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Silencing the media: Indonesia shooting reveals reporting risks


Silencing the media: Indonesia shooting reveals reporting risks
Aisyah Llewellyn
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Indonesian journalists face an increasing risk of violence to report the news, with four attacks reported in the city of Medan since the end of May including a fatal shooting [File: Ajeng Dinar Ulfiana/Reuters]
Medan, Indonesia – Just a few days before he was fatally shot in the thigh, Indonesian journalist Mara Salem Harahap, who was known as Marsal, took his wife and two children on a family outing to the city of Medan in North Sumatra, about two hours away from their home. During the trip, they took a family photograph together and Marsal shared the picture on social media. ....

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