Gen. WPRA Amunggut Tabi from the West Papua Army sends this public letter to the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Republic of South Molucass and Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to organise and form an organisation called UNITED LIBERATION…
The exiled leader, Benny Wenda has been nominated as interim president of West Papua Namita Singh, The Independent.co.uk In a significant escalation of the decades-long battle over independence, West Papuan separatist leaders have declared a provisional governmentin exile, for the contested Indonesian province. The United Liberation Movement…
#ReferendumYes! The Special Autonomy Law is only enforced by Jakarta for the sake of ‘Political Economy – and this is a big disaster for the Papuan people’ Yesterday Saturday, (11/14/2020) at 10.43 Papuan time, the chiefs of Byak (Mananwir) Kainkain…
Melanesia.News received a leaked information from the inner circle of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) that says in Malay language as follows: Original in Malay-Indo: Menetapkan: tuan Benny Wenda sebagai Presiden, tuan Rev. Edison Waromi, S.H sebagai…
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it is adopting a provisional constitution for a democratic state. The organisation is pursuing a referendum in West Papua on independence from Indonesia. The Movement’s Legislative Council had been holding its third…
The governor of Papua New Guinea’s capital says a Free West Papua Campaign secretariat will be established in his city. Powes Parkop made the announcement in Port Moresby in his latest move to raise awareness about human rights issues in…
Papua New Guinea has reiterated a call for UN representatives to visit West Papua amid widespread protests. Indonesia has banned violent protests and separatist speeches in the two Papuan provinces, where at least 10 people have been killed and dozens arrested.…
By Nithin Coca WITH increasingly regular protests and a violent crackdown by police and the military, the contested Indonesian region of West Papua is currently seeing the highest levels of agitation it has experienced in years. Against a backdrop of…
Deaths reported on both sides in firefight during work on trans-Papua highway As many as 15 people are believed to have been killed in a firefight between Indonesian soldiers and Papuan independence fighters, adding to more than two dozen deaths…
Indonesia’s military says the West Papua Liberation Army set fire to a digger owned by a state-owned construction company on Tuesday. The attack on Istaka Karya’s operations in Nduga regency follows the killing of at least 16 of its employees…
