The Free West Papua Campaign exists to alert the world to the ongoing genocide in West Papua, which is under Indonesian military occupation.

2024年11月28日 · Free West Papua Chair Benny Wenda’s Christmas Address December 19, 2024 On behalf of the ULMWP and the people of West Papua, I would like to wish all our supporters around the world a merry Christmas and a happy new year. I hope that all our solidarity groups, parliamentary allies, friendly diplomatic missions, and civil society supporters will continue to stand up for West Papua in […]

Information The people of West Papua have been struggling for freedom from Indonesia’s colonial occupation since 1963. Over 500,000 West Papuan civilians have been killed by Indonesia’s military. Thousands more have been raped, tortured or forcibly disappeared. Racism and discrimination are a daily reality and basic human rights including freedom of speech are outlawed. There […]

History of West Papua Early days West Papua was originally populated by Melanesian people some tens of thousands of years ago. After little contact with the Western world, it was finally formally colonised by the Netherlands in 1898. The islands that now make up Indonesia were also colonised by the Dutch but when the Republic of Indonesia became an independent nation state in 1949, West Papua ...

About the Campaign History The Free West Papua Campaign was launched in 2004 in Oxford, UK, and is led by Benny Wenda – an exiled West Papuan independence leader and Chairman of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP). We have grown from being a volunteer organisation through to having permanent offices in Oxford (UK), The Hague (Netherlands), Port Moresby (Papua New Guinea ...

Take action All around the world, so many people are Taking Action to help spread the message and raise support for the people of West Papua. We want to make West Papua a household name and get as many people as possible involved in this Campaign for Freedom. Suffering genocide and the illegal occupation of their country, the people of West Papua desperately need your help and there is so much ...

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2024年12月9日 · Benny Wenda: The Permanent People’s Tribunal proves that West Papua needs freedom December 9, 2024 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 academic experts, the PPT found Indonesia guilty on all four counts: Of taking by various means the ...

The following campaign materials are high resolution and print/download-ready. Click on the relevant link to download a PDF. If you would like alterations made to any of these campaign materials to make them more relevant to your country, please send us an email to [email protected] Cards #LetWestPapuaVote card 15 Years for…

2018年11月26日 · URGENT APPEAL: HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN NDUGA, WEST PAPUA January 22, 2019 Over the past month, thousands of indigenous West Papuans have been displaced after fleeing air strikes, hiding in the highland jungle without food, water, or access to health-care or shelter. According to recent local reports a mother, and her child and three other children have died due to starvation. The Indonesian ...