The East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) today called on Timor-Leste's (East Timor) prosecutor-general to drop criminal defamation charges against the local weekly Tempo Seman

Nurdin Hasan & Anita Rachman – A chapter of the Alliance of Independent Journalists, or AJI, in Aceh Province has rejected the proposed regional Islamic Press and Broadcasting Bylaw

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is concerned at the status of the free media in Timor Leste as a local newspaper editor faces a possible prison sentence on charges of

Jakarta – Media companies are failing to provide their journalists with adequate assistance when they encounter violence in their work.

Jakarta – Head of Indonesian Internet Cafe Association's Supervisory Body Judith Monique said Saturday the government should require all internet services users to verify their identity

Blontank Poer, Surakarta – Artists, journalists and activists from non-governmental groups in Surakarta on Tuesday urged the police to guarantee freedom of expression in relation to art

Surakarta – Indonesian artists protested here Tuesday after police bowed to pressure from Islamic hardliners and shut down production of a film about the 1965-66 massacres of communists

Blontank Poer, Surakarta – Radical groups in Central Java have forced a prominent filmmaker to stop shooting a feature on a past tragedy that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, acc

Dian Kuswandini, Jakarta – The Indonesian Press Council on Thursday said press freedom remains restricted in the country after four readers who had their letters of protest published in

Jakarta – Two journalists will mark International Press Day on May 3 by requesting a judicial review of articles in the Criminal Code that they claim threaten press freedom, they announ

Jakarta – The Constitutional Court has ruled against a film censorship petition, but has ordered the censorship institute talk with filmmakers before cutting scenes.

Jakarta – The director of an Indonesian radio station vowed Friday to stay on air following a demand to shut down, saying the government should not bow to external pressures.

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – An American freelance journalist believed to be linked with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has been deported from Aceh after attempting to enter the province on

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Reporters Without Borders condemns the action of the police in arresting and beating a Timor Post journalist on the night of 22 February as he was travelling to the location in Kaikoli,

Jakarta – Press organizations will request the Constitutional Court to review defamation articles in the Criminal Code, following the district court's conviction of senior journalist Be

Kupang – The Independent Journalists Alliance (AJI) has condemned alleged violence against three journalists in East Nusa Tenggara over the past week, saying press freedom had been put

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Journalists in Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam have protested against a draft qanun (bylaw) on Islamic media and broadcasting proposed by the Aceh legislature and the

Jakarta – The Indonesian Bishops Conference (KWI) and the Indonesian Communion of Churches (PGI) say they have accepted Tempo magazine's apology for its cover depicting a satirical vers

Suherdjoko, Semarang – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono is asking the country's media to exercise self-censorship because the era of government control over the press is at an end.

Lilian Budianto, Jakarta – Civil court is the fairest way to settle disputes over media coverage without putting press freedom in danger, an alliance of human rights activists says.

Angela Maria Flassy, Jayapura, Papua – State prosecutors seized Friday 60 copies of a book they say could divide Papua politically, while critics have accused them of robbing local peop

Irawaty Wardany, Jakarta – While press freedom in Indonesia has moved ahead in leaps and bounds in recent years, most media sources are still controlled by players who prioritize econom

A United States-based West Papuan journalist and academic says the media access to Indonesia's Papua region has become more restricted.

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – The public and the media must work together to maintain the republic's press freedom and the current anti-corruption movement, a University of Indonesia co

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Media workers and lawyers have criticized the Supreme Court's decision to award former president Soeharto US$106 million in a lawsuit he brought agai

Jakarta – The Jakarta Police have acknowledged they asked state-owned phone operator PT Telkom to release the text messaging records of a Tempo magazine journalist in connection with a

Annabel Stafford, Canberra – Films or books praising East Timorese people who used violence in their fight for independence could be banned under proposed censorship laws before Federal

Banda Aceh – The case of RCTI television reporter Ersa Siregar, who died during a fire fight between TNI (Indonesian military) soldiers and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) during the perio

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has made several recommendations to stop the criminalization of the press, which include the issuance of a Supreme Court circular

Oyos Saroso H.N., Bandarlampung – A decision made by Lampung Governor Sjachroedin Z.P.

Alvin Darlanika Soedarjo, Jakarta – Indonesia needs a free press and an independent judicial system to become a stable democracy and to be able to prosecute past human rights violations

Soeryo Winoto, Jakarta – It was quite a shock to learn Saturday of a minister's desire to have the political satire News Dot Com, or Republik Mimpi (Republic of Dreams) as it is otherwi

Jakarta – Groundbreaking political satire Republik Mimpi (Republic of Dreams) says it will remain on the air despite a threat by Information and Communications Minister Sofyan A.

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Lindsay Murdoch – East Timor's former prime minister Mari Alkatiri intends to sue the ABC for defamation over an award-winning Four Corners program that led to him being forced from off

Ridwan Max Sijabat, Jakarta – Journalism can be a dangerous profession, but most local journalists are working without any insurance, along with pilots and other aircraft crew.

Jakarta – International media watchdog Reporters Without Borders Tuesday lambasted the decision of Indonesian authorities to ban four films on East Timor and Aceh from the Jakarta Inter

John Aglionby, Jakarta – Freedom of speech in Indonesia has suffered a significant reverse after censors banned four "disturbing" documentaries on East Timor and Aceh from the Jakarta I

Jakarta – The Indonesian government has banned four films on Aceh and East Timor from an international film festival on the grounds they could "disturb security," organisers said Friday

Jakarta – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) demanded Friday that the Air Force discipline the airmen who allegedly assaulted reporters in Tangerang, Banten, two days earlier

Multa Fidrus, Tangerang – A protest was staged Wednesday against the alleged assault of reporters by Air Force soldiers, who had been trying to stop them from covering an eviction at th

Eleanor Hall: Two weeks ago Australia was bemused by the story of a Channel Seven crew's misadventure in the Indonesian province of Papua in search of a story about supposed cannibalism

Isaac Nicholas – The media delegation accompanying Barnabus Suebu, the Governor of Papua province in Indonesia, was chased away in a confrontation with the West Papua community at their

Pontianak (Agencies) – The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Indonesia Saturday expressed its concern about the expel of five Australian journalists from Papua when they were ca

Jayapura – Five Australian TV journalists were being deported from Indonesia on Thursday after traveling to restive Papua province on tourist visas, police and witnesses said.

Jakarta – A controversial religious leader and a feminist writer were named winners of an award for freedom of expression Thursday.

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Jakarta – The Indonesian Journalists Association has condemned a Tuesday attack on a group of journalists by a gang of more than a dozen men in Kutai Kartanegara on Tuesday.

Sydney – Editorial independence and journalist safety are at risk in Papua, says the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), after 50 people violently attacked Timika Pos journal