Standing, Head Held High
Press freedom is inseparable from the independence of journalists. If journalists are directly or indirectly dependent on the government, their independence can be affected.
Media personnel pay homage to Reuters journalist Danish Siddiqui at the press club in New Delhi on July 17, 2021, after the Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer with the Reuters news agency was killed covering fighting between Afghan security forces and the Taliban near a border crossing with Pakistan, the media outlet reported, citing an army commander.
The press is one of the pillars of democracy. Developing the press is like building democracy, which is the same as building a country.
This was the statement made by the chairman of the Press Council, Mohammad Nuh, in addressing the 2020 National Press Day (HPN) event on Sunday (9/2/2020) in Banjarmasin, South Kalimantan, which highlighted the relationship between the press, democracy, and the Unitary State of the Republic of Indonesia (NKRI). Safeguarding the NKRI is inseparable from the efforts to maintain press freedom.