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A Historic Choice: ULMWP President Benny Wenda Pacific on the 2024 Pacific Islands Forum
August 26, 2024
The 2024 Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Leaders’ Meeting is a critical moment for Pacific leaders to show courage and leadership on one of the biggest issues facing our region: West Papua. It is time for PIF to reaffirm their 2019 call for a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua. It has now been […]
News: Scottish Friends of West Papua launched in Scottish Parliament
May 10, 2024
A new Scottish chapter of the International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) launched yesterday (10th May 2024) at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh. The Scottish Friends of West Papua launch was hosted by Bill Kidd MSP, and addressed by ULMWP President Benny Wenda, ULMWP Prime Minister Edison Waromi, and IPWP Chair Alex Sobel MP. The […]
Another West Papuan priest killed by the Indonesian military amid internet blackout
May 28, 2021
URGENT – 5th WEST PAPUAN PRIEST SHOT IN MONTHS. We are devastated to report the killing of yet another West Papuan priest at the hands of the Indonesian military. Lagan Hagabal was shot dead by Indonesian soldiers in Demayu village this month amid the ongoing internet blackout.
Pacific Islands Forum describes Vanuatu’s support for West Papua as “admirable”
February 14, 2019
Article originally published on the Vanuatu Daily Post. Vanuatu has always been very principled in its approach to West Papua, in the issue of self-determination of any country, particularly in our own region, Pacific Islands Forum Secretary General, Dame Meg Taylor said. She says the approach by Vanuatu is a very admirable position to take. Dame […]