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January 24, 2023

Australian West Papua Association (Sydney) Statement - January 24, 2023

Although no one was injured in the blast near Victors home on Monday (around 4.00 am), Victor reports that the low-powered explosion "was so loud that my house shook like there was an e

CNN Indonesia - January 24, 2023

Jakarta – Senior Papuan journalist Victor Mambor suspects that yesterday's bomb attack next to his house in Jayapura on Monday January 23 was linked to several reports published over th

January 23, 2023

Benar News - January 23, 2023

Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus – A senior journalist who often covers human rights violations in Papua says that a bomb exploded near his home on Monday.

January 20, 2023

Tempo - January 20, 2023

Antara, Jakarta – The Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDIP) board of directors consulted with the Press Council on Thursday as they plan to submit a complaint against three mas

January 17, 2023

Tabloid Jubi - January 17, 2023

Jayapura, Jubi – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has launched a security report of journalists in Indonesia throughout 2022, which says journalists are in a less safe situ

December 30, 2022

Jakarta Post - December 30, 2022

Jakarta – Saying that the financial distress faced by Indonesia's media industry has reached a disastrous level, Vice President Ma'ruf Amin called for global tech giants to strike a fai

December 17, 2022

December 12, 2022

December 8, 2022

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Statement - December 8, 2022

The Indonesian government has passed a controversial new Criminal Code that seriously violates international human rights standards and will effectively curtail freedom of expression an

December 7, 2022

Tabloid Jubi - December 7, 2022

Jayapura, Jubi – The journalist community in Jayapura City took to the street calling for the postponement of the ratification of the Criminal Code Draft Law (RKUHP) on Monday, December

December 6, 2022

Tempo - December 6, 2022

Nabila Nurshafira, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) on Monday protested against the passing of what they deem as principally troublesome provisions in the Crimina

December 5, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - December 5, 2022

Jayapura, Jubi – Senior Papuan journalist and chief editor of Jubi, Victor Mambor, said Papuan students should start writing about Papua's conflict as clear writing was important in the

October 27, 2022

CNN Indonesia - October 27, 2022

Jakarta – The Press Council says that the digital attacks experienced by several online mass media sites recently are a form of censorship.

October 25, 2022

International Federation of Journalists Statement - October 25, 2022

Two journalists have been summoned by the National Police of Timor-Leste (PNTL) after publishing two articles on a minister's request to dismiss Gastao Pereira, the Director of Internal

October 11, 2022

Tempo - October 11, 2022

Riani Sanusi Putri, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Indonesia, the Press Legal Aid (LBH), and SAFEnet on Monday handed over an online petition – signed by more t

CNN Indonesia - October 11, 2022

Jakarta – The Narrative Advocacy Team has handed over a petition calling for a full investigation into the recent hacking of Narrative Media staff social media accounts to the President

September 29, 2022

CNN Indonesia - September 29, 2022

Jakarta – The Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has initiated an online petition urging national police chief General Listyo Sigit Prabowo to fully investigate the co

September 28, 2022

Jakarta Post - September 28, 2022

Fikri Harish, Jakarta – Advocates have deplored a series of wide-ranging and coordinated cyberattacks against journalists and employees of the media company Narasi and have urged the po

September 7, 2022

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Statement - September 7, 2022

Multiple journalists have been harassed and intimidated for their coverage of fuel smuggling in Mataram in the West Nusa Tenggara province.

September 4, 2022

IFEX - September 4, 2022

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has identified 19 articles in the draft criminal code of Indonesia that could criminalize the work of journalists.

September 2, 2022

Asia Pacific Report - September 2, 2022

Pacific Media Watch – The co-founder of Tabloid Jubi, Victor Mambor has been presented with the 2022 Udin Award from Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) during the org

August 26, 2022

Fulcrum - August 26, 2022

Sofie Syarief – The emergence of digital media has not resulted in more diversity in ownership control and editorial content in Indonesia's media industry.

August 24, 2022

Coda - August 24, 2022

Liam Scott – New regulations and revisions introduced in Indonesia this summer will likely have a devastating impact on freedom of expression for all Indonesians, experts say, with the

August 21, 2022

Liputan 6 - August 21, 2022

Huyogo Simbolon, Bandung – The Bandung branch of the Independent Journalists Association (AJI) believes that there are still a number of catch all articles in the latest version of the

August 13, 2022

Al Jazeera - August 13, 2022

Kyle Delbyck – Journalist Muhammad Asrul is awaiting word from Indonesia's Supreme Court about whether he will spend further time behind bars for reporting on corruption issues.

August 11, 2022

Tabloid JUBI - August 11, 2022

Jakarta, Jubi – The chief editor of Jubi who is also the former chairman of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Jayapura, Victor Mambor, received the Udin Award at the 28th an

August 9, 2022

UCA News - August 9, 2022

Ryan Dagur – A native Papuan journalist known for reporting on human rights issues has been awarded the press freedom award by an Indonesian journalists' organization.

July 27, 2022

Committee to Protect Journalists Press Release - July 27, 2022

Bangkok – Authorities in East Timor should drop their investigation into journalist Raimundos Oki and stop using legal threats to curb independent reporting, the Committee to Protect Jo

International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Statement - July 27, 2022

The Indonesian government will begin blocking private electronic systems operators that fail to register their platforms by July 27, despite concerns from members of civil society that

July 22, 2022

UCA News - July 22, 2022

A global media watchdog has urged Timor-Leste to drop charges against a journalist accused of violating judicial confidentiality by publishing reports questioning the virginity tests of

International Federation of Journalists Statement - July 22, 2022

Three men attempted to intimidate a journalist at his house in Tamiang Layang, Central Kalimantan, on July 17, allegedly for his coverage of sexual harassment by a local official.

July 21, 2022

Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Statement - July 21, 2022

Bangkok – Indonesian authorities should investigate a series of incidents of harassment and intimidation against local journalists, identify and bring the relevant perpetrators to justi

July 20, 2022

Asia Pacific Report - July 20, 2022

Anything concerning the Catholic Church is extremely sensitive in Timor-Leste, as Raimundos Oki, the editor of The Oekusi Post website can confirm, reports the Paris-based global media

July 19, 2022

Reporters Without Boarders - July 19, 2022

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) calls on Timor-Leste's authorities to put the public interest first by dropping charges against a journalist accused of violating judicial confidentialit

July 15, 2022

Asia Pacific Report - July 15, 2022

Sirwan Kajjo, Dili – In a deeply Catholic country, accusations that an American priest abused dozens of children at an orphanage stunned many in East Timor.

Kompas.com - July 15, 2022

Singgih Wiryono, Jakarta – Press Council Chairperson Azyumardi Azra says that a media which broadcasts communist, Marxist and Leninist ideas could be subject to imprisonment.

Kompas.com - July 15, 2022

Vitorio Mantalean, Jakarta – The Jakarta Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) and the Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) have slammed allegations of police intimidation a

July 12, 2022

Human Rights Watch News Release - July 12, 2022

Andreas Harsono – One would hope that an educational institution that learned of sexual assaults on campus would focus on holding perpetrators accountable and preventing further inciden

July 8, 2022

Tempo - July 8, 2022

Mutia Yuantisya, Jakarta – The Lintas Student Press Institute (LPM) Defenders Coalition is asking the Ambon State Administrative Court or the PTUN to be wise and just in its ruling on a

July 7, 2022

Tempo - July 7, 2022

M Faiz Zaki, Jakarta – The Journalist Safety Commission (KKJ) in a statement on Wednesday expects the new Criminal Code Draft Law (RKUHP) that is set to be passed by the House and the g

July 5, 2022

International Federation of Journalists Press Release - July 5, 2022

Raimundos Oki, chief editor of news portal Oekusipost.com, has been accused of breaching judicial secrecy following an investigative report concerning the detention and forced virginity

July 4, 2022

Article 19 - July 4, 2022

We, the undersigned, represent a global coalition of non-governmental organizations urging the Minister of Communication and Information of the Republic of Indonesia to repeal Ministeri

UCA News - July 4, 2022

Police in Timor-Leste have charged a journalist for allegedly violating judicial secrecy by publishing reports that question the virginity tests of some underage girls, who were sexuall

June 24, 2022

International Federation of Journalists Press Release - June 24, 2022

Members of student press organisation LPM Lintas, at the State Institute for Islamic Studies (IAIN) Ambon, have faced ongoing threats and intimation after publishing an investigative st

Sindo News - June 24, 2022

Muhammad Farhan, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) is calling for changes to be made to 14 articles in the Draft Criminal code (RKUHP) which threaten press freedom

June 23, 2022

Coconuts Jakarta - June 23, 2022

Pepperidge Farm and those who closely follow Indonesian tech news may remember the Information and Communications Ministry's numerous empty threats to ban major online platforms over ad

May 30, 2022

Internatinoal Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Press Release - May 30, 2022

A parliament minister has brought defamation charges under Timor Leste's Penal Code against journalist Francisco Belo Simoes da Costa, following coverage of an allegation of ministerial

May 20, 2022

May 9, 2022

Global Voicecs - May 9, 2022

For nearly 60 years, West Papua, a region in the easternmost stretches of the Indonesian archipelago, has been engaged in one of the longest-running independence struggles of any region

May 4, 2022

Jakarta Post - May 4, 2022

Herlambang P. Wiratraman (360info), Yogyakarta – Digital authoritarianism is becoming entrenched in Indonesia.