Indonesia: End Media Restrictions on Papua

Email Indonesia’s government should mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2015, by ending longstanding constraints on media freedom in Papua, Human Rights Watch said today. A decades-long official restriction on foreign media access to Papua and controls on Indonesian journalists there have fostered impunity for serious abuses by Indonesian security forces and fueled resentment among Papuans. (New York) – Indonesia’s government should mark World Press Freedom Day on May 3, 2015, by ending longstanding constraints on media freedom in Papua, Human Rights Watch said today.read more

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