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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 death.

I managed to escape to the UK, where I now live in exile. My people are still suffering. Hundreds of thousands have been killed, raped and tortured. All we want is to live without fear and for West Papua to become a free and independent country.

Please hear my peoples’ cry for help. Please support the Free West Papua Campaign.

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News

Historic meeting brings West Papua’s humanitarian crisis to Australian Parliament
Interim President: Boycott Indonesian Independence Day in West Papua
Interim President: Indonesia using civilian aircraft as weapons of war
Interim President: Two Papuans killed as ULMWP commemorates OPM declaration
Interim President: Indonesian drone attacks killing West Papuan women and children
Interim President: Expel Indonesia from MSG after two West Papuans killed in drone attacks
Interim President: Indonesia has kidnapped Pesta Babi star to hide ecocide
Interim President Wenda: Indonesia should be expelled from MSG and PIF for killing Melanesians
Interim President: Genocide continues as Indonesia massacres ten West Papuans
President Wenda: Stop Indonesia’s crackdown on peaceful protest
Hearing in Dutch Parliament on humanitarian situation in West Papua
President Wenda: At least nine killed as Indonesia commits new massacre in Puncak
Urgent: Multiple West Papuans massacred by Indonesian police in Dogiyai
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Torture and forced disappearance of West Papuan civilian in Maybrat
Interim President Wenda: Indonesia humiliates West Papuans with arbitrary arrests in Tambrauw
President Wenda: Indonesia lying about plane attack in Boven Digoel
President Wenda: Indonesia bombing refugee camps in West Papua
Free West Papua campaign protests Prabowo’s UK visit: Benny Wenda statement
Interim President: Indonesia is unfit to lead the UN Human Rights Council

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What’s Happening? »

Indonesian security forces have committed gross human rights abuses against the indigenous Papuans, with over 500,000 civilians killed to date.

"It's about a political strategy that brings to worldwide recognition the plight of the people of West Papua, that forces it onto a political agenda, that forces it to the UN, and ultimately allows the people of West Papua to make a choice about the kind of government they want and the kind of society in which they want to live."

Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn

Rt Hon Jeremy Corbyn

British politician

Where is West Papua? »

West Papua is the western half of the island of New Guinea, just 200 km north of Australia.