I wish to commend the Indonesia's Nature Resources Conservation Agency,(BKSDA) Papua for their swift action in following up on the discovery of live endemic wildlife trade in several areas of Papua. In the latest operation, officers discovered more than 60 live birds intended for sale, as well as 54 others that had been killed, preserved, and made into decorative crowns from Birds of Paradise feathers. All evidence was seized from a number of souvenir traders in harbour and market areas. (…)

Indonesia's press freedom has collapsed under President Prabowo Subianto, a former general during the Suharto dictatorship, was elected president in 2024 and took office in October 2024. , with the country plummeting 16 places to 127th globally in the 2025 World Press Freedom Index—the worst decline since democratic reforms began in 1998. A Rp 200 billion ($12.5 million, €11.8 million) lawsuit filed by Agriculture Minister Amran Sulaiman against Tempo magazine in July 2025 crystallises a (…)