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

Jayapura – Mufriadi, a journalist with TOP TV Papua, was reportedly beaten by the South Sorong regent while he was covering a rally involving local residents outside of the regency admi

Once again, violence has been used in Papua, this time against a television journalist working for the local TV station in South Sorong, TOP TV.

Yemris Fointuna, Kupang – Rote Ndao regent Leonard Haning has banned three local journalists from the regency following the publication of "biased and imbalanced news articles".

Jakarta – The Alliance of Indonesian Journalists (AJI) Yogyakarta protested the Yogyakarta City Police's decision to close the murder case of journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin, known

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Fifteen years on, the mystery shrouding the murder of journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafrudin, aka Udin, has yet to be lifted.

Jakarta – A lawmaker is criticizing a hotel owner's recent attack on a journalist for apparently generating bad publicity, saying that violence has become a viable option in resolving p

The latest regulation by the Justice and Human Right's Ministry which bans journalists from entering prisons has come under scrutiny from the Press Council.

Press council chief Bagir Manan asked the police to pay serious attention to investigating the assault of a Tempo TV journalist last week.

Ismira Lutfia – The Press Council on Tuesday questioned President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's commitment to safeguarding press freedom in Indonesia, in light of his statement that his pa

Elisabeth Oktofani – Tangerang mother Prita Mulyasari, facing jail time after the Supreme Court found her guilty of libel, said she did not understand why law enforcers were so eager to

Prita Mulyasari has been sentenced to six months in jail, suspended for one year, after the Supreme Court controversially found her guilty of libeling privately owned Omni International

Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights (Komnas HAM) says it will bring the libel case implicating Prita Mulyasari to the United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur Frank LA Rue d

Faisal Maliki Baskoro & Rangga Prokoso – Two years after Prita Mulyasari, a mother of three from Tangerang, was first detained for supposedly defaming an upscale hospital, and after

Jakarta – The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) bestowed the Udin Award, an award for journalists who have become victims of violence due to their work, to a Sun TV correspondent,

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Activists warn that the national security bill, currently being deliberated at the House of Representatives, has the potential to threaten freedom of the

The release on June 25 of Erwin Arnada, the former editor of Indonesia's ill-fated edition of Playboy Magazine after serving nine months in prison for outraging public decency, closes a

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Elisabeth Oktofani – The former editor of the short-lived Indonesian edition of Playboy magazine has said his release from prison marks a victory for press freedom in the country.

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.

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

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

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