Tag: AJI
IFJ condemns Indonesia over bribery, harassment attempt on RNZ journalist
Pacific Media Watch
A Radio New Zealand Pacific journalist has alleged that an Indonesian official attempted to both bribe and intimidate him following an interview...
Papuan media groups condemn police repression over mangrove forest destruction reporting
Jubi News
Media organisations in Papua -- including the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) of Jayapura City, the Indonesian Journalists Association (PWI) of Papua and...
‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home
By Dandy Koswaraputra and Pizaro Gozali Idrus
A veteran journalist known for covering rights abuses in Indonesia’s militarised Papua region says a bomb exploded outside...
AJI slams hacking of group chief’s accounts as attack on press...
By Vitorio Mantalean in Jakarta
The Indonesian Independent Journalist Alliance (AJI) has condemned the hacking and disinformation attacks against the group's general chairperson Sasmito Madrim...
Media alliance calls in Jokowi’s pledge to allow foreign journalists into...
By Achmad Nasrudin Yahya in Jakarta
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) is calling in a pledge made by President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo in 2015...
Tabloid Jubi journalist Victor Mambor ‘terrorised’ over Papua reports
By Reza Gunadha and Chyntia Sami Bhayangkara in Jayapura
Victor Mambor, journalist and editor of the Papua-based Tabloid Jubi, has become the target of a...
AJI slams sharp rise in violence against Indonesian journalists – 84...
By Irfan Kamil in Jakarta
Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) chairperson Abdul Manan says there has been a sharp rise of cases of violence against...
Activist’s arrest shows Widodo ‘no different’ from Suharto, says AJI
By Fitria Chusna Farisa in Jakarta
The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) has called on the Indonesian police to release Jakarta State University lecturer Robertus...
Journalist turns tales of undercover Papuan reporting into love novel
BOOK REVIEW: By Bambang Muryanto in Yogyakarta
A Dutch freelance journalist, Rohan (a pen name), had been interested in the political turmoil in Papua...
Balance of rights and duties should ‘protect journalists’, says Wiranto
Indonesia's Chief Security Minister Wiranto says it is important to maintain a "balance" between rights and duties to avoid violence against journalists on duty.
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