H. E. Gen. Haji Mohamed Suharto President of the Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Jakarta Indonesia Vienna, 20 March 1995 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) is most concerned about the latest development in the Indonesian government’s campaign of harassment against members of the Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI). We are informed […]

H.E. Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President of the Republic of Indonesia Office of the President Jakarta, Indonesia Vienna, 10 August 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the brutal murder of a journalist working for the daily Medan Pos, which is published in North Sumatra. We are informed that Supriadi, 34, was abducted […]

A journalist with Indonesia’s SUN TV was killed on Saturday as he attempted to cover clashes between two warring villages in Tual  in Southeast Maluku, according to news reports. Ridwan Salamun, 28, was found dead during a fight between the villages of Banda Ely and Fiditan. He had suffered fatal injuries from a spear and […]

A search team in West Papua, Indonesia, found the body of local reporter Ardiansyah Matra’is, in a river on Friday, two days after the journalist had been reported missing. Matra’is was found naked and handcuffed, according to Radio New Zealand International. Matra’is, a reporter for local broadcaster Merauke TV, had received several text messages over […]