Michael Bachelard – Fresh hope that Indonesia would allow foreign journalists and observers freely into its most troubled province, West Papua, appear to be unfounded.

West Papua is now open to foreign journalists and NGOs, according to Papuan governor Lukas Enembe, who has promised to allow reporters into the region for the first time in years.

Banjir Ambarita, Jayapura – Papua Governor Lukas Enembe promised to open the region up to foreign journalists and NGOS on Wednesday, guaranteeing their safety as they visit the restive

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – The House of Representatives has started working on amending Law No.

Jakarta – The Democratic Party leadership has called on the General Elections Monitoring Body (Bawaslu) to be lenient on the party for forcing state-owned television station TVRI to air

Ina Parlina, Dili, Timor Leste – Tito Filipe, 30, started as a reporter in Dili, Timor Leste, when he was 21 just after he finished high school.

Jakarta – Journalists from Indonesia and Timor Leste are expected to help forge partnership between the former foes, according to a bilateral dialogue.

Jakarta – The Health Ministry is supporting the move by local administrations – including Sabang city in Aceh – to make it a requirement for high school students to record the shape and

Jakarta – In a move that has surprised many, the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has named the Indonesian Military (TNI) as press enemy number one this year.

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Slamet Susanto, Yogyakarta – Activists are demanding the police solve the 17-year-old case of murdered Yogyakarta journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin, widely known as Udin, before it mu

Slamet Susanto and Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – Slain journalist Fuad Muhammad Syafruddin alias Udin, who was murdered 17 years ago allegedly because of his reports, was named a natio

Jakarta – Rights activists in Yogyakarta have urged President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to instruct the police to get to the bottom of the murder of Bernas Daily journalist Fuad Muhammad

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – The Yogyakarta Police have been handed a new avenue of investigation in the murder of journalist Fuad Muhammad "Udin" Syafruddin, whose case has remained

A newspaper chief editor in West Papua says journalists in the region are pressured by police and government not to publish material about West Papuan pro-independence groups.

The Pacific Freedom Forum has condemned the confiscation of a magazine by police in Indonesia's Papua province.

Police actions to stop distribution of a new magazine in West Papua break press laws of Indonesia and must be condemned, says the Pacific Freedom Forum.

The Pacific Freedom Forum says police actions to stop distribution of a new magazine in West Papua break press laws of Indonesia and must be condemned.

Jakarta – The 1945 Constitution should be amended to better protect media freedom, a scholar says.

Indonesian Foreign Minister Marty Natalegawa says he supports journalists and non-government organisations having greater access to the country's Papua and West Papua provinces.

Jayapura – The Papua branch of the Indonesian Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) has said foreign journalists have found difficulties in getting permit to perform their journalistic

Ali Akhmad, Jakarta – The Press Council says the ban on the first edition of Papua's Pelita Pelita Magazine is considered as an attempt to block the press.

Jerry Omona, Jayapura – After just days of the distribution of its first edition, Pelita Papua magazine encountered problems with the police last Wednesday for portraying the symbol of

Former political prisoner Eko Maryadi speaks to Nikki Edwards about his incarceration during the New Order.

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) warns of politicians bribing journalists ahead of the 2014 general elections to write favorable stories.

Acts of violence against journalists in Indonesia will continue to increase in line with political tensions ahead of next year's legislative and presidential elections, activists warn.

Jakarta – The proliferation of social media in the country has influenced the way journalists do their job, according to a recent survey.

Bambang Muryanto, Yogyakarta – An NGO unveiled that media liberalization, which started in 1998, has served the owners' interests rather than those of the public.

Jamie Small – A prominent West Papuan journalist and activist has visited New Zealand to gather support for West Papua's inclusion in the Melanesian Spearhead Group (MSG) while an Indon

Makassar – Two journalists have been attacked by a motorcycle gang in Makassar, South Sulawesi, in an incident that is likely to draw further attention to the unsafe conditions journali

Camelia Pasandaran – Indonesian media need to work together to ensure that religious extremists don't have a voice in print, the International Association of Religion Journalists said o

A dispute over a flag in Aceh is testing the limits of autonomy, provoking Indonesia's central government and could pave the way for separatist factions to emerge, the International Cri

Bambang Muryanto and Syofiardi Bachyul Jb, Yogyakarta/Bandung – The commemorations to mark World Press Freedom Day, which fell on Friday, were as varied as the journalists and NGO activ

Dyah Ayu Pitaloka & Yuli Krisna, Malang/Bandung – Reporters and activists highlighted the lack of protection for journalists in Indonesia to mark World Press Freedom Day on Friday.

Jakarta – The latest violence carried out by the security forces in Papua and West Papua provinces on April 30 and May 1, 2013, have been met with a strong response from the United Nati

Jakarta – An unidentified group of people assaulted two journalists on Tuesday.

Ina Parlina – A survey by the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) found that the majority of journalists in Jakarta are underpaid, a condition that could have an adverse impact on

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) criticized the House of Representatives' newly approved press code of conduct, which set rules on how journalists should cover st

Three marines will each serve less than 12 months in jail for assaulting four journalists who were covering the demolition of unauthorized buildings in Padang, West Sumatra, in May last

Syamsul Huda M Suhari, Gorontalo – The Gorontalo branches of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), the Indonesian Television Journalist Association (IJTI) and the Indonesian Jo

Journalists Oscar Salsinha and Raimundo Oki were given a $150 fine each at the Dili District Court on March 14 following the accusation of slanderous denunciations over an article publi

All charges must be dropped against two Timorese journalists facing prison sentences for exposing alleged corruption in their country's judicial system, Amnesty International said.

Tunggadewa Mattangkilang, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan – A television reporter in East Kalimantan says she suffered a miscarriage after being beaten by a village chief and more than a do

Veeramalla Anjaiah, Jakarta – Is Brunei, a non-democratic country, much more open than world's third largest democracy Indonesia in terms of press freedom?

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Hans Nicholas Jong and Yuliasri Perdani, Jakarta/Manado – As the Indonesian media celebrated National Press Day over the weekend, calls mounted for it to remain independent amid efforts

Severianus Endi, Pontianak – A survey conducted by Pantau Foundation in 2012 reveals that religious intolerance among Indonesian journalists remains high, underlining the need for acces

Lisa Siregar – After the end of the New Order, Indonesian press became free from government control. Anyone can now run and publish their own news without a permit.

Bandung – The Bandung State Court has decided to add one more year to the prison term of Sebastian Joe, who was sentenced to four years imprisonment for blasphemy of Islam by the Ciamis

A demonstration in front of the National Democratic Party's headquarters in support of a former Metro TV reporter on Wednesday ended in disorder, as protesters and journalists were alle