News and statements

Official visit to the Caribbean & award presentation

Nobel Peace Prize Nominee and Free West Papua Campaign founder Benny Wenda has been on an official visit to the...

Article by Benny Wenda published in The Guardian This Anzac Day weekend, we opened the first ever Free West Papua...

Benny Wenda is currently in Australia ahead of the launch of a Free West Papua Campaign office in Perth this...

Dear friends, brothers and sisters, fellow Papuans, I am writing this statement today to express my concerns over current events...

WE WILL NOT VOTE! In 2014 the Republic of Indonesia will try to hold elections in West Papua. We the...

Benny and Maria Wenda photographed with Powes Parkop and international lawyer Jennifer Robinson in the Papua New Guinea capital Port...

Benny Wenda is currently on an official month long tour of Papua New Guinea, meeting with local and national politicians,...

An article Benny Wenda has written for UK newspaper The Guardian in response to Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s recent comments...

Benny Wenda and Filep Karma have been nominated for the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize. Their applications were successfully submitted to the...

Benny and his lawyer Jennifer Robinson have appeared on the US television channel Democracy Now, discussing the situation in West...

Benny Wenda attended the House of Lords yesterday in the British Parliament to witness a debate about the ongoing crisis...

Benny has just returned to the UK after his latest trip to the US visiting Boston, New York and Washington...

Earlier today Benny joined his lawyer Jennifer Robinson on stage at the Sydney Opera House, Australia during her TEDx speech. Ten...

Benny Wenda will be joined by the Lord Mayor of Oxford for the official opening of the new Free West...

Very happy to share news that the Free West Papua Campaign will soon be opening an office in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.