Jakarta – Co-founder of Islam Liberal Network Luthfi Assyaukanie expressed his concern on the decline of press freedom in Indonesia.

Speaking at "Challenges of freedom of expression and thinking in Indonesia", a discussion in a celebration of NGO Yayasan Tifa's 10th anniversary, he quoted data from Reporters without Borders, which showed that Indonesia ranked 57 in 2002 but ranked 117 in 2010.

"Indecisiveness and incompetence in leadership has worsened freedom of expression and thinking in this country," he said on Wednesday. He also raised concern on the decline of religious freedom in Indonesia, saying that the government was responsible for it.