Indonesia: Student Media at Risk
Human Rights Watch
23-05-22 09:00
Human Rights Watch is calling on the Indonesian government to support the national Press Council's efforts to protect university media outlets and mediate their disputes with school authorities. The Indonesian Student Press Association found that between 2020 and 2021, there were 48 cases of university administrators intimidating or shutting down student media outlets, among the 185 cases of alleged press-related abuses on campuses in the country. The Press Council is responsible for mediating defamation disputes, but does not protect student media outlets. Most Indonesian universities have at least one student media outlet, such as a newspaper, magazine, or online news site.