Interim President: Immediate release the twelve activists arrested for supporting Boycott Indonesia campaign
March 18, 2025
Twelve West Papuan activists from the West Papua People’s Liberation Movement (GR-PWP) have been arrested for handing out pamphlets supporting the new Boycott Indonesia campaign.
The GR-PWP activists were arrested in Sentani and taken to Jayapura police station this morning (18th March 2025). They remain in the custody of the brutal Indonesian Police.
Their names and details are as follows:
- Ones M. Kobak, GR-PWP Leader, Sentani District
- Elinatan Basini, Deputy Secretary, GR-PWP Central
- Dasalves Suhun, GR-PWP Member
- Matikel Mirin, GR-PWP Member
- Apikus Lepitalen, GR-PWP Member
- Mane Kogoya, GR-PWP Member
- Obet Dogopia, GR-PWP Member
- Eloy Weya, GR-PWP Member
- Herry Mimin, GR-PWP Member
- Sem. R Kulka, GR-PWP Member
- Maikel Tabo, GR-PWP Member
- Koti Moses Uropmabin, GR-PWP Member
I demand that the Head of Police release the Sentani twelve from custody immediately. This was an entirely peaceful action mobilising support for a peaceful campaign. The boycott campaign has won support from more than ninety tribes, political organisations, religious and customary groups – people from every part of West Papua are demanding a boycott of products complicit in the genocidal Indonesian occupation.
This arrest demonstrates the importance of this campaign. By refusing to buy these blood-stained products, ordinary people across the world can take a stand against this kind of repression.
I invite everyone to hear the West Papuan cry and join our boycott campaign. No profit from stolen land.
Benny Wenda
Interim President
ULMWP Provisional Government
