Translator: Ricky Mohammad Nugraha Editor: Markus Wisnu Murti TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The Ministry of Communications and Information (Kominfo) announced that it may gradually lift the internet bandwidth throttling across all cellular service operators in Papua and West Papua following an official recommendation from the Indonesian…
Indonesia has agreed in principle to allow the office of the United Nations human rights commissioner into Papua region, or West Papua. This comes amid continuing violence in the region’s Highlands regencies between the West Papua Liberation Army and Indonesian security forces.…
By Indonesia correspondent Adam Harvey Updated Sat at 12:41pm Photo BBC journalist Rebecca Henschke (left) is escorted out of Papua by the Indonesian military. Instagram: tni_indonesia_update An Australian journalist has been expelled from the Indonesian province of Papua after her…
By Indonesia correspondent Adam Harvey Updated Sat at 12:41pm Photo BBC journalist Rebecca Henschke (left) is escorted out of Papua by the Indonesian military. Instagram: tni_indonesia_update An Australian journalist has been expelled from the Indonesian province of Papua after her…
Andre Barahamin – 28 Mar, 2017, New Mandala Why have Jokowi’s promises to open up Indonesia’s “forbidden island” to journalists and rights monitors flunked? On 20 December 2016, the Legal Aid Foundation for Indonesia Press (LBH Pers) staged a press conference.…