Rangga Prakoso – The jailed former editor in chief of the short-lived Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine will likely walk free today after the Supreme Court overturned a 2009 decisi

Jakarta – The Press Council and AJI say violence against journalists does not get enough attention from the press and the government, with cases – some led to death – closed without tri

Jakarta – The Bandar Lampung branch of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has expressed concern that the intelligence bill, currently being deliberated at the House of Repres

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The new anti-terror bill, set to enter deliberation this year, provides stronger prevention measures, but contains articles that potentially threaten freedom

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Surabaya – The East Java Police internal affairs division is currently questioning 21 police officers for allegedly attacking journalists who were covering a Falun

Anita Rachman – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle on Tuesday promised that it would take a serious look into cases of violence against journalists, stating that the party woul

Elisabeth Oktofani – Indonesia Corruption Watch on Sunday expressed distress at what it said was the slow implementation of the year-old freedom of information law.

Jakarta – A year after the implementation of the Freedom of Information Law, many government institutions have yet to grant full information access to citizens.

In the aftermath of the bloody tragedy that began on April 13 2011, the people of Dogiyai Regency have fled their homes.

Ismira Lutfia – A US report has labeled Indonesia's Internet as "partly free," citing concerns about the possibility of emerging government attempts to restrict online expression and co

A'an Suryana, Jakarta – The sheer number of prominent figures – no less than President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and Vice President Boediono – paying their respects Thursday to senior jo

Ismira Lutfia – Political satire may generate poor ratings on Indonesian television, but social analysts say more such shows are needed to better inform public opinion.

Indonesia's chief economics minister has blasted the media for constantly portraying the nation in a negative light.

Heru Andriyanto – An Indonesian magazine has denied it was responsible for describing Hutomo "Tommy" Mandala Putra as a "convicted murderer," instead blaming an English translator.

Jakarta – The growing number of media outlets in Indonesia does not guarantee good quality reporting, which is needed given the flurry of flash news in the social media, a discussion he

Ismira Lutfia – Investigative journalism is on the decline in Indonesia, media activists have warned, despite an abundance of issues that require more in-depth coverage.

Jakarta – The Central Information Commission (KIP) said Wednesday it was high time for state institutions to comply with an information law requiring them to have an impeded information

Ismira Lutfia – The Ministry of Communications and Information Technology on Wednesday assured the public that it would not wiretap conversations taking place on social networking sites

Nurfika Osman – The Papua chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists has expressed frustration with the sluggish pace of police investigations into the stabbing of local journal

Ismira Lutfia – Ahead of an expected revision to the Broadcasting Law, a coalition of media watchdogs has lashed out at the government and regulators for allowing television station own

Ismira Lutfia – The widow of slain Sun TV journalist Ridwan Salamun has lobbied the Press Council and the Judicial Commission for justice following the acquittal earlier this month of t

Nivell Rayda – The Alliance of Independent Journalists has condemned the apparent terrorist attack on Liberal Islamic Network co-founder Ulil Abshar Abdalla, calling it "a brutal assaul

Rahmat & Ismira Lutfia, Makassar – Journalists in Makassar and Jakarta demanded justice on Thursday for two colleagues killed in Maluku in separate incidents.

Ina Parlina – The acquittal of three suspects in the death of a journalist in Maluku is "shocking" and ignored eyewitness testimony, according to activists.

Heru Andriyanto & Ismira Lutfia – Three men were acquitted on Wednesday of the murder of a TV journalist in Maluku, prompting protests from media observers.

Heru Andriyanto – The Press Council is warning that misleading information in the investigation into the murder of a television journalist have caused prosecutors to demand a much too l

Jakarta – International rights group Amnesty International has strongly urged the Indonesian government to promptly investigate the stabbing of journalist Banjir Ambarita, which took pl

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An Indonesian journalist has sustained minor injuries to his arm after being beaten by a police officer in Mamuju, West Sulawesi, on Wednesday.

Papua journalist Banjir Ambarita, was stabbed by unknown assailants in Jayapura on Wednesday night.

Ismira Lutfia – The Press Council is appealing to media companies to better champion the safety of their journalists covering risky beats in the wake of what it deemed was injustice in

Anita Rachman & Ismira Lutfia – Despite a massive backlash, Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam on Wednesday stood by his call to boycott certain media organizations and added that he was r

Camelia Pasandaran, Markus Junianto Sihaloho & Anita Rachman – Bogor – Very few among the nation's leaders seem to share Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam's views of media organizations c

Ismira Lutfia & Dessy Sagita – Cabinet Secretary Dipo Alam's call for government institutions to implement an advertising boycott on media organizations deemed too critical of the a

Candra Malik, Yogyakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists lambasted a military court over its decision to sentence a former district military chief to just four months in priso

Ismira Lutfia& Banjir Ambarita – The appallingly low wages paid to the majority of journalists in Indonesia may cause some to compromise their professionalism, the Alliance of Indep

Ismira Lutfia – Three nongovernmental organizations have joined the chorus of voices calling for the courts to overturn the indecency conviction of Playboy Indonesia editor Erwin Arnada

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – The Central Information Commission (KIP) ordered the National Police on Tuesday to disclose deposit information for 17 bank accounts held by high-ranking police o

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – An NGO lodged a complaint to the Central Information Commission (KIP) on Thursday regarding the rejection of 37 state bodies to disclose documents on budget

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A military prosecutor has lowered his demand for punishment from five years to less than 10 months in jail for a former intelligence officer who attacked a jo

Ismira Lutfia, Jakarta – A team of independent investigators from the Maluku Media Center claims to have found proof of police involvement in the suspected murder of a journalist in the

Dessy Sagita – Police in Palu, Central Sulawesi, have yet to name any suspects in last week's violent attack on the office of a journalists' association in apparent retribution for a cr

Ismira Lutfia – Despite praise from other countries for progress made in democratization, the press in Indonesia ended 2010 on a somber note.

Jakarta – Two journalists were injured when a group of men attacked their newsroom in Palu, Central Sulawesi, on Thursday.

Jakarta – Journalists continued to work under grave threat of violence in 2010 with four journalists reportedly murdered and two media outlet offices assaulted this year.

Nurdin Hasan & Ismira Lutfia, Banda Aceh – An Indonesian military tribunal on Friday began the trial of a former intelligence officer who allegedly attacked a journalist and threate

Jakarta – Alfrets Mirulewan, chief editor of Pelangi Weekly in Maluku, was found dead with bruises on a large part of his body on Thursday evening.

Judicial bodies are still reluctant to uphold citizen's rights to access public information, a study says.

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

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The Supreme Audit Agency (BPK) has stopped publishing online reports, to the dismay of freedom of information proponents.