Danu Damarjati, Jakarta – The government is planning to provide subsidised housing for journalists. Three journalist organisations however have rejected the program for fear that journalists will not be critical anymore.
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The Indonesian Committee for the Safety of Journalists (KKJ) strongly condemns the digital attack in the form of distributed denial of service (DDoS) against the Tempo news portal. Not stopping at Tempo, a number of other mass media that published articles on the DDoS attack against Tempo a

Dwi Bowo Raharjo, Alfian Winanto – Activists from the Victim's Solidarity Network for Justice (JSKK) took part in the 857th Kamisan action opposite from the Merdeka Palace in Central Jakarta on Thursday April 10.

On Thursday April 10 the Civil Society Movement to Bring Suharto to Justice (GEMAS), which is made up of families of victims of gross human rights violations, a network of civil society organisations and individuals, submitted an open letter to the Ministry of Social Affairs (Kemensos) rejecting the proposal to award the title of national hero t

Ardito Ramadhan, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition for the Reform of the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP) believes that the draft revisions to the KUHAP prepared by the House of Representatives (DPR) Commission III actually creates space for the abuse of power by law enforcement officials.

April 4, 2003 was a dark day for the Papuan people, especially in Wamena. Exactly 22 years ago on this date, a joint TNI (Indonesian Military) and Polri (National Polie) team conducted a sweep of 25 villages and hamlets to find the perpetrators of the break-in at a weapons warehouse belongin

Firda Janati, Dani Prabowo, Jakarta – Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Chairperson Nani Afrida believes that the increasing number of cases of violence against journalists in Indonesia is due to the widespread impunity afforded to perpetrator

Ilham Rian Pratama, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has criticised National Police Regulation (Perpol) Number 3/2025 on the Police's Functional Supervision of Foreigners which regulates the supervision of foreign journalists and researchers working in Indonesia.

Jakarta – Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) Secretary General Bayu Wardana says that they have recorded that as of today, Wednesday March 26, at least 18 journalists have fallen victim to violence while covering the wave of protests rejecting the ratification of revisi

Jakarta – Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) Advocacy Division Chairperson Zainal Arifin says that as of Wednesday March 26 there were 51 regions in Indonesia where demonstrations were held rejecting the TNI Law (UU TNI).

Adhyasta Dirgantara, Jessi Carina, Jakarta – The wave of protest actions against revisions to the TNI Law (UU TNI) are continuing to occur in a number of regions in Indonesia. The demonstrations are being held by those who reject this new TNI Law despite the fact that the revisions were ratified by the House of

Jakarta – The Indonesian Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) believes that cases of violence and terror against journalists are becoming increasingly worrying. This is evident from AJI's records, which shows that there were 22 cases of terror and violence against journalists in the first three months of 2025 al

Firda Janati, Ambaranie Nadia Kemala Movanita, Jakarta – Amnesty International Indonesia Director Usman Hamid is urging the state, including law enforcement authorities, to conduct an investigation after the Tempo editorial office was again terrorised.

Responding to the rampant terror, intimidation and violence against protesters rejecting the ratification of the revised TNI Law (UU TNI) in Jakarta and several other cities in Indonesia, Amnesty International Indonesia Executive Director Usman

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – The Indonesian Legal Aid Foundation (YLBHI) has condemned whoever it was who sent a terror package containing a pig's head to the Tempo offices in Jakarta.

Nicholas Ryan Aditya, Robertus Belarminus, Jakarta – A number of national figures who are members of a civil society organisation called the National Conscious Movement (Gerakan Nurani Bangsa) have criticised the planned revisions to the law on the Indonesian Military (UU TNI) which now only needs to be ratified in a

Maulani Mulianingsih, Jakarta – The Civil Society Coalition has launched a petition "Reject the Return of Dwi-Fungsi through Revisions to the TNI Law" in which it expressed its opposition to revisions to the Indonesian Military Law (UU TNI) that will allow active milita

The government submitted a problem inventory list (DIM) on the revisions to the Indonesian Military Law (UU TNI) to the House of Representatives (DPR) on March 11. There are articles in the revisions that will restore militarism (the TNI's

Akhdi Martin Pratama, Jakarta – Activists from the Civil Society Coalition for Security Sector Reform stormed the Ruby 1 and 2 meeting rooms at the Fairmont Hotel in Jakarta on Saturday February 15.

Despite being rained on since mid-day, protesters from various different civil society organisations continued hold an action commemorating International Women's Day (IWD) 2025 at the zero kilometre point in the Central Java city of Yogyakarta on Saturday March 8.