Strafing a Papuan village from helicopter gunships isn't democracy.
Indonesia fire-bombs a heritage highland village where indigenous Papuans have lived for thousands of years
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ULMWP advises Jokowi to remove Indonesia from Security Council
ULMWP Executive Jacob Rumbiak advises President Jokowi to remove Indonesia from UN Security Council
Indonesia fouls its membership of UN Security Council
ULMWP Executive claims Indonesia fouls its membership of UN Security Council
Indonesia continues to hunt Papuan soldiers and civilians
Indonesia continues to hunt Papuan soldiers and civilians in high-mountain forest
Vanuatu gifts West Papuans block of land in Port Vila
West Papuans shining with reviewed hope and strength after Vanuatu leaders gift them a block of land in Port Vila
MSG: Bring West Papua in, kick Indonesia out
On 29 April 2016 a large peace rally in Port Vila concluded at the Secretariat of the Melanesian Spearhead Group, with thousands calling on the inter-governmental summit to invite West Papua to become a full member in 2016.
WP leader questions Australian support of revisionist Indonesia
West Papuan independence leader Jacob Rumbiak has queried Australia’s ongoing financial support and military relations with Indonesia after the Red-White Coalition (Suharto’s New Order) garnered all the leadership positions in the Indonesian Parliament
FRWP Executives to be Released from Prison
The Indonesian government has claimed it is releasing the President and Prime Minister of the Federal Republic of West Papua (FRWP) on Monday 21 July 2014. President Forkorus Yaboisembut and Prime Minister Edison Waromi were convicted of treason, along with Selfius Bobbi, Agus Karar, and Domiinikus Sorabut, after the 3rd Papua Congress established the independent state of West Papua on 19 October 2011.
Anglican priest returns from war-zone
Peter Woods, Anglican priest and regular visitor to West Papua, said he was appalled by the militarism and the grinding poverty that he found in Manokwari last week, eighteen months after his last visit.
Federal Republic of West Papua opens office in Docklands
Councilor Amanda Stone from the Yarra City Council is cutting the ribbon on the Federal Republic of West Papua’s new office in Docklands (Melbourne) on Monday 23 June 2014. This is despite the Lombok Treaty, signed by Australia and Indonesia in 2006, which outlaws any demonstration of the Indonesian colony’s independence.
Indonesia has proved, beyond reasonable doubt, that it has no place in Papua
Edison Waromi criticises Australia in particular for riding on the rhetoric generated by President Yudhoyono and Foreign Minister Natalegawa about Indonesia’s ‘normative’ commitment to dialogue and the republic’s effort to ‘wage peace aggressively’.
Prime Minister calls for International Support
From Abepura Prison Edison Waromi calls on international support to end the Republic of Indonesia’s colonial occupation of West Papua.
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