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INDONESIA: Alert for Criminal Defamation on Indonesian E - LawDate:12/01/2009 The Advocacy Team for Freedom of Expression in Indonesia, acting for and on behalf of Edy Cahyono, Nenda Inasa Fadhilah, Amrie Hakim, Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI), Alliance of Independent Journalists, and Legal Aid Center for Press apply the constitutional review petition against Section 27 sentence (3) Law No 11 Year 2008 concerning Information and Electronic Transaction...
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Monday, 12 January 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
INDONESIA: Crackdown on freedom of expression in MalukuDate:17/12/2008 At least 70 people have been arrested or imprisoned for peaceful pro-independence activities in the province of Maluku, Indonesia over the last two years, Amnesty International revealed today...
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Wednesday, 17 December 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesia: IFJ welcomes court's rejection of libel caseDate:20/07/2009 The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) welcomes a decision by the South Jakarta Supreme Court to reject a libel suit against local newspaper Koran Tempo by Islamic Troop commander Munarman...
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Monday, 20 July 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesia: Libel sentence ignores press law, says press council Date:20/07/2009 Indonesia's Press Council expressed dissatisfaction with the East Jakarta District Court's decision on 15 July 2009 convicting two businessmen of defaming a property giant due to a complaint letter they posted in several newspapers...
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Monday, 20 July 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesia: Local police chief files Rp 10-billion civil defamation suit against Indonesian media advocateDate:20/04/2009 A provincial police chief in Indonesia recently filed a Rp 10-billion civil defamation suit against media activist Jupriadi Upi Asmaradhana on top of the criminal defamation charges earlier lodged against him...
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Monday, 20 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
INDONESIA: Media advocate charged with libel and defamationDate:13/11/2008 A freedom of expression advocate was charged with libel and defamation by the South Sulawesi Regional Police Office in Indonesia...
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Thursday, 13 November 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
INDONESIA: Minister Tries to Play Down Bloggers’ Concerns Over Electronic Media LawDate:17/02/2009 Local media and bloggers who transmit ideas electronically should not feel that their freedom of expression is under threat from the controversial 2008 Electronic Information and Transactions Law, Communication and Information Technology Minister Muhammad Nuh said on Monday...
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Tuesday, 17 February 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
INDONESIA: Police urged to back freedom of expressionDate:19/11/2008 Artists, journalists and activists from non-governmental groups in Surakarta on Tuesday urged the police to guarantee freedom of expression in relation to art and journalistic works and to prevent anyone or any group from restricting them...
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Wednesday, 19 November 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesia: Press Freedom Victim of Defamation Law’s ‘Inverted Logic, ’ Journalists Say Date:07/05/2009 In what has been labelled a major blow to freedom of expression, the Constitutional Court on Tuesday rejected a request for judicial review filed by a group of bloggers and media rights advocates against articles in the Electronic Information and Transaction Law that allow the filing of defamation charges in cases involving electronically transmitted or distributed information...
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Thursday, 7 May 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesia: Rioting Indonesian soldiers attack journalists, confiscate equipmentDate:30/04/2009 Several Indonesian journalists are in danger in Jayapura in Papua province after hundreds of soldiers in the area rioted on 29 April...
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Thursday, 30 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesia: Time magazine wins appeal in IndonesiaDate:16/04/2009 Time magazine won an appeal in Indonesias Supreme Court on Thursday against 93 million dollars in libel damages awarded to late dictator Suharto...
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Thursday, 16 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesia under fire for upholding scripture over rightsDate:20/04/2010 Human rights groups pilloried Indonesia's constitutional court Tuesday after it upheld a 1965 blasphemy law, ruling in favour of orthodox religions over basic freedoms...
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Tuesday, 20 April 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesian central bank guard attacks TV journalist to prevent news coverage Date:13/05/2009 A building security officer of the Bank Indonesia (BI) attacked a TV journalist in Jakarta on 13 May...
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Wednesday, 13 May 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesian housewife arrested over online consumer complaintDate:01/06/2009 An Indonesian woman was arrested on 13 May 2009 for allegedly circulating online defamatory statements against a hospital in Banten province, Indonesia...
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Monday, 1 June 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesian media advocate's defamation charges forwarded to Attorney General's OfficeDate:04/02/2009 AJI is disappointed with criminal defamation charges filed against Upi Asmaradhana...
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Wednesday, 4 February 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesian media group denounces arrest of four Dutch journalists Date:08/04/2009 The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) of Indonesia issued a call for accessibility and safety of journalists after four Dutch reporters were arrested and detained for 12 hours on 24 March 2009 in Papua province...
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Wednesday, 8 April 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesian president calls for religious toleranceDate:16/08/2010 Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday stressed the need for religious tolerance amid growing calls for him to act against Islamic radicals who regularly attack minorities...
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Monday, 16 August 2010Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Case study - trial observation training (Bahasa Indonesian)Date:09/10/2008 This case study was used in the Regional Trial Observation Training held in Bangkok in July 2008 with the support of the Open Society Institute...
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Thursday, 9 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
IBAHRI Trial Observer Guidelines (Bahasa)Date:09/10/2008 These are the guidelines for conducting trial observations on behalf of the IBAHRI...
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Thursday, 9 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Amicus brief - Suharto v Time MagazineDate:09/10/2008 The IBAHRI, in collaboration with a variety of commercial, journalistic, legal and non-government partners, submitted an amicus brief regarding the application for judicial review in the case of Suharto v Time Magazine (TIME) in Indonesia...
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Thursday, 9 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Amicus brief - Suharto v Time Magazine (Bahasa Indonesian)Date:09/10/2008 The IBAHRI, in collaboration with a variety of commercial, journalistic, legal and non-government partners, submitted an amicus brief regarding the application for judicial review in the case of Suharto v Time Magazine (TIME) in Indonesia...
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Thursday, 9 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Indonesia: freedom of expression and the mediaDate:28/10/2008 An Article 19 report on freedom of expression and the media in Indonesia...
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Tuesday, 28 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
Dr. Eggi Sudjana, SH., M.Si., Pandapotan LubisDate:13/10/2009 The Constitutional Court found several provisions of the Indonesian criminal code in violation of the Constitution's guarantee of the right to freedom of expression...
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Tuesday, 13 October 2009Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
IndonesiaDate:16/10/2008 Domestic, regional and international obligations related to freedom of expression in Indonesia...
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Thursday, 16 October 2008Last Modified:
Saturday, 18 June 2011
More Democracy in SE Asia, but Free Speech Doesn’t Always Follow Date: 02/08/2011 "Free speech in Southeast Asia is under assault despite the wave of democratization that has rolled through many countries in the region, activists and UN officials said over the weekend...
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Tuesday, 2 August 2011Last Modified:
Thursday, 4 August 2011
Indonesia: Honor for Daring to Speak OutDate: 18 September 2011 " Despite efforts to protect journalists, freedom of the press sits on shaky ground in Indonesia, according to two writers honored last week for their...
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Sunday, 18 September 2011Last Modified:
Monday, 26 September 2011