The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) notes that press freedom and journalist protection in Indonesia is under serious threat.

Ade Ridwan Yandwiputra, Jakarta – A mass media researcher Eriyanto said incident threatening the freedom of press continues to take place with a tendency to increase each year.

Ryan Dagur – Indonesian weekly magazine Tempo has defied radical Muslims' demand for an apology over a cartoon which they said insulted a Muslim cleric.

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia requested the police to perform assertiveness upon the intimidation shown by members of the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) in the

Last Friday, Islamic hardline groups headed by the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) protested at the offices of national news outlet Tempo over a political cartoon published in their magaz

Dias Prasongko, Jakarta – Jakarta Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) stated FPI misunderstood about the Press Law by conducting a protest against Tempo caricature at Tempo office in

A mass of Islamic hardliners, comprised of groups such as the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) and its paramilitary wing the Islamic Defenders Army (LPI), are staging a protest at national

Jakarta – Today marks the 47th anniversary of Tempo Magazine or Majalah Tempo.

Nurina Savitri and Erwin Renaldi – Indonesia is entering election season – this June the country will hold local elections across 17 provinces, 39 cities and 115 regencies.

Jakarta must regain authority over Papua, demands PFF, the Pacific Freedom Forum, after the latest action by "rogue" security forces.

Damien Kingsbury, Jakarta, Jubi/Crikey – West Papua has shown once again that freedom of speech is only for those who follow the rules.

Padang (Antara) – Press Council chairman Yosep Adi Prasetyo claimed that Indonesia holds world's highest number of mass media with 47,000 mass media including print, radio, television a

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – Home Minister Tjahjo Kumolo voided late on Tuesday a much-maligned regulation aimed at screening research projects that carried "negative impacts" on the cou

Moses Ompusunggu, Jakarta – The government has issued a regulation obliging Indonesian researchers to report on their research results to the home ministry as part of a new permit regim

After the BBC's Indonesia editor was expelled from the country's easternmost Papua region last weekend over a tweet, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) again urges the Indonesian authoriti

Andreas Harsono – Last week, Indonesian authorities arrested a BBC correspondent for tweets she made while reporting from Papua.

Jakarta – Executive Director of Amnesty International Indonesia, Usman Hamid, said that the expulsion of BBC journalists and contributors who were doing coverage about health crisis in

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has criticized the government for banning three BBC Indonesia journalists from reporting on a measles and malnutrition outbreak i

Jakarta – A foreign journalist covering the health crisis in Asmat, Papua, was forced to leave the region after the Indonesian Military (TNI) objected to a series of tweets she had post

Adam Harvey – An Australian journalist has been expelled from the Indonesian province of Papua after her tweets angered the military.

Sheany, Jakarta – Indonesia's Alliance of Independent Journalists, or AJI, and Malaysia's Gerakan Media Merdeka, or Geramm, urged for better treatment toward journalists after a recent

Wisnu Prasetya Utomo – Almost two decades after the authoritarian regime in Indonesia ended, democratisation in the media has yet to reach an ideal situation.

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has elected Abdul Manan, a journalist with TEMPO, and CNN Indonesia journalist Revolusi Riza as its new chairman and secretary general, respe

Pacific Media Watch – The Asian Human Rights Commission (AHRC) has condemned a brutal attack against journalist Saldi Hermanto in Timika, Papua, and called for a campaign of letter protests.

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Nurul Fitri Ramadhani, Jakarta – Activists and journalists have urged the government and the House of Representatives to scrap articles in the amendment draft of the Law on the Criminal Code (KUHP)

New Zealand's public broadcaster says a protest in Indonesia won't deter it from covering West Papua.

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police's Mobile Brigade (Brimob) has apologized to the National News Agency (LKBN) Antara and its reporter Ricky Prayoga, a victim of alleged misconduct by several of its memb

Helen Davidson – A journalist has avoided jail over an erroneous article about the now prime minister of Timor-Leste, after a Dili court threw out the criminal defamation charges.

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Timor Leste Press Union (TLPU) and the Timor Leste Journalists Association (TLJA) in welcoming the decision today by the T

Michael Vincent – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has hailed as a victory the acquittal of two journalists in East Timor who had faced the threat of jail for a story they wrote ab

Lindsay Murdoch – East Timor's prime minister has asked a Dili court not send two journalists to jail in a controversial defamation case he brought against them that was condemned by human rights a

Helen Davidson, Dili – "If the court wants to send me to jail, I won't be happy but I have to be brave. I will accept the final decision.

Two cases of violence against journalists in Papua in the past week highlight the empty promise of Press Law protections in Indonesia's easternmost province, as well as the false hopes of President

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has joined its affiliates Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) and the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) in strongly condemning th

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Media, Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) and the South East Asia Journalist Unions (SEAJU) in strongly condemning the

Indonesian immigration authorities have deported a group of six Japanese filmmakers from Papua for allegedly misusing their visas.

Jakarta – A six-member television crew from Japan was deported from the easternmost Indonesian province of Papua on Thursday for immigration violations, a local immigration official said.

Zely Ariane, Jakarta, Jubi – Space for freedom of expression, especially for those who want to campaign for the right to self-determination or separatist issues in Papua, is deliberately limited.

David Robie, Jakarta – Indonesian hospitality was given a rave notice last week for hosting World Press Freedom Day 2017, but it was also given a huge black mark for its "gagging" of free discussio

Elly Burhaini Faizal, Jakarta – Participants of the 2017 World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) meeting have unanimously adopted the Jakarta Declaration, which calls for a greater role of the media in adva

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Indonesia is currently enjoying the privilege of hosting this year's World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) celebration, themed "Critical Minds for Critical Times: Media's

Reporters Without Borders has condemned what it calls Indonesia's "double-dealing" as the nation hosts World Press Freedom Day while it continues to harass independent journalists in West Papua wit

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) announced on Wednesday that a total of 72 cases of violence against journalists occurred fr

Nurul Fitri Ramadhani and Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has recorded two cases of violence against journalists in the past two weeks.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns Indonesia's double dealing, hosting the 24th annual celebration of World Press Freedom Day in Jakarta with UNESCO while continuing to harass independent jou

Indonesian's government has been urged to ensure that state security forces who attack journalists in regions like Papua are held to account.

David Sobolim, Jayapura, Jubi – Two days before World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) 2017 in Jakarta, violence and intimidation again experienced by journalists in Papua.

Marguerite Afra Sapiie, Jakarta – Human rights activists have invited journalists and participants of the World Press Freedom Day (WPFD) conference in Jakarta to attend a side event highlighting th

Jakarta – Indonesia has climbed six notches from its previous place in the 2017 World Press Freedom Index released by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Wednesday.