News Stories
Year: 2014
West Papua welcomed into MSG with conditions
June 27, 2014
We are very happy to report that yesterday a landmark meeting was held in Port Moresby by member nations of the regional body, the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) and attended by the representative governments of Papua New Guinea (PNG), Solomon…
Benny Wenda receives award in the Caribbean
June 15, 2014
Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Free West Papua Campaign founder Benny Wenda has been on an official visit to the Caribbean island of St. Martin where he gathered enormous support and recognition for West Papua’s struggle for self-determination and independence,…
West Papua: no-one’s colony
May 23, 2014
The Pacific Network on Globalization and The Pacific Islands News Association has published an extensive article, outlying the fundamental rights of the West Papuan people and why under UN law, West Papua must be re-enlisted on the UN list of non-self…
Indonesian police shoot at crowd injuring three West Papuans
May 6, 2014
UPDATED MAY 8, 2014 Take action to call for a full investigation into the incident. Three West Papuans have been seriously injured today after police from the…
Human Rights Law Centre urges Australia to end association with human rights abuse in West Papua
May 6, 2014
The Director of Communications at the Human Rights Law Center in Australia urges the Australian government to “introduce laws that would minimise the risk of Australian policing or military assistance supporting human rights violators.” The Australian government funds and trains…
Indonesian Troops Fire On PNG Soldiers Along Border
May 5, 2014
Tensions continue to rise at the border between Papua New Guinea (PNG) and West Papua as Indonesian troops open fire on PNG soldiers. The Post Courier newspaper reported that the incident happened at the weekend and follows a similar incident…
Photos from FWPC office launch in Perth, Australia
May 3, 2014
Here is a selection of photos from the launch of our new office in Perth, Australia, which was officially opened by West Papua independence leader Benny Wenda on Sunday 27th April.
2011 Operation Sunset Merona Replica Mooted to contain Border Crisis
May 1, 2014
The following is a statement from the Free West Papua Campaign office in Port Moresby, PNG In January 2011, Special Operation Sunset Merona (led by the Papua New Guinea police and army) burned down villages and camps of West Papuan…
Benny Wenda article in The Guardian
April 30, 2014
Source: The Guardian This Anzac Day weekend, we opened the first ever Free West Papua campaign office in Australia. For more than 50 years, my people have suffered what I considered to be a slow-moving genocide under the repressive military occupation of…
Free West Papua Campaign to open new office in Perth, Australia
April 25, 2014
This Sunday 27th April, the Nobel Peace Prize nominee West Papua independence leader Benny Wenda will officially open a new Free West Papua Campaign office in Perth, Australia. The new office will work closely with our headquarters in Oxford, UK and regional…