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April 8, 2025

Tempo - April 8, 2025

Defara Dhanya, Jakarta – Tempo news website has once again been targeted by a cyber attack in the form of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS).

Tempo - April 8, 2025

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – President Prabowo Subianto described the act of sending a pig's head and rat carcasses to Tempo's editorial office as an attempt to sow discord and p

April 7, 2025

Tempo - April 7, 2025

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The Indonesian National Police (Polri) has stated that it will investigate the alleged intimidation and violence against journalists by the aide of the Chief

Jakarta Post - April 7, 2025

Jakarta – Situr Wijaya, a 33-year-old journalist from Palu, Central Sulawesi, and the founder of local media outlet iN Sulteng was found dead in a hotel room in West Jakarta on Friday,

Jakarta Post - April 7, 2025

Maretha Uli, Jakarta – A new National Police regulation outlining procedures surrounding permits for foreign journalists has sparked criticism from press and law organizations, which sa

Kompas.com - April 7, 2025

Firda Janati, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Chairperson Nani Afrida believes that the increasing number of cases of violence against journ

Tempo - April 7, 2025

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – Another incident of violence against journalists has occurred.

April 4, 2025

Channel News Asia - April 4, 2025

Jakarta – Indonesian activists on Thursday (Apr 3) decried a new regulation allowing police to monitor foreign journalists and researchers working in the country, a move they say would

Tempo - April 4, 2025

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – The Chairperson of the Press Council, Ninik Rahayu, regretted the issuance of Police Regulation No. 3 of 2025.

April 3, 2025

Jakarta Globe - April 3, 2025

Stefani Wijaya, Jakarta – The National Police on Thursday denied reports that foreign journalists are required to obtain a police-issued acknowledgment letter to work in Indonesia.

Tribun News - April 3, 2025

Ilham Rian Pratama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has criticised National Police Regulation (Perpol) Number 3/2025 on the Police's Functional Supervision of Fore

Tempo - April 3, 2025

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – The Chief of the Indonesian National Police, General Listyo Sigit Prabowo, has enacted Police Regulation No.

Tempo - April 3, 2025

Alif Ilham Fajriadi, Jakarta – Inspector General Sandi Nugroho, Head of the Indonesian National Police Public Relations Division, clarified the circulating information about Police Regu

April 2, 2025

Tempo - April 2, 2025

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – The Chairperson of the Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI), Muhammad Isnur, has criticized a new Indonesian Police Regulation that mandates oversight of

March 28, 2025

The Guardian - March 28, 2025

Kate Lamb – When a large box arrived at the office with her name on it, Indonesian investigative journalist Francisca Christy Rosana assumed a friend had sent her a package.

March 27, 2025

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Statement - March 27, 2025

Bangkok – Indonesia must identify and bring to account police officers who forced two journalists – one of whom they beat on the head – to delete photos and videos they shot during a pr

Tempo - March 27, 2025

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) has raised concerns over the slow progress in investigating the pig head terror incident targeting Te

March 26, 2025

CNN Indonesia - March 26, 2025

Jakarta – Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Secretary General Bayu Wardana says that they have recorded that as of today, Wednesday March 26, at least 18 journalists

Tempo - March 26, 2025

Ayu Cipta, Jakarta – The Nusantara Artists Community has united in supporting Tempo following the pig's head terror and rat carcass.

March 25, 2025

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) News Release - March 25, 2025

Indonesia's Tempo magazine, known for its hard-hitting journalism and strong criticism of the country's government, received two separate packages containing dead animals on Marc

Jakarta Post - March 25, 2025

Jakarta – The police have started a preliminary investigation into the intimidation of journalists from national news magazine Tempo amid pressure from civil society groups to sa

Tempo - March 25, 2025

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) coordinator Anis Hidayah said the commission supports the protection given to Francisca Christy Rosa

March 24, 2025

Tempo - March 24, 2025

Ervana Trikarinaputri, Jakarta – Indonesia Police Watch (IPW) backs the Indonesia National Police's efforts to conduct a thorough investigation into the terror case targeting Tempo

Tempo - March 24, 2025

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The Legal Aid Institute for the Press or LBH Pers urges the National Police Headquarters to thoroughly investigate the case of terror against Tempo.

Tempo - March 24, 2025

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – Deputy Minister of Manpower, Immanuel Ebenezer Gerungan, said the terror directed towards Tempo poses a threat to democracy, as the media entity is con

Tempo - March 24, 2025

Alfitria Nefi P, Jakarta – The Editor-in-Chief of Tempo, Setri Yasra, expresses gratitude to fellow media, civil society coalitions, and various parties for their support amidst

Tempo - March 24, 2025

Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – Chairperson of the Law and Legislation Commission of the Press Council, Arif Zulkifli, stated that the terror against journalists disturbs the public's right

Jakarta Post - March 24, 2025

Dio Suhenda, Jakarta – National news magazine Tempo has received another anonymous package containing animal carcasses in what appears to be an effort to intimidate the outlet's

Agence France-Presse - March 24, 2025

Jakarta – Activists have called for press freedom to be protected in the country and demanded an investigation after a magazine critical of the government was sent a pig's head and deca

Tempo - March 24, 2025

Tempo.CO, Jakarta – Indonesia's Labor Party President Said Iqbal strongly condemned the acts of terror, including the delivery of a pig's head and rat carcasses to the Tempo offi

Tempo - March 24, 2025

Intan Setiawanty, Jakarta – The Labor Party President Said Iqbal condemned Presidential Office Head Hasan Nasbi's response to the pig head terror against Tempo.

March 23, 2025

Tempo - March 23, 2025

Vedro Imanuel Girsang, Jakarta – In less than a week, Tempo's editorial office received two packages containing animal carcasses.

Tempo - March 23, 2025

Intan Setiawanty, Hammam Izzuddin, Jakarta – The Journalist Safety Committee (KKJ) urged President Prabowo Subianto to show his commitment to press freedom.

Tempo - March 23, 2025

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Executive Director of the Legal Aid Institute for the Press or LBH Pers, Mustafa Layong, stated that the terror of sending animal carcasses to Tem

Tempo - March 23, 2025

Ni Kadek Trisna Cintya Dewi, Jakarta – Professor Ni Made Anggita Sastri Mahadewi, a Sociology lecturer at Udayana University, referred to the pig's head terror against Tempo medi

Channel News Asia - March 23, 2025

Jakarta – Activists have called for press freedom to be protected in Indonesia and demanded an investigation after a magazine critical of the government was sent a pig's head and decapi

CNN Indonesia - March 23, 2025

Jakarta – The Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) believes that cases of violence and terror against journalists are becoming increasingly worrying.

March 22, 2025

Tempo - March 22, 2025

Daniel Ahmad Fajri, Jakarta – Usman Hamid, Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, urged state authorities, including law enforcement, to conduct a thorough and immediate investiga

Kompas.com - March 22, 2025

Firda Janati, Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Director Usman Hamid is urging the state, including law enforcement authorities, to conduct an i

Tempo - March 22, 2025

Egi Adyatama, Jakarta – The editorial office of Tempo has received a second disturbing delivery in the form of a box containing decapitated rat carcasses.

Jakarta Globe - March 22, 2025

Celvin Moniaga Sipahutar, Jakarta – The government has reaffirmed its commitment to press freedom following an incident involving a severed pig's head sent to the office of Tempo

Tempo - March 22, 2025

Andi Adam Faturahman, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has urged President Prabowo Subianto to review the position of Hasan Nasbi, the Head of the Presidential Communication Office

March 21, 2025

Jakarta Globe - March 21, 2025

Herman, Jakarta – Nearly a quarter of Indonesian journalists have faced terror and intimidation, according to the 2024 Journalist Safety Index.

Tempo - March 21, 2025

Shinta Maharani, Yogyakarta – Herlambang Perdana Wiratraman, a constitutional law and human rights researcher at Gadjah Mada University (UGM), has urged the police to thoroughly investi

March 20, 2025

Kompas.com - March 20, 2025

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has condemned whoever it was who sent a terror package containing a pig's head to the

Jakarta Globe - March 20, 2025

Jakarta – Legal activists on Thursday condemned what they described as an attack on press freedom and an attempt to silence critical voices after a journalist received a package contain

Tempo - March 20, 2025

Novali Panji Nugroho, Jakarta – The Advocacy Staff of the Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Press), Mustafa Layong, urged the government not to overlook the delivery of a pig's hea

Indonesia at Melbourne - March 20, 2025

Sita Dewi – On 22 February 2025, President Prabowo Subianto hosted dozens of chief editors from major media organisations at his private residence in Hambalang, West Java, to discuss hi

Tempo - March 20, 2025

Eka Yudha Saputra, Jakarta – Indonesia's Press Council stated that the terror act involving a severed pig's head sent to Tempo was likely carried out by parties feeling cornered

March 17, 2025

Tempo - March 17, 2025

Mei Leandha, Medan – The prosecutors in the case of the murder of journalist Rico Sempurna Pasaribu and his family are seeking the death penalty for the alleged killers, namely Bebas Gi