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        "msgid": "ministry-of-ham-prabowo-provides-space-for-press-freedom-no-need-to-doubt-1778413889",
        "date": "2026-05-10 18:04:03",
        "title": "Ministry of HAM: Prabowo Provides Space for Press Freedom, No Need to Doubt",
        "author": "Danu Damarjati",
        "source": "KOMPAS",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "Thomas Harming Suwarta, Special Staff to the Minister of Human Rights, affirmed that President Prabowo Subianto's administration inherently protects press freedom as part of its commitment to advancing human rights, emphasising that this space for media independence is unquestionable. Speaking at a fun walk event marking World Press Freedom Day 2026, he highlighted the government's role in fostering a free, independent press that serves public interests and promotes democracy, while announcing upcoming human rights training for journalists to enhance literacy and protection. Meanwhile, Press Council Chairman Komaruddin Hidayat described the event as a moment to reinforce journalistic principles like objectivity, professionalism, and ethics.",
        "content": "<p>JAKARTA - Special Staff to the Minister of Human Rights Thomas\nHarming Suwarta explained that President Prabowo Subianto protects press\nfreedom. \u201cThe government of President Prabowo, which provides important\nspace for human rights development, automatically provides space for\npress freedom. This does not need to be doubted anymore,\u201d said Thomas in\nJakarta, as reported by ANTARA on Sunday (10\/5\/2026). Thomas spoke while\nparticipating in a fun walk with media practitioners and the public to\ncommemorate World Press Freedom Day 2026 in Jakarta. \u201cPress freedom is\ntruly a human right, therefore, we together\u2014both the government and\nsociety\u2014must continue to encourage a free, independent press ecosystem\nthat remains the voice of public interests; and of course, also\nencourage the advancement of human rights and democracy in Indonesia,\u201d\nsaid Thomas. Thomas stated that the state is obliged to ensure respect,\nprotection, enforcement, advancement, and fulfilment of press rights. In\nthat situation, according to him, the press media must ensure quality\nimprovement. \u201cMainstream media that have long worked with strict\njournalistic standards we hope will continue to grow with improving\nquality. The emergence of many new forms of media, which we cannot\navoid, becomes a driver for our press to continue improving quality,\u201d he\nexplained. Free, healthy, and quality press media will grow in a human\nrights-respecting ecosystem. \u201cIf our human rights are getting better,\nthen automatically our press freedom will also get better,\u201d he said.\n\u201cMainstreaming human rights in Indonesia requires the involvement of\njournalists and the press media. The Ministry of Human Rights opens that\nspace widely. In the near future, we will hold a special human rights\nclass for journalists. Besides helping human rights literacy for\njournalists, it is also in the framework of ensuring the protection of\nhuman rights for journalists,\u201d Thomas stated. Meanwhile, Press Council\nChairman Komaruddin Hidayat said that the fun walk activity with press\ncolleagues becomes a momentum to strengthen the commitment to upholding\njournalistic principles. \u201cThis fun walk with press colleagues together\nwith the Press Council, for us, provides an atmosphere of warmth,\ncloseness, and also a commitment that the press is increasingly existent\nin upholding press principles, objectivity, professionalism, and also\nethics,\u201d said Komaruddin.<\/p>",
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