year occupation of West Papua, with five hundred thousand men, women, and children dead? How can Indonesia lead on human rights, when their President is a war criminal who is […]
ULMWP President Benny Wenda’s Christmas Message
December 18, 2025
As 2025 comes to an end, I would like to thank everyone who has supported a Free West Papua this year, whether through practical contributions or through their spirit. 2025 has been a year of even further escalation in West Papua, as Indonesia has stepped up its campaign of repression and ecocidal development. Our people […]
December 1st commemorated across West Papua and the world
December 2, 2025
December 1st marked the 64th anniversary of West Papua’s original Independence Day in 1961. The Morning Star was raised in all seven regencies across West Papua, in a firm rejection of Indonesia’s strict ban on the flag. In Oxford, UK, the Morning Star flag was raised above the Oxford Town Hall while ULMWP President Benny Wenda gave […]
President Wenda: West Papua Independence Day Speech, December 1st 2025
December 2, 2025
Below is the full version of the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave at Oxford Town Hall on December 1, 2025. Wa wa wa wa wa. In the name of Yahweh, in the name of our West Papuan ancestors, and in the name of the bones of our suffering, I open this December […]
President Wenda: December 1st a celebration of West Papuan unity
November 4, 2025
On behalf of the ULMWP, I declare this December 1st to be a celebration of West Papuan unity. In that spirit, I acknowledge and welcome the statement of support for me as President of West Papua from West Papua National Liberation Army (TPNPB) spokesperson Sebby Sambom and Chief of Staff Terianus Satto. This is a major step forward […]