Aug 6, 2012 •
We are delighted to announce that Interpol has today removed the ‘red notice’ against Benny Wenda. Responding to a challenge by Fair Trials International, Interpol admitted that the case against Benny was ‘predominantly political in nature’ and an abuse of the red notice system by the Indonesian Government. The red notice against Benny has finally...
May 18, 2012 •
Benny was recently invited to speak at the Oslo Freedom Forum. Held from May 7th-9th 2012, the fourth annual Oslo Freedom Forum, titled Out of Darkness, Into Light, brought the most daunting humanitarian issues of our time out of the shadows of obscurity and to the forefront of global awareness. Other speakers at the event...
May 13, 2012 •
Benny has been selected to feature in a project called We Have a Dream, which will honor role models from different genres. Participants include such figures as Nelson Mandela, the Dalai Lama and Yoko Ono. The picture below shows Benny being photographed by Albert Wiking for the project which will be published as a book,...
May 8, 2012 •
An article Benny has written for the Huffington Post. As a child growing up in the remote highlands of West Papua, we often heard stories from the elders about how our ancestors’ spirits lived in the mountains and forests. How they would cry if they saw what is happening today. Illegal logging is rife, and...
May 1, 2012 •
A nationwide campaign by Lush stores throughout the UK shines a light on the Free West Papua campaign. The following video was shot at Lush’s flagship store on London’s Regent Street on the launch day of International Lawyers for West Papua, which is seeking to free political prisoners in West Papua and bring about a...
Apr 1, 2012 •
Hello and thank you for coming to my website. Eventually I would like to be able to share more updates from our campaigning work via this blog, but for now I just want to wish you well, and hope you enjoy my site and will help us achieve independence. You can also follow updates from...
