Jakarta, 26 Februari 2007

Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI) Indonesia menyampaikan rasa duka cita  mendalam atas musibah yang menimpa dua jurnalis televisi saat menjalankan tugas jurnalistiknya.  

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Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI) Indonesia meminta perhatian pemerintah Filipina untuk secepatnya mengakhiri aksi kekerasan dan pembunuhan terhadap jurnalis yang terjadi di Filipina.

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February 23, 2007

H.E. Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo

President

Malacañang Palace

JP Laurel Street, San Miguel

Manila 1005

Email: corres@op.gov.ph

Hon. Raul M. Gonzales

Secretary

DOJ Main Building

Padre Faura Street

Manila 1004

Email: sad@doj.gov.ph

Hon. Ignacio R. Bunye

Press Secretary & Presidential Spokesman

Arlegui Guest House,

Malacañang,

Manila 1005

Email: totingbunye2000@info.com.ph

Director General OSCAR CASTELO CALDERON

Office of the Chief PNP

NHQ PNP Building, Camp Crame

Edsa Corner Boni Serrano Avenue, Quezon City

1100 Manila, Philippines

Email: ocpnp@pnp.gov.ph

Dear Madame and Messrs

I am writing to you on behalf of the Alliance of Independent Journalist (AJI) Indonesia, the organisation representing journalists in Indonesia, to call on your government to take immediate action to address the terrible press freedom and journalist safety situation in the Philippines.

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Jakarta, 19 Februari 2007

Yang Terhormat

Kepala Kepolisian Resort Kupang

AKBP Ekotrio Budhinar

di Tempat

Dengan Hormat,

Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI) mencemaskan berlanjutnya proses pemeriksaan hukum terhadap Harian Kursor Kupang atas tuduhan tindak pidana pasal 311 dan 355 KUHP tentang perbuatan tidak menyenangkan terhadap koresponden RCTI Kupang Harry Harzufri. Aliasi Jurnalis Independen (AJI) juga menyesalkan pemanggilan Imanuel Lodja, wartawan Harian Kursor, sebagai saksi dalam kasus tersebut oleh Polres Kupang. Untuk melindungi nara sumber dan kehormatan profesi, wartawan memiliki hak tolak untuk bersaksi di depan hukum.

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His Excellency, Mahinda Rajapaksa

President

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

 His Excellency, Ratnasiri Wickremanayake

Prime Minister

Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka

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Siaran Pers Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI)

Di negara demokratis, pers berfungsi sebagai media penyampai informasi bagi publik, menjadi wahana pendidikan dan hiburan bagi masyarakat, dan melakukan fungsi kontrol terhadap jalannya kekuasaan negara. Agar dapat menjalankan fungsinya secara optimal, pers membutuhkan ruang kebebasan yang memadai. Seperti pernah dikatakan wartawan senior Mochtar Lubis, “Kemerdekaan pers merupakan satu unsur di dalam peradaban manusia yang maju, bermanfaat tinggi dan yang menghormati nilai-nilai kemanusiaan, dan jika kemerdekaan pers itu tidak ada, maka martabat manusia jadi hilang.”  

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Aliansi Jurnalis Independen (AJI) Indonesia menerima laporan dari AJI Kota Solo bahwa telah terjadi ancaman kekerasan terhadap jurnalis, koresponden Lativi di Surakarta, Sholahudin, pada Selasa 9 Januari 2007, oleh seorang anggota Kepolisian Wilayah Surakarta

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The essence of press freedom and freedom to access information as stipulated in Article 28 of the Second Amendment of the 1945 Constitution has not been fully materialized. Various obstacles, threats and violence against the press and journalists occurred in 2006, in a worrying intensity.
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The Alliance of Independent Journalist (AJI) Indonesia today support to a nationwide series of unified protests in India on Thursday.

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Jakarta , December 10, 2006

The Alliance of Independent Journalists (AJI) protests KOMPAS Daily’s December 8, 2006 firing and intimidation of Bambang Wisudo, a senior journalist and Secretary of KOMPAS Trade Union (PKK). Wisudo has been working for 15 years for KOMPAS Daily as he has given all profession as well as his loyality.

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The Alliance of Independent Journalist (AJI) Indonesia positively welcomed a ruling by the Constitution Court of the Republic of Indonesia, which in the ruling Number 013-022/PUU-IV/2006, had stated that articles regarding insults against the president, namely Article 134, Article 136 bis, and Article 137 of the Criminal Code (KUHP), were not legally binding because it had violated the 1945 Constitution.

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AJI Indonesia slammed the use of criminal law in solving press-related disputes. AJI Indonesia also condemned that many journalists still receive violence when carrying out their journalistic duties. At least 64 cases of violence against Indonesian journalists during August 2006 – August 2006 had been recorded.

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