Pekanbaru – Fakhri Rubiyanto, one of the journalists assaulted by Air Force officers when covering a jet crash in Riau last month, has once again been physically attacked, this time by

Jakarta – Police today attacked a journalist covering a rally organised by the West Papua National Committee (KNPB) in Manokwari in West Papua.

Reporters Without Borders deplores the beating that six journalists received from air force personnel when they tried to cover the crash of an air force fighter jet yesterday in Riau pr

Arya Dipa, Bandung – Bandung journalists are urging Indonesian media to stop covering Indonesian Military (TNI) events, in protest following assaults against reporters in Riau.

Ansyor Idrus and Ruslan Sangadji – Groups of journalists across the country staged protests against military brutality against the press on Wednesday.

Pekanbaru, Riau – Several journalists were assaulted and intimidated by Air Force officers when covering a jet crash in Riau on Tuesday.

Dina Indrasafitri, Jakarta – An AIDS activist from Surabaya, East Java and a Jakarta-based journalism watchdog have won prestigious awards given by the Alliance of Independent Journalis

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The National Land Agency (BPN) has been urged to impose Article 19 of Law No.

Jakarta – Monopolistic media ownership in Jakarta is to blame for insensitive and biased reporting on conflicts beyond the island of Java, critics have said.

Philip Jacobson – A group of Papuans was in Jakarta on Tuesday to give their own account of the recent escalation of violence in their home region, which they say has been distorted by

Bayu Marhaenjati – An Air Force soldier arbitrarily seized and destroyed a video tape belonging to BeritaSatu TV reporter Urip Arpan after the latter filmed the wreckage of the military

By keeping Papua behind a curtain, the Indonesian government is fostering impunity among military forces and resentment among Papuans.

Jayapura – According to several journalists working in Serui, Yapen district in Papua, including a journalist from Bintang Papua, they had been warned against publishing information abo

Arientha Primanita, Ezra Sihite & Rahmat – Military chief Adm.

Syofiardi Bachyul Jb and Panca Nugraha, Padang/Mataram – Journalists in three cities in the archipelago took to the streets on Thursday to protest the assault of their peers by Marines

Ezra Sihite – The commander of the Indonesian Armed Forces (TNI) Adm.

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) Commander Admiral Agus Suhartono said he had ordered military officers who allegedly assaulted journalists in Padang, the provincia

Jakarta – The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) is planning to report the murder case of Bernas daily journalist Fuad Muhammad Syarifuddin, also known as Udin, to the United Nation

Jakarta – The reason why press freedom in Indonesia is under attack is because the government and news organizations often fail to protect journalists, according to press advocates on F

During the course of 2010 – 2011, the Indonesian Government has restricted the number of foreign journalists who are given access to enter Papua and report on the situation there.

Ismira Lutfia – The increasing concentration of Indonesian media in the hands of just a dozen holding companies poses a threat to people's right to information that is free of political

Anita Rachman – The media have historically been some of the most tenacious advocates of workers' rights, yet in one of the ironies of an increasingly independent and privatized nationa

A. Junaidi, Jakarta – A new study has revealed that only 12 groups of companies own almost all print, broadcast and online media in Indonesia.

Bambang Muryanto and Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – A number of local journalists from different media outlets staged a rally in front of the Gedung Agung state palace in Yogyakarta on We

Ulma Haryanto & Anita Rachman – The latest annual survey by a global media watchdog found that no journalists were killed in Indonesia last year, but identified a worryingly high nu

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The Aceh Journalists Association believes that one of its members has been murdered despite the initial police investigation suggesting that he died in a traf

Media rights group Reporters Without Borders called on Indonesian authorities Saturday to put extra efforts into ensuring press freedom after a series of media freedom violations in the

Natasua Christy Wahyuni, Farouk Arnaz & Rizky Amelia – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Thursday reminded the media of its responsibility to safeguard the integrity of journali

Jakarta – The country's leading journalist organizations have expressed doubt over the credibility of a report by the Paris-based Reporters Without Borders (RWB), which puts Indonesia a

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Many provinces across Indonesia have not properly implemented the Public Information Law, which was enacted in 2010, Public Information Commission (KIP) c

Anita Rachman – If violence and intimidation was the order of the day for Indonesia's journalists in 2011, this year is shaping up to be no better, press freedom advocates and pundits c

Anita Rachman – Press freedom has declined again in Indonesia over the past year, according to Reporters Without Borders, which released its 10th annual press freedom index on Wednesday

Dozens of journalists rallied outside the Trenggalek Police headquarters in East Java on Tuesday to protest the assault of a colleague by a civil servant on Friday.

Anita Rachman – With several rape and sexual assault cases dominating the news recently, a crucial question has so far been given little attention: Is media coverage of the cases proper

Sleman, Yogyakarta – Outspoken Indonesian government critic George Junus Aditjondro is facing up to four years in jail for allegedly insulting the Yogyakarta royal family.

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Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Another violent incident against a journalist has been reported in Rote-Ndao, East Nusa Tenggara (NTT), with an alleged abduction of a female reporter over her

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Journalist Dance Henukh, whose house was destroyed by a group of people allegedly as backlash for his news report on graft cases, says that he was intimidated

Dessy Sagita & Fitri – Another journalist said she received death threats after writing about evidence of government corruption in Rote Ndao district, East Nusa Tenggara.

Camelia Pasandaran & Rahmat – The mob attack on a journalist's home that reportedly led to his newborn daughter dying of shock has been denounced as an inhumane act by his peers.

Jakarta – As political parties prepare for the 2014 general elections, many have started to project their presence through advertisements running in the media, raising suspicions that s

Elisabeth Oktofani – Danu Pratama (not his real name) has worked as a journalist for nearly seven years, covering beats ranging from technology and politics to human rights and legal is

Jakarta – United Development Party (PPP) secretary-general M.

Jakarta – The Communication and Information Technology Ministry has announced plans to begin screening media following an earlier finding that media reporting was prone to misinformatio

Ina Parlina, Jakarta – As one of the largest democracies in Asia, Indonesia has yet to ensure its citizens access to information, with lawmakers and the government devising legislation

Banjir Ambarita – Two journalists in Manokwari, West Papua, reported the district attorney to the police on Friday for sending them death threats by text message, a charge the accused d

Dozens of journalists demonstrated in Manokwari to protest against the beating of a colleague, Duma Tato Sanda, a journalist working for Cahaya Papua, who was beaten up by workers of Fr

Simon Caterson – For local journalists in East Timor, breaking the news could mean being broken themselves.

Anita Rachman – Eighty percent of Papuans live in the approximately 3,000 kampongs spread across the country's largest province, so any meaningful understanding of how Papuans live must

Samantha Michaels – Despite efforts to protect journalists, freedom of the press sits on shaky ground in Indonesia, according to two writers honored last week for their courage in the f