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Category: Human Rights
Benny Wenda’s Statement on murder of Papuan leader Martinus Yohame
September 1, 2014
A public statement from Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Free West Papua Campaign founder, Benny Wenda Dear friends, supporters and…
Take Action: ask your government to support media freedom in West Papua
August 20, 2014
The New Zealand government recently passed a motion calling for “genuine media freedom in West Papua”. Sadly, on 6th August two French journalists, Thomas Dandois and Valentine Bourrat, who were reporting on the growing human rights crisis in the Lanny…
Statement from Benny Wenda on the arrested journalists
August 9, 2014
Statement from Benny Wenda.Nobel peace prize nominee and founder of the Free West Papua campaign. Two days ago the Indonesian military arrested two French journalists for trying to expose to the world is happening…
Victor Yeimo released from prison
August 5, 2014
The Free West Papua Campaign is very pleased to announce that today, Victor Yeimo, the Chairman of the West…
Scores arrested and beaten as West Papuans in Timika protest for a referendum
July 27, 2014
On 17th July 2014, hundreds to thousands of people outside the local Indonesian Parliament office in Timika, West Papua, peacefully protested for an independence referendum and for the release of the scores West Papuan political prisoners who continue to be…
Over 80% of West Papuans boycott the Indonesian elections
July 13, 2014
On Wednesday 9th July, the people of West Papua held a nation-wide boycott of the Indonesian presidential elections after many pro-independence groups issued statements calling for a mass refusal to vote for any Indonesian government. This is because all successive Indonesian…
Indonesian military crackdown on West Papuans who refuse to vote in the Indonesian Presidential elections.
July 8, 2014
Press Release The following statement has been released by Benny Wenda, West Papuan independence leader living in exile in the UK: On Wednesday July 9th West Papuan people will boycott the Indonesian Presidential elections. If there was any democratic space…
Free West Papua Campaign joins Cowley Road Carnival in Oxford
July 6, 2014
The Free West Papua Campaign proudly joined the world famous Cowley Road Carnival in Oxford, United Kingdom, where the first office of the campaign was opened. This was a very significant date for the people of West Papua as exactly…
Indonesian police shoot at crowd injuring three West Papuans
May 6, 2014
UPDATED MAY 8, 2014 Take action to call for a full investigation into the incident. Three West Papuans have been seriously injured today after police from the…
Human Rights Law Centre urges Australia to end association with human rights abuse in West Papua
May 6, 2014
The Director of Communications at the Human Rights Law Center in Australia urges the Australian government to “introduce laws that would minimise the risk of Australian policing or military assistance supporting human rights violators.” The Australian government funds and trains…