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As Interim President of the ULMWP, I welcome the release of the judgment of the Permanent People’s Tribunal (PPT) on West Papua. After testimonies from West Papuans on the ground and legal and ...

October 2022 Newsletter October 4, 2022 We are excited to share with you our monthly newsletter: PAPUA MERDEKA. Subscribe for full access to links and to keep up-to-date with the struggle of the West ...

Below is a list of questions for members of our International Parliamentarians for West Papua (IPWP) network to table in their national legislatures concerning issues of vital importance in West Papua ...

‘Balikpapan 7’ political prisoners released from jail August 23, 2020 The last of seven Papuan activists have been released from a detention center in Indonesian Borneo after serving a sentence on ...

Seven people have been found guilty of treason after raising the banned Morning Star flag in West Papua, a province of Indonesia. In the Jayapura District Court this week, the seven were each jailed ...

UN renew calls seeking access to West Papua November 25, 2022 A United Nations human rights review has raised serious concerns about the ongoing political violence in West Papua. The UN Human Rights ...

A demonstration was held outside the Indonesian Embassy in London on 26th September following a pair of massacres in West Papua. Protestors called for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ...

The human rights campaigner Filep Karma – one of West Papua’s most famous former political prisoners – has been found dead on a beach in Jayapura, sparking calls for a full and independent inquiry ...

Indonesia has committed a brutal bombing attack against a West Papuan village in Puncak Regency, killing at least one child and severely injuring others. Deris Kogoya, only 18 years old, was executed ...

As President of the ULMWP and on behalf of the people of West Papua, I welcome the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Communique reaffirming the 2019 call for a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to ...