# Indonesia

Government actions against journalists in Indonesia

RSF rank: not recorded. World Press Freedom Index of Reporters Without Borders (RSF); rank 1 is the freest.

The number of entries reflects the depth of this record, not the severity of a country's conduct.

Indonesia is in South-eastern Asia, Asia. The record holds 1 incident in which the government of Indonesia, or an official, court or legislature there, limited journalists' ability to report.

## Tactics used

- [Licensing and closure of outlets: 1](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=ID&tactic=outlet_licensing), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/outlet_licensing
- [Secrets and espionage laws: 1](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents?country=ID&tactic=secrets_and_espionage_laws), ladder: https://thewaronnews.com/ladders/secrets_and_espionage_laws

## Heads of government at the time

- [Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff: 1 incident](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/andries-de-graeff)

## Incidents by year

### 1926

| Date | Incident | Tactic | Stage | Head of government | Outcome |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1926 | [Dutch East Indies: Colonial authorities end publication of the communist newspaper Mawa under Penal Code Article 153 bis, 1926](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1926-dutch-east-indies-mawa-article-153bis) | [Licensing and closure of outlets](https://thewaronnews.com/tactics/outlet_licensing) | Silence | [Andries Cornelis Dirk de Graeff](https://thewaronnews.com/leaders/andries-de-graeff) | Sustained (1 January 1926) |

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