Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Local authorities in Yogyakarta barred an art exhibition initiated by a group of activists protesting of the construction of a new airport in Kulonprogo r

Kharishar Kahfi, Jakarta – Amid widespread reports of legal persecution under the draconian Electronic Information and Transactions (ITE) Law, a district court in Poso, Central Sulawesi

Concerns that the Indonesian government will keep using the country's draconian Information and Electronic Transactions Act (UU ITE) to silence critics seem unlikely to be addressed thi

Jakarta – The National Police's Criminal Investigation Department arrested a doctor in West Sumatra on Friday afternoon for allegedly spreading hate speech on her Facebook account.

Rizieq Shihab, the founder and leader of the hardline Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) remains a fugitive from Indonesian law hiding in Saudi Arabia, even after being named "high priest of the Indones

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has learned about the following situation. Mr.

Throughout the epic legal drama between Indonesia's House Speaker Setya Novanto and the Corruption Eradication Committee (KPK) over the senior politician's role in the massive e-KTP corruption case

Safrin La Batu, Jakarta – The National Police have arrested a man over alleged hate speech and insults against President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, First Lady Iriana and other national figures.

Indonesians love latching onto a good meme, especially ones which allow them to obliquely make fun of the powerful elites whom many dare not criticize directly.

Erin Cook, Jakarta – Indonesia's House of Representatives speaker and Golkar Party chairman Setya Novanto has managed once again to dodge liability in one of the country's biggest ever corruption c

Andreas Harsono – Dyann Kemala Arrizzqi's Instagram feed is filled with her travel photos, demonstrations of her prowess at traditional Balinese dance poses, and wry memes.

News that the Jakarta police had arrested a woman on Tuesday for allegedly spreading "defamatory" memes about House Speaker Setya Novanto, who is infamous for dodging corruption charges throughout

Jakarta – Police have arrested a woman suspected of distributing online content deemed defamatory to House of Representatives Speaker and Golkar chairman Setya Novanto.

The photo purporting to show Setya Novanto receiving intensive care at Jatinegara Premier Hospital spawned a meme that has now led to at least one arrest.

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) condemns the attacks against the right to freedom of expression, opinion and peaceful assembly that have occurred frequently over the past year in Indonesia

Mong Palatino of Global Voices – Indonesian police in East Java are investigating a veteran journalist for comparing former President Megawati Sukarnoputri to Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi in a Facebo

Jakarta – Investigative journalist Dandhy Dwi Laksono has been reported by the youth wing of the Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle, or PDI-P, to the East Java Police for allegedly insulting f

Jakarta – The owner of a Padang restaurant in Central Jakarta reported the uploader of a video, showing a bouncing rice ball, to the police for defamation.

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14 August 2017

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The Indonesian government has again rejected claims that rights to the freedom of expression and assembly are restricted in Papua region.

Scores of people from the Pancasila Youth (PP) paramilitary group have shut down a film showing and discussion about radical poet Wiji Thukul at the Lintas Kemukus Retreat in Sirau Village, Padurak

Fachrul Sidiq, Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have completed a case dossier on a standup comedian who complained about Green Pramuka City apartments in Cempaka Putih and will submit the file to the C

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Semarang – The University of Semarang (Unnes) in Central Java has reported two of its students to police for committing satire after they criticized Technology, Research and

Indonesian authorities have imposed a travel ban on tycoon and politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo, who is building resorts to be managed by Trump hotels, over an investigation into allegations he threat

Jakarta – The National Police officially named businessman-cum-politician Hary Tanoesoedibjo a suspect on Friday for allegedly intimidating an Attorney General's Office (AGO) official last year.

Jakarta – The National Police cyber crime unit has arrested a 45-year-old man using the YouTube account, 'Professor' Tamim Pardede, in Tangerang, Banten for allegedly posting videos containing hate

Jakarta – Bekasi Police brought in a 15-year-old identified only as BBS from his home in Kaliabang, North Bekasi, on Monday, after receiving a formal complaint from a group who claimed the boy had

The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has become aware that persecution against people who exercise their right to freedom of expression and opinion is very widespread in Indonesia.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate, Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI), Indonesia, in strongly criticizing the latest action by members of the Islamic Defenders Fr

Jakarta – The Islam Defenders Front (FPI) has claimed the Internet sweeping conducted by several FPI members to hunt down social media users allegedly insulting its leader, Rizieq Shihab, was an in

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have named Alfian Tanjung, lecturer at Jakarta's Prof. Dr.

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has lambasted all forms of intimidation, violence and attempts to restrict freedom of speech by the Islam Defenders Front (FPI).

Suherdjoko, Blora, Central Java – Blora District Court in Central Java sentenced on Monday the author of the book Jokowi Undercover, Bambang Tri Mulyono, 45, to three years in prison for insulting

Jakarta – The National Police has condemned parties who hunt down social media users accused of insulting Islam Defenders Front (FPI) leader Rizieq Shihab

Jakarta – The country's largest Islamic organization, Nahdatul Ulama (NU), has asked all mass organizations, including religion-based ones, to stop persecuting anyone accused of insulting religion

Ahmad Rafiq, Surakarta – A People's Ceremonial Stage to remember the May riots in the Central Java city of Solo was unable to show the documentary film "The May 1998 Tragedy" after police requested

Jakarta – Several members of the Jakarta City Council reported the owner of Facebook account Cahyo Harimurti to the Jakarta Police on Tuesday for alleged defamation and libel.

Ganung Nugroho Adi, Surakarta – The Surakarta Police dispersed on Sunday evening a candlelight vigil held in front of the Surakarta City Hall, citing a lack of permit as the reason behind its move

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Approximately 30 members of youth organization Pemuda Pancasila (PP) on Monday took down the painting exhibition of an artist cum activist, Andreas Iswinarno.

Ganug Nugroho Adi, Semarang, Central Java – Hundreds of people grouped under the Prophet Muhammad Family's Lovers Association protested a book launch at the Surakarta State Islamic Institute (IAIN)

Sukma Indah Permana, Bantul – An exhibition displaying the art works of Andreas Iswinarto in the Bantul regency of Yogyakarta province has been closed down by the social organisation Pancasila Yout

SAFEnet Voice has recorded that since 2015, 73 percent of violations against freedom of expression have been committed on the grounds of spreading communism.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Yogyakarta Sultan Hamengkubuwono X, who is also the Yogyakarta governor, reported on Wednesday metronews.tk, an online media company, to the Yogyakarta Police for all

Andi Hajramurni, Jakarta – The Makassar District Court in South Sulawesi cleared on Tuesday a woman of defamation charges for comments she made in a Facebook post.

Taylor McDonald – The unstable Indonesian provinces of Papua and West Papua are experiencing interesting times.

Jakarta – Police are investigating hate speech allegations against a suspect who was arrested for allegedly creating derogatory memes involving President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo, former President Mega

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have issued an investigation termination warrant (SP3) on a case of alleged blasphemy involving Ade Armando, a lecturer of Communication Sciences at the University of I

Andi Hajramurni, Makassar, South Sulawesi – Prosecutors at the Makassar District Court in South Sulawesi demanded that a 27-year-old housewife named Yusniar be sentenced to five months in jail for

Jakarta – Press Council member Nezar Patria, through his lawyers, sent a legal warning letter on Monday to university lecturer and Muslim preacher Alfian Tanjung for accusing him of being a cadre o

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