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Spotlight: Indonesia Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law

Indonesia: Prison for WhatsApp messages

19 March 2019
Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Saidah Saleh Syamlan was sentenced to 10 months in jail in Indonesia for allegedly sending defamatory WhatsApp messages.

Indonesia Censorship Free Expression & the Law

Indonesia’s Music Bill could restrict artistic freedom

Index on Censorship urges that proposed legislation that would restrict artistic freedom be discarded.

‎ Index on Censorship‎14 March 2019

Indonesia Attacks Digital Rights Gender

Hope, courage, and resilience: Women journalists in Indonesia tell their stories

A new book features 50 stories penned by Indonesian women journalists.

‎ Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA)‎ 9 March 2019

Impunity Indonesia

Indonesian president grants remission to a journalist's murderer

AJI said the president's decision to reduce Susrama's sentence has obstructed justice. In 2010, he had been found guilty of being the mastermind behind the killing of journalist Prabangsa.

‎ Aliansi Jurnalis Independen/Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI)‎26 January 2019

Latest from Indonesia

Indonesia's new counterterrorism law imperils rights

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Indonesia Free Expression & the Law 27 June 2018
Prevalence of violence and threat of downsizing undermine Indonesian media

‎ Aliansi Jurnalis Independen/Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI), Southeast Asian Press Alliance

Indonesia Attacks Free Expression & the Law 5 May 2018
Indonesia's parliament bans critical coverage of its members

‎ Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

Indonesia Free Expression & the Law 30 March 2018
Indonesia told to respect media freedom in Papua after expelling BBC reporter Rebecca Henschke

‎ Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)

Indonesia Digital Rights Censorship 19 February 2018
Indonesian police go after social media users for mocking House Speaker

‎ Global Voices Advox

Indonesia Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 5 November 2017
Indonesian police raid 'gay party'

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Indonesia Attacks Free Expression & the Law Gender 12 October 2017
Indonesia's Attorney General rejects LGBT discrimination

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Indonesia Attacks Gender 21 September 2017
Journalist Dandhy Dwi Laksono charged with online defamation for Facebook post

‎ Southeast Asian Press Alliance

Indonesia Digital Rights Free Expression & the Law 12 September 2017
In Indonesia, netizens face intimidation from the Islamic Defenders Front (FPI)

‎ Aliansi Jurnalis Independen/Alliance of Independent Journalists

Indonesia Attacks Digital Rights 31 May 2017
Papua remains restricted under Widodo; 72 cases of violence against journalists

‎ Aliansi Jurnalis Independen/Alliance of Independent Journalists

Access to Information Impunity Indonesia Attacks World Press Freedom Day 19 May 2017
Indonesia sends Jakarta governor to prison for blasphemy

‎ Human Rights Watch

Indonesia Free Expression & the Law 10 May 2017
Indonesia steamrolls media freedom in Papua, again

‎ Human Rights Watch

Access to Information Indonesia Free Expression & the Law 22 March 2017
Indonesia urged to fulfil promises as deadline looms on Papua press blocks

‎ Pacific Freedom Forum (PFF)

Indonesia Digital Rights Censorship 13 February 2017
Transgender people detained for violating "religious values" in Indonesia

‎ Human Rights Watch

Indonesia Attacks 25 January 2017
Indonesia urged to address press freedom violations in West Papua

‎ International Press Institute

Access to Information Indonesia Digital Rights 15 December 2016
Indonesia's abusive blasphemy law under fresh scrutiny

‎ Human Rights Watch

Indonesia Free Expression & the Law 21 November 2016
Army members attack TV contributor in East Java, Indonesia

‎ Aliansi Jurnalis Independen/Alliance of Independent Journalists, Southeast Asian Press Alliance

Indonesia Attacks 6 October 2016
Indonesian Air Force involved in alleged assault on journalists

‎ International Federation of Journalists, Aliansi Jurnalis Independen/Alliance of Independent Journalists

Indonesia Attacks 6 September 2016
Indonesia urged to use Press Law to investigate journalist's intimidation

‎ Southeast Asian Press Alliance

Indonesia Attacks Censorship 13 June 2016
Indonesian reporter in hiding after harassment campaign

‎ International Press Institute

Indonesia Attacks Censorship 8 June 2016
Police in Yogyakarta shut down World Press Freedom Day event

‎ Southeast Asian Press Alliance, Aliansi Jurnalis Independen/Alliance of Independent Journalists

Indonesia Censorship Freedom of Assembly 6 May 2016
What's behind the Indonesian president's troubling silence on LGBT persecution?

‎ Human Rights Watch (HRW)

Indonesia Attacks Gender 16 March 2016
Indonesia denies media visa for France 24 reporter

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Indonesia Censorship Free Expression & the Law 12 January 2016
International delegation calls on president to address media freedom concerns

‎ Southeast Asian Press Alliance, ARTICLE 19, Committee to Protect Journalists, World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers, International Federation of Journalists

Access to Information Impunity Indonesia Digital Rights 16 November 2015
The 50th anniversary of the massacre Indonesians aren't supposed to talk about

‎ Marianna Tzabiras for IFEX

Impunity Indonesia Censorship 6 November 2015
Two British journalists convicted in Indonesia over visa violations

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Indonesia Free Expression & the Law 3 November 2015

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Indonesia: Violence against women journalists

The Indonesian press has not been free from violence and abuse against journalists. There were more than 60 cases recorded from 2017 to March 2018, with at least 20 percent of the cases involving women journalists.

Southeast Asian Press Alliance (SEAPA) 4 May 2018
Freedom on the Net 2017: Indonesia

Blocks on web content affected gay dating apps and websites with information related to the West Papua region

Freedom House 16 November 2017
Freedom of the Press 2017: Indonesia

Amendments to the 2008 Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE) Law retained criminal penalties for online defamation, but reduced the maximum sentence. The amendments also introduced a provision media watchdogs said could permit the censorship of past news articles.

Freedom House 28 April 2017

Freedom of the Press 2016: Indonesia

From 2008 through March 2015, 85 people had been sued under the ITE Law, with at least five people sentenced to prison.

Freedom House 24 April 2016

Freedom on the Net 2015: Indonesia

Supreme Court upholds ministerial regulation allowing government to block websites displaying "negative content"

Freedom House 31 October 2015

Freedom of the Press 2015: Indonesia

Ranked 97th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2015

World Report 2014: Indonesia

State releases documentary 'The Act of Killing' as free download opening public debate on junta-led genocide

Human Rights Watch 22 June 2014

Maintaining media standards amidst change

Impunity for perpetrators of violence against journalists continues

Southeast Asian Press Alliance 3 May 2014

Freedom in the World 2014: Indonesia

Aceh "punks" rounded up by police, subjected to reeducation

Freedom House 1 May 2014

The Dark Side of Green Growth - Human Rights Impacts of Weak Governance in Indonesia's Forestry Sector

The government has enacted unnecessary restrictions on access to information about forest concessions and land claims. Authorities have harassed and intimidated local activists who have been bringing attention to forest sector abuses, and a number of environmentalists and activists have been arrested or prosecuted in recent months over plantation disputes.

Human Rights Watch 16 July 2013