Posisi Kebebasan Pers Indonesia turun empat tingkat, salah satu indikatornya adalah konflik Papua
Indonesian journalists protest the press situation in Papua which is not yet free in 2017
𝖯𝖠𝖲𝖨𝖥𝖨𝖪, 𝖳𝗁𝖾 𝖳𝖯𝖭𝖯𝖡 𝖭𝖾𝗐𝗌 – Indonesia's position has fallen four places in the press freedom index published annually by Reporters Without Border (RSF). In 2021 Indonesia is ranked 113th but in 2022 Indonesia is ranked 117th.
The RSF monitors press freedom in 180 countries. This institution evaluates a country's press freedom through five indicators, namely political indicators, legal/statutory indicators, economic indicators, social indicators and security indicators.
In terms of legal indicators, RSF sees the Electronic Information and Transaction Law (UU ITE) still threatening journalists. Journalists can be jailed for up to six years on charges of online libel or online hate speech, although these offenses are not clearly defined.
RSF also highlighted the many dismissals and deductions from journalists' salaries as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic.
In addition, RSF views President Jokowi as failing to keep his promises on press freedom and his re-election in May 2019 explains the concessions he has made to the ultra-conservative armed forces.
The Papuan conflict also affects the RSF's assessment of political indicators. The armed forces, officially known as the Indonesian National Armed Forces (TNI), are said by RSF to have prevented the media from covering the use of military force to suppress protests by pro-Papuan independence groups, which continue to be a black hole for information about Papua.
below two Southeast Asian countries, namely Malaysia (113) and Thailand (115). Even far below the other two neighboring countries, namely Timor Leste (17) and Papua New Guinea (62). (*)
𝙍𝙚𝙙𝙖𝙠𝙖𝙞: 𝙂𝙚𝙣 𝙍𝙍 𝙑𝙪𝙡𝙡𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝘼𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙖
