Tika Primandari, Jakarta – Deputy Foreign Minister Abdurrahman Mohammad Fachir denied that the Foreign Ministry has imposed a ban against foreign journalists from entering Papua to cover human righ

Edo Karensa, Jakarta – Media freedom organization Reporters Without Borders has condemned the Indonesian government for imposing a ban on a French journalist after releasing a documentary on the co

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the Indonesian government's refusal to let French journalist Cyril Payen visit Indonesia following the documentary he made about West Papua, the Indonesian

Callistasia Anggun Wijaya, Jakarta – Legal Aid Institute for the Press (LBH Pers) has said that freedom of the press declined last year and would most likely continue to as there were still a numbe

Padang – Terror and violence continue to stalk and threaten journalists operating in Sumatra, the Padang Press Legal Aid Institute (LBH) announced in its end-of-year report.

Jakarta – The Indonesian police were responsible for a third of reported assaults against journalists throughout 2015, an advocacy group says.

Sumit Galhotra – "Change does not come overnight," President Joko Widodo's right-hand man, Luhut Binsar Panjaitan, told an international delegation of 10 media and freedom of expression

Padang – Dozens of journalists affiliated with the West Sumatra Anti-violence Journalists Coalition (KWAK) staged a rally on Monday at the temporary Padang headquarters of the West Suma

Pekanbaru – Police in Pekanbaru, Riau, have come under fire for clashing with university students and beating a journalist at a congress for the Islamic Students Association.

Victor Mambor, Jayapura, Jubi – The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI-Indonesia) in strongly criticizing the actions of

James Burke – Dutch journalist and filmmaker Rohan Radheya spent five months undercover to document West Papua's ongoing struggle for independence from Indonesia's brutal rule.

Phelim Kine and Andreas Harsono – In September, Jakarta-based French journalist Marie Dhumieres decided to test whether Indonesia's decades-long barring of foreign media from Papua had

Victor Mambor, Jakarta, Jubi/IFEX – An international delegation of media and freedom of expression organisations met with the Indonesian government to discuss the state of media in the country.

Indonesia has no travel restrictions on foreign journalists in its easternmost province of Papua, the country's security chief said on Wednesday, vowing to dismiss any police officials who blocked

There are calls for Australia's prime minister Malcolm Turnbull to raise the matter of human rights abuses in West Papua with his Indonesian counterpart.

Jessica Elgot – Two British journalists held for more than five months in an Indonesian prison have described their relief at being back on UK soil but criticised the Foreign Office for a dismissiv

Jakarta – Indonesian authorities continue to restrict access by foreign journalists and rights monitors to Indonesia's easternmost provinces of Papua, raising serious concerns about the

Jakarta – Police are looking into claims of threats made against three television reporters covering the high-profile murder of an anti-mining activist in East Java.

The lid is lifting on what has been for so long Asia/Pacific's hidden region.

National – West Papua National Committee (KNPB) deputy chairman Agus Kossay and two other Papuans, Bano Kalaka and Nodi Hilka, were interrogated on Friday in connection with the arrival of French j

Fadli, Batam – Two British journalists recently found guilty by a court in Riau Islands of visa violations were finally released from detention on Thursday and will soon leave Indonesia after clear

Jewel Topsfield – Two British filmmakers who were arrested for filming a documentary about piracy without a journalism visa have been sentenced to two months and 15 days jail.

The Governor of Indonesia's Papua province has warned that indigenous Papuans could disappear as a people if they remain marginalised in their own land.

Paris – Reporters Without Borders is very disappointed by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's performance over freedom of information and media freedom during his first year in office.

Reporters Without Borders is very disappointed by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's performance as regards freedom of information and media freedom during his first year in office.

Jakarta – The Independent Alliance of Journalists, or AJI, has criticized police and military for the alleged intimidation of journalists covering the President's Cup football final in Jakarta on S

Jakarta – The court trial of two British journalists for allegedly filming a documentary about piracy in the Malacca Strait has set a very bad precedent for press freedom, their lawyer said.

Fadli, Batam, Riau Islands – The second trial of two UK citizens has begun in Batam District Court on Thursday.

Oliver Holmes, Bangkok – Two British journalists are facing five years in jail in Indonesia for making a documentary about piracy while allegedly on tourist visas.

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) condemns the prosecution of British journalists Rebecca Prosser and Neil Bonner, who were arrested by the Indonesia navy in the Malacca Strait on 28 May

Yogyakarta, Jubi – Papua councilor Lauzensus Kadepa accused the national media in Jakarta of fuelling the conflict in Papua.

Fadli, Batam – Two British journalists detained by Indonesian authorities for making a documentary about piracy in the Malacca Strait without proper papers have asked to be deported soon, their law

Fadli, Batam – Two British journalists detained by Indonesian authorities since May for making a documentary on piracy in the Malacca Strait without proper papers could face five years' imprisonmen

Jakarta – Two English journalists arrested in Batam, Riau Islands, will soon face trial for allegedly violating immigration regulations, according to Ronny F.

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independence Journalists (AJI) has praised President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's move to revoke a new regulation that would have reintroduced surveillance of foreign journalist

Haeril Halim, Jakarta – Following protests from foreign media outlets, the Home Ministry on Thursday decided to revoke circulars that obliged all visiting foreign journalists to report themselves t

Jakarta – Indonesian Democratic Party of Struggle (PDI-P) chairperson Megawati Soekarnoputri has warned journalists against twisting her statements on the upcoming simultaneous local elections.

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – Home Affairs Minister Tjahjo Kumolo has apologized for and withdrawn a regulation aimed at increasing government control over foreign journalists operating in In

Jakarta – The director general for Political Affairs and General Administration at the Home Affairs Ministry, Soedarmo, said on Tuesday that the government issued official documents on procedures f

Moyang Kasih Dewimerdeka, Jakarta – Foreign Affairs Minister Retno L.P Marsudi said that her Ministry is planning to streamline the process for foreign journalists wishing to report from Papua.

Kupang – The Alliance of Independence Journalists (AJI) and the East Nusa Tenggara (NTT) chapter of the Indonesian Television Journalist Association (IJTI) have urged the police to investigate viol

Michael Bachelard – Few work harder to advocate for the Papuan people than Victor Mambor.

Jakarta – Indonesian Military Chief General Moeldoko said his institution was considering implementing a policy of having security personnel accompany foreign journalists in Papua to avoid untoward

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi said the Jokowi government never restricted foreign visitors or journalists from visiting Papua, with 22 foreign applications granted in 20

Dylan Amirio, Jakarta – Foreign Minister Retno LP Marsudi revealed that her ministry had approved eight applications for foreign journalistic visits to resource-rich Papua in the past six months.

Michael Bachelard – Thanks to a brutal history, an Indonesian Government that restricts journalistic access, and a group of committed activists in Australia and New Zealand, most people only ever h

There are further signs from Indonesia's government that it is willing to open up access to the Papua region.

In defiance of a 1963 law forbidding foreign journalists entry to West Papua, Dutch journalist Rohan Radheya has over the past years travelled into the region several times, and is one of very few

A month ago today, on 29 April 2015, TAPOL organised a demonstration outside the Indonesian Embassy in London, where dozens of demonstrations gathered to demand open access to Papua for

Elodie Largenton – A French journalist who was jailed in West Papua last year for not having the correct entry permit says he doubts Indonesia will follow through with its promise to lift the regio