Press Freedom, Democracy, and Legal Certainty
October 26, 2004
Frans H. Winarta PRESS freedom is the most important element for information transparency. Moreover, in this reform era access to information is a basic human right. But regrettably, press freedom in Indonesia is once again threatened. It is because the series of civil lawsuits and criminal indictments against Tempo magazine and Koran Tempo daily may set a bad precedent for freedom of in
*Member of the National Law Commission