I am deeply saddened to learn of the murder of three West Papuans by Indonesian troops in Intan Jaya. The deadly incident occurred on 18th June, after soldiers conducted raids in the Sugapa district.

A massacre has taken place in Intan Jaya Regency, with at least four West Papuan civilians dead and seven missing. Fresh ...

Indonesia has launched a number of devastating airstrikes on a handful of villages in Ilaga, Puncak Regency. These attacks follow last week’s brutal bombing attacks in Puncak, which killed one Papuan ...

Solidarity with those affected by bush fires. January 13, 2020. This statement was written by West Papuan Independence Leader Benny Wenda and originally published here. “I and everyone at the Free ...

This statement from Benny Wenda was originally released on the ULMWP website on March 21st 2024. I am truly horrified by the video that has emerged from of Indonesian soldiers torturing a West Papuan ...

Welcome to this month’s PAPUA MERDEKA newsletter! Foreign journalists and West Papuans are persecuted for telling the truth about West Papua. We will keep you updated with what is really happening.

The United Liberation Movement for West Papua (ULMWP) and Kanak and Socialist National Liberation Front (FLNKS) held a momentous meeting today in the European Parliament, bringing their shared ...

Indonesia is now waking up to what I said after Prabowo Subianto was elected last year: that the ghost of Suharto has returned. The New Order dictatorship was buried twenty-five years ago, but under ...

Interim President: Transmigration and ecocide threatens to wipe out West Papua. November 4, 2024. In his first official visit to West Papua, the War Criminal Prabowo Subianto travelled to Merauke to ...

The human rights campaigner Filep Karma – one of West Papua’s most famous former political prisoners – has been found dead on a beach in Jayapura, sparking calls for a full and independent inquiry ...

A demonstration was held outside the Indonesian Embassy in London on 26th September following a pair of massacres in West Papua. Protestors called for the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) ...