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November 20, 2024

Suara Papua - November 20, 2024

Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) celebrated its 16th anniversary yesterday (November 19, 2008-November 19, 2024).

November 14, 2024

Asia Pacific Report - November 14, 2024

An exiled West Papuan leader has called on supporters globally to show their support by raising the Morning Star flag – banned by Indonesia – on December 1.

November 8, 2024

New Mandala - November 8, 2024

Jim Della-Giacoma – On 12 November 1994, a group of 29 young Timorese men gathered to protest outside the US embassy in Jakarta.

October 16, 2024

Agence France-Presse - October 16, 2024

Dili, Timor Leste – Along the waterfront of Timor Leste's capital, buzzing restaurants sell local dishes and Portuguese colonial fare facing turquoise waters where the Indonesian milita

October 15, 2024

LSJ Online - October 15, 2024

Cat Woods – This year marks nearly 30 years of East Timorese independence, but for West Papua, despite legal, social and international campaigning and pleas to the UN, independence rema

September 8, 2024

ABC News - September 8, 2024

Lillian Rangiah – Twenty-five years since Timor Leste voted to end more than two decades of Indonesian occupation, Lurdes Pires is still haunted by the memory of what came next.

August 31, 2024

Agence France-Presse - August 31, 2024

Dili – Timor-Leste's leader thanked the international community Friday as his country celebrated the 25th anniversary of its referendum on independence from Indonesia, with visiting Uni

August 30, 2024

Associated Press - August 30, 2024

Gantry Meilana, Dili, East Timor – East Timor on Friday celebrated the 25th anniversary of a U.N.-backed referendum that secured its independence from its major neighbor Indonesia, whic

Reuters - August 30, 2024

Dili – Timor-Leste's independence was a gift to the world because it showed conflict could be resolved through negotiation, United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Aug

August 28, 2024

Benar News - August 28, 2024

Ahmad Syamsudin, Jakarta – As the tiny nation of Timor-Leste prepares to celebrate the 25th anniversary on Friday of its vote for independence from Indonesia, some Timorese say it is an

July 2, 2024

Jubi Papua - July 2, 2024

Hengky Yeimo, Nabire – A number of Papuan pro-independence organisations commemorated the 53rd anniversary of the proclamation of West Papuan independence at several locations inside an

June 26, 2024

Asia Pacific Report - June 26, 2024

The president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has welcomed the launch of a new political front, urging support for this new initiative on the "roadmap to libera

May 20, 2024

Suara Papua - May 20, 2024

Jayapura – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB), based on its organisational mechanisms, held its 6th Leadership Meeting (Rapim) at Port Numbay in Jayapura, Papua, between May 13 an

May 2, 2024

Asia Pacific Report - May 2, 2024

A West Papuan resistance leader has condemned the United Nations role in allowing Indonesia to "integrate" the Melanesian Pacific region in what is claimed to be an "egregious act of in

April 1, 2024

Asia Pacific Report - April 1, 2024

David Robie – On my office wall hangs a framed portrait of Shireen Abu Akleh, the inspiring and celebrated American-Palestinian journalist known across the Middle East to watchers of

December 9, 2023

Markus Haluk Papua Blog - December 9, 2023

On December 6, 2023, the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) celebrated its 9th anniversary.

December 6, 2023

Tabloid JUBI - December 6, 2023

Nabire, Jubi – The West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in various regions marked the 62nd anniversary of Papua's struggle for independence that was started on December 1, 1961.

December 5, 2023

Tabloid JUBI - December 5, 2023

Wamena, Jubi – Members of the Papuan People's Alliance in Sorong City, Southwest Papua, organized a rally on December 1, 2023, commemorating the Papuan people's political rights declara

December 3, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - December 3, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has called for a peaceful commemoration of Papua's 62nd independence anniversary on December 1, 2023.

December 1, 2023

Kumparan - December 1, 2023

Around one hundred protesters from the Papuan Student Alliance (AMP) and the Indonesian People's Front for West Papua (FRI-WP) held a demonstration at the zero kilometre point in front

Rakyat Gorontalo - December 1, 2023

Sahril Rasid, Gorontalo – Hundreds of Papuan students from the Gorontalo West Papua National Committee (KNPB) held a commemoration marking West Papua's 62nd independence day front of th

CNN Indonesia - December 1, 2023

Jakarta – Scores of Papuan activists held an action in Central Jakarta on Friday December 1 at the Jalan Medan Merdeka Barat intersection.

Detik News - December 1, 2023

Juhra Nasir, Jakarta – An action on Friday December 1 commemorating the 62nd anniversary of the declaration of West Papua independence in Sorong city, South-West Papua province, has end

Detik News - December 1, 2023

Yufengki Bria, Kupang – A protest action by scores Papuan students in Kupang, East Nusa Tenggara, has ended in chaos.

Liputan6 - December 1, 2023

Makassar – Scores of university and Papuan students held a demonstration in front of the Papua student dormitory on Jalan Lanto Daeng Pasewang in the South Sulawesi provincial capital o

November 28, 2023

UCA News - November 28, 2023

A renowned Sri Lankan Catholic journalist and social activist has received a prestigious award from the Timor-Leste government in recognition of his unwavering commitment to the country

November 24, 2023

Radio New Zealand - November 24, 2023

West Papua independence campaigner Benny Wenda has been elected as president of the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP).

November 21, 2023

Radio New Zealand - November 21, 2023

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) is holding its first ever congress in Jayapura.

September 6, 2023

Radio New Zealand - September 6, 2023

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) has declared it will now base itself in the region after years of partial exile.

September 5, 2023

Vanuatu Daily Post - September 5, 2023

Len Garae – The population of West Papua represented by United Liberation Movement of West Papua (ULMWP) have an Interim President to succeed Mr. Benny Wenda.

May 24, 2023

Australian West Papua Association (AWPA) Statement - May 24, 2023

The International Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories (NSGT) is commemorated annually from 25-31 May.

Asia Pacific Report - May 24, 2023

An Australian advocacy group has called for West Papua to be reinscribed on the United Nations list of "non self-governing territories", citing the "sham" vote in 1969 and the worsening

December 21, 2022

Jacobin Magazine - December 21, 2022

An interview with Benny Wenda – Since Indonesia annexed West Papua, its people have faced brutal military repression while the US helps whitewash the occupation.

December 19, 2022

ULMWP Statement - December 19, 2022

As 2022 draws to a close, I would like to thank everyone who has supported the West Papuan struggle this year.

December 1, 2022

Socialist Party of Malaysia (PSM) Statement - December 1, 2022

60 years ago, on 1st December 1961, the West Papuan national flag, the Morning Star, was raised for the first time on West Papua's soil.

November 18, 2022

UCA News - November 18, 2022

Indonesian police are monitoring the activities of a prominent Papuan figure, including the possibility of treason charges against him for his statement in support of Papuan independenc

July 1, 2022

United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) Statement - July 1, 2022

Today we celebrate the 51st anniversary of the independence declaration of the Free Papua Movement (OPM) at Markas Victoria on July 1, 1971.

May 24, 2022

Australian West Papua Association (AWPA) Statement - May 24, 2022

According to the UN there are 17 Non-Self-Governing Territories.

January 28, 2022

The Organisation for World Peace - January 28, 2022

Adrianne Ramirez – In his December 7 statement, ULMWP Interim President Benny Wenda called for the immediate release of the eight peaceful student demonstrators, and one elderly woman,

January 12, 2022

Morning Star (UK) - January 12, 2022

West Papuan liberation leader Benny Wenda said today that his provisional government is stepping up the fight for justice and freedom from Indonesian rule this year as he announced the

January 11, 2022

Asia Pacific Report - January 11, 2022

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) plans to open a government branch office in the neighbouring Papua New Guinean capital of Port Moresby along with diplomacy offices

January 1, 2022

Suara Papua - January 1, 2022

Jayapura – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) spokesperson Ones Suhuniap says that the KNPB is committed to continuing the struggle and resistance against Indonesian colonialism by pe

December 3, 2021

Tabloid JUBI - December 3, 2021

Arjuna Pademme, Jayapura, Jubi – Lawmaker of Papua Legislative's Council's Commission for Government, Politics, Law and Human Rights Laurenzus Kadepa said that that the raising of the M

December 2, 2021

Tabloid JUBI - December 2, 2021

Dominggus Mampioper, Jayapura, Jubi – Sixty years ago, December 1, 1961, the Morning Star flag of West Papua was raised for the first time in front of the Nieuw Guinea Raad Building in

November 22, 2021

Asia Pacific Report - November 22, 2021

West Papuans will peacefully mark the 60th anniversary of the birth of West Papua next week – on Wednesday, December 1.

November 18, 2021

Suara Papua - November 18, 2021

Jayapura – "Since it was first established on November 19, 2008, the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) has always been confronted by many challenges including attempts at criminalisa

October 20, 2021

October 18, 2021

Foreign Policy - October 18, 2021

Olivia Tasevski – When Joko Widodo, better known as Jokowi, became Indonesia's president in 2014, he pledged to improve social services in the restive Indonesian province of West Papua,

July 7, 2021

UCA News - July 7, 2021

Siktus HarsonSiktus Harson, Jakarta – The 50th anniversary of the declaration of the Republic of West Papua on July 1 was expected to be a special day for Papuans.

July 4, 2021

Tabloid JUBI - July 4, 2021

Abeth Ayou, Jayapura – Papuan Students Alliance (AMP) and Indonesian People's Front (FRI) for West Papua held a rally in front of the West Java gubernatorial office in Bandung on July 1