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Join the Global Action demonstrations for Press Freedom in West Papua
April 21, 2017
From May 1st to May 3rd there will be a Global Action for West Papua as demonstrations take place across the world, calling for full Press Freedom in West Papua. We are calling on YOU to join us in shining light on the media blackout in West Papua. Day of…
Help us to make “There is NO #PressFreedom in #WestPapua” go viral!
April 21, 2017
Dear friends of West Papua, We are inviting YOU to join in solidarity with the people of West Papua as we create a global alert for West Papua from May 1st to May 3rd. 1st May will mark exactly 54 years to the day that Indonesia first occupied West Papua.
Happy Easter from the Free West Papua Campaign
April 15, 2017
HAPPY EASTER 2017! We would like to wish you all a very Happy and Peaceful Easter. Today let us remember the people of West Papua who continue to suffer under oppression for doing nothing wrong. They ask only for the freedom of their people but continue to be persecuted and…
2017: West Papua Media Briefing ahead of Indonesia Hosting World Press Freedom Day
April 12, 2017
Overview 2017 is currently progressing as another dismal year for media access in West Papua as the false promise of Indonesian President Joko Widodo in 2015 to allow foreign journalist’s access to West Papua has fallen further into disregard.
Walk for West Papua to be held between Geelong to Melbourne in Australia
April 8, 2017
Sign up to join the Walk 4 West Papua here From 26th to 30th April, a 73km awareness raising walk for West Papua will be taking place from Geelong to Melbourne to signify the distance between Australian territory (Deliverance Island) and West Papua, Australia’s closest neighbour. The walk is being hosted by…
West Papuan people unite under ULMWP to support the global petition
April 5, 2017
Today around 1000 people gathered in Waena in Port Numbay/Jayapura, the capital city of West Papua to launch the manual petition for West Papuan self-determination, supporting the online version. The 5th April 2017 marks exactly 56 years to the day that the Nieuw Guinea Raad or New Guinea Council first met in…
Reporters Without Borders calls upon Indonesian President to allow journalists to work in West Papua
April 5, 2017
From Radio New Zealand. The international media watchdog, Reporters Without Borders, has called on the Indonesian President Joko Widodo to keep his election promise to allow local and international journalists to operate in West Papua without obstruction or surveillance. Tabloid Jubi reported this call came after the expulsion of French…
Support for West Papua from Bob Marley’s band The Wailers
April 2, 2017
On 21st March, West Papuan Independence Leader Benny Wenda met with The Wailers, the band of the legendary reggae artist Bob Marley, in Oxford, United Kingdom.
West Papuan people in Timika rally to support global petition and Swim for West Papua
April 1, 2017
Today in Timika, West Papua, over a thousand people gathered in a rally to show their support for the Global Petition for West Papua and the Swim for West Papua team that will carry it to the United Nations in August 2017. All participants held up hand-signed posters, reading “We…
West Papuan man executed by the Indonesian police
April 1, 2017
On 27th March, 2017, a West Papuan man was executed by the Indonesian police on Yapen Island.* Below follows an urgent media statement from the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). MEDIA STATEMENT 27th March, 2017 West Papuan man shot dead by the Indonesian police in Yapen. The United…