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January 24, 2023
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 his home yesterday and a journalists group has called it an act of “intimidation” threatening press freedom. No one was injured in the blast near his home in the provincial ... <a title="‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2023/01/24/terror-bomb-explodes-near-papua-journalist-victor-mambors-home/" aria-label="Read more about ‘Terror’ bomb explodes near Papua journalist Victor Mambor’s home">Read more</a>
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March 1, 2022
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 as a serious threat to media freedom. In a written release, the AJI stated that the incident was a “serious threat to press freedom and the freedom of expression”. “This ... <a title="AJI slams hacking of group chief’s accounts as attack on press freedom" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2022/03/01/aji-slams-hacking-of-group-chiefs-accounts-as-attack-on-press-freedom/" aria-label="Read more about AJI slams hacking of group chief’s accounts as attack on press freedom">Read more</a>
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May 6, 2021
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 over press freedom in Papua that has never been fulfilled over the past five years. AJI trade union advocacy division head Erick Tanjung said that at the beginning of Widodo’s ... <a title="Media alliance calls in Jokowi’s pledge to allow foreign journalists into Papua" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/05/06/media-alliance-calls-in-jokowis-pledge-to-allow-foreign-journalists-into-papua/" aria-label="Read more about Media alliance calls in Jokowi’s pledge to allow foreign journalists into Papua">Read more</a>
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April 23, 2021
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 terrorist act this week. A car that he owns which was parked on the road near his home in the Papuan capital of Jayapura was vandalised by unknown individuals between ... <a title="Tabloid Jubi journalist Victor Mambor ‘terrorised’ over Papua reports" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/04/23/tabloid-jubi-journalist-victor-mambor-terrorised-over-papua-reports/" aria-label="Read more about Tabloid Jubi journalist Victor Mambor ‘terrorised’ over Papua reports">Read more</a>
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December 30, 2020
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 journalists in Indonesia – a record 84 during 2020 Manan said that what were referred to as violence against journalists were actions which can be categorised as attempts to obstruct ... <a title="AJI slams sharp rise in violence against Indonesian journalists – 84 cases" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/12/30/aji-slams-sharp-rise-in-violence-against-indonesian-journalists-84-cases/" aria-label="Read more about AJI slams sharp rise in violence against Indonesian journalists – 84 cases">Read more</a>
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June 4, 2020
By Moch. Fiqih Prawira Adjie in Jakarta A panel of judges at the Jakarta State Administrative Court (PTUN) has granted a lawsuit filed by civil society groups against the Indonesian government’s decision to impose an internet blackout during weeks of protests in Papua and West Papua provinces last year, declaring that such a move violated ... <a title="Jokowi ‘violates the law’ for banning internet in Papua, court rules" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2020/06/04/jokowi-violates-the-law-for-banning-internet-in-papua-court-rules/" aria-label="Read more about Jokowi ‘violates the law’ for banning internet in Papua, court rules">Read more</a>
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May 7, 2018
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