My name is Benny Wenda and I am a West Papuan independence leader. When I was a child my village was bombed by the Indonesian military and many of my family were killed. Later, I began to campaign peacefully to free my country from Indonesian occupation. For this ‘crime’ I was arrested, tortured and threatened with […]

2024年12月2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.

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 […]

Since the first days of Indonesian occupation, the people and land of West Papua have been under relentless attack. In an attempt to control the Papuans, and to claim the land to make way for resource extraction, the Indonesian army has systematically murdered, raped and tortured people in numbers that could constitute a genocide.

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 […]

Books An Act of Free Choice – Decolonisation and the Right to Self-Determination in West Papua(Pieter Drooglever, 2009)This important study introduces the history and people of West Papua, tracing the origins of the conflict surrounding their struggle for self-determination. Based on three decades of exhaustive research and focusing particular attention on the sham referendum of 1969 […]

2024年12月19日 · 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 […]

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 […]

2024年8月30日 · As President of the ULMWP and on behalf of the people of West Papua, I welcome the Pacific Islands Forum (PIF) Communique reaffirming the 2019 call for a UN High Commissioner for Human Rights visit to West Papua: Leaders recalled their decision from 2019 and 2023 and noted the update from the Special Envoys. The 2019 […]

About West Papua West Papua is the western half of the island of New Guinea, bordering the independent nation of Papua New Guinea. It lies just 200km north of Australia. The land comprises a large mountainous interior, forest lowlands, large…