United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP)

Free Papua movement holds first meeting

The congress opening was attended by thousands of participants and delegates from seven (7) regions of West Papua, namely: Tabi, Saireri, Domberay, Bomberay, Anim-Ha, Meepago and Lapago.

Chairman of the ULMWP Congress committee, Bazooka Logo said, “Today is the day when the momentum of the West Papuan people will determine who their leader will be, who will lead the struggle for the independence of the West Papuan people [and] as well as the agenda of the Papuan people's struggle for independence.

West Papuan petition is no hoax: Leader

West Papuan Independence Leader and spokesperson for the United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP), Benny Wenda, was responding to Indonesia's UN representative, Triansyah Djani, who called his petition a hoax and separatist propaganda.

Last week Wenda delivered a petition signed by the majority of West Papuans to the United Nations, calling on the UN to act over human rights abuses in West Papua and to carry out its 1962 commitment to ensure West Papuans have the opportunity freely to exercise their right to self-determination.