DEMOCRACY-FREEDOM | Protecting journalism key to arresting democratic decline

Senior journalist and Nobel laureate Maria Ressa speaks during a discussion hosted by The Jakarta Post in Jakarta on Aug. 7, 2023. The Democracy Dialogue seminar was part of the Post’s 40th anniversary events.(JP/Wendra Ajistyatama)

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With the proliferation of military coups and crackdowns on civil liberties in recent years, the world has been contending with acute democratic regression in many quarters, made worse by widespread misinformation that has rendered civic spaces less effective and more hostile.

As a number of countries, including ASEAN members, tread a path toward autocracy, the onus is on journalism to uphold its duty to keep democracy alive, the facts straight and power in check. This need is particularly pressing in Indonesia, which is just months away from holding a general election.

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Speaking at a dialogue held by The Jakarta Post on Monday as part of the newspaper’s 40th anniversary celebrations, Timor-Leste President José Ramos-Horta lamented the woes democracy had seen in recent years, particularly the putsch and continuing human rights violations in Myanmar, an ASEAN member state.

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Dio Suhenda
The Jakarta Post
PREMIUM Jakarta   ●   Mon, August 7, 2023

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