Tag: United Liberation Movement for West Papua
Benny Wenda says dream of MSG full membership ‘will happen’ in...
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific journalist in Port Vila
The leader of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, has expressed confidence...
West Papua high on agenda as MSG leaders set to convene...
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific lead digital and social media journalist
The Pacific region's focus will shift briefly to Port Vila next week when Vanuatu...
West Papua liberation group praises support for MSG – ‘keep going’...
Asia Pacific Report
Papuan people throughout the territory of West Papua have held huge demonstrations of support for full membership of the United Liberation Movement...
Melanesian Spearhead Group summit postponed – West Papua uncertain
By Anita Roberts in Port Vila
The Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) Leaders Summit proposed to be held from yesterday until July 21 has been postponed...
Pacific churches reaffirm support for West Papua MSG membership bid
RNZ Pacific
The Pacific Conference of Churches (PCC) continues to pledge its commitment to advocate for the United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) to...
Wenda slams ‘grave abuses’ against Papuan activists at MSG demos
RNZ Pacific
A West Papua pro-independence leader says Indonesia is ramping up its repression of peaceful activists while people mobilise in favour of the...
West Papua solidarity group protests over arrest of 10 KNPB members
Asia Pacific Report
An Australian advocacy group for West Papua self-determination has condemned yesterday's arrest by Indonesian security forces of 10 West Papua National Committee...
Vanuatu – West Papua – MSG: An epic saga of...
SPECIAL REPORT: By Yamin Kogoya
The name Vanuatu has taken on a sacred significance in Papuan liberation consciousness.
The Free Papua Movement (OPM) elders ignited...
ULMWP welcomes Vanuatu leader’s ‘Melanesian way’ vow in Jakarta
Asia Pacific Report
The pro-independence United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed Vanuatu Deputy Prime Minister Jotham Napat’s comments on West Papua during...
West Papua’s customary region leaders back full MSG membership
Asia Pacific Report
Seven executives representing all the customary regions of West Papua have declared their support for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua...
West Papuan ‘provisional’ government backs full membership of MSG
Asia Pacific Report
The self-styled provisional government of the United Liberation Movement of West Papua
"with the people" of the Melanesian region have declared political support...
Wenda accuses Indonesia of imposing ‘martial law’ abuses on West Papua
Asia Pacific Report
A West Papuan leader has accused Indonesia of imposing a "martial law" on the Melanesian region in response to the kidnapping of...
Indonesia ‘makes humanitarianism illegal’ for West Papuans – 20 arrests
Asia Pacific Report
Twenty West Papuans who were fundraising for the victims of tropical cyclones in Vanuatu were today arrested by Indonesian police in Jayapura,...
Papuan liberation group calls for more ‘serious’ global efforts to end...
Tabloid Jubi in Jayapura
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called on the international community to "pay serious attention" to the escalated...
Wenda slams Jakarta’s ‘hypocrisy’ over support for Palestine, but denying West...
Asia Pacific Report
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua has condemned an Indonesian government protest over Fiji Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka's declared support for...
Indonesia protests over Fiji’s Rabuka backing Papuan independence leader
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesia has protested to the Fiji government after Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka met with a Papuan independence leader in a morale boost...
Rabuka backs call for West Papuan independence group to fully join...
By Kelvin Anthony, RNZ Pacific digital and social media journalist, and Lydia Lewis, RNZ Pacific journalist
Fiji's Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka is the first Fijian...
Wenda hopes to get plight of West Papuan people to PIF...
By Felix Chaudhary in Suva
Recognising Indonesia’s sovereignty is one thing.
However, failing to allow West Papuans a seat at regional discussion tables like the Pacific...
Accepting Indonesia into MSG ‘a mistake’, admits Natuman
By Len Garae in Port Vila
Former Vanuatu Prime Minister Joe Natuman says allowing Indonesia -- by former Prime Minister Sato Kilman -- into the...
Wenda calls on Melanesian ‘Good Samaritans’ to help free West Papua
By Len Garae in Port Vila
West Papua independence campaigner Benny Wenda is in Vanuatu to meet Prime Minister Ishmael Kalsakau's newly-installed government.
Wenda said...
Benny Wenda: A West Papuan Christmas message
CHRISTMAS MESSAGE: By Benny Wenda
As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the West Papuan struggle this...
Indonesian police arrest Buchtar Tabuni and two Papuan ‘ministers’
Asia Pacific Report
Indonesian police have arrested Buchtar Tabuni, one of West Papua’s most important liberation leaders, along with three other United Liberation Movement for...