Watching the watchdog offers the experiences of various media self-regulatory bodies in Southeast Asia, focusing on how they are copying with what recent political and economic changes have brought on the region’s journalism in general and press freedom in particular. The articles in the book are based on papers presented at the conference held in Bangkok in September 2002 that was organized …
“Saya kira UU Kebebasan Memperoleh Informasi harus menjadi umbrella law, karena mengatur dan menjamin prinsip dasar hak asasi manusia, dan prinsip dasar demokrasi. UU Kebebasan Informasi harus memayungi undang-undang yang lain.” Teten Masduyki (ICW)“UU Kebebasan Informasi dan UU Rahasia negara sama-sama dibutuhkan. Nam…
The link between media and democracy is more than casual. It is more often causal. In the context of most developing countries in Asia, the question to be asked is whether free media are a precondition for the development of democracy, or whether the development of democracy will see the emergence of free media. The latter school of thought postulates that development of any democratic society…
“Sungguh suatu kehormatan bagi saya untuk diberi kesempatan membaca surat-surat hasil kegiatan pendidikan pemilih dan pendidikan politik bagi perempuan yang diselenggarakan oleh Yayasan Hapsari Perbaungan. Buku ini dapat dikatakan sebagai sumber pertama dari persoalan sebagian perempuan Indonesia dalam kehidupan politik.” begitu DR Chusnul Maríyah memulai catatanya dalam buku ini.(see fu…