July 10, 2025 in Statement https://www.ulmwp.org/implementing-democracy-before-independence-ulmwp-inaugurates-thousands-of-representatives As President of the ULMWP Provisional Government, I welcome the Legislative Council’s first Plenary Session, which was held this week in Jayapura. After a year-long recruitment process, the ULMWP has now inaugurated 250 Senate Members, 350 Legislative Council Members, and 1740 Regional Council members: more than 2300 official representatives... The post ...| Office of Benny Wenda
February 5, 2025 in Statement Dialogue with Indonesia is not the answer for West Papua. The ULMWP has a clear stance on the question of dialogue: not until self-determination is on the table. West Papua is a colonised nation, not a province of Indonesia. We will not become another Aceh. The only long-term solution is...| Office of Benny Wenda
January 21, 2025 in Statement A rogue Indonesian military unit is roaming Intan Jaya Regency, slaughtering West Papuans at will. Yonif Raider 509 Balawara Yudha have killed at least four West Papuan civilians so far, including three minors. They are acting with total impunity, clearly confident that their crimes will not be punished by the...| Office of Benny Wenda
A massive wave of forced displacement is happening in West Papua, as Indonesia ramps up its military operations ahead of Christmas. In multiple regencies, including Yahukimo, Maybrat, and Intan Jaya, thousands of West Papuans have been forced to flee into the bush by the sudden arrival of Indonesian soldiers into their villages. The entire region of Oksop... The post Interim President: Mass displacements in West Papua show Prabowo’s true face appeared first on Office of Benny Wenda.| Office of Benny Wenda
Douglas Gerrard on how Indonesia’s genocidal occupation of West Papua is written out of history. Douglas Gerrard22 November 2024 From 1935 to 1936, Mohammad Hatta was interned in Boven Digoel, a Dutch concentration camp for Indonesian communists and nationalists in modern-day West Papua. Together with Sutan Sjahrir, another key figure in the pro-independence organisation Perhimpunan... The post Putting West Papua back into history appeared first on Office of Benny Wenda.| Office of Benny Wenda
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: This judgment is a total vindication of everything the West...| Office of Benny Wenda
Below is the full version of the speech that ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda gave while opening the Oxford Green Fair at Oxford Town Hall on December 1, 2024. In the name of Yahweh, in the name of the West Papuan ancestors, in the name of the bones of our suffering, I would like to...| Office of Benny Wenda
December 1st will mark the 63rd anniversary of West Papuan Independence Day and the inaugural raising of our national flag, the Morning Star. On behalf of the ULMWP and the West Papuan people, I call on our supporters everywhere to show your support for our struggle by raising the Morning Star. Whether in your house,...| Office of Benny Wenda
In his first official visit to West Papua, the War Criminal Prabowo Subianto travelled to Merauke to oversee the ecocidal plantations that are destroying millions of hectares of virgin rainforest. West Papua’s forest is a lung of the earth. Even if you have never heard of West Papua before, our forest allows you to breathe. And yet governments that... The post Interim President: Transmigration and ecocide threatens to wipe out West Papua appeared first on Office of Benny Wenda.| Office of Benny Wenda
On behalf of the people of West Papua, I want to thank Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape for directly raising the issue of West Papua in his meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. This was a brave move on behalf of his brothers and sisters in West Papua. The offer of amnesty for West Papuans by Prabowo...| Office of Benny Wenda