Andreas Harsono

Andreas Harsono has covered Indonesia for Human Rights Watch since 2008. In 1995, he helped found the Jakarta-based Institute for the Studies on Free Flow of Information, and in 2003 he helped create the Pantau Foundation, a journalist training organization also based in Jakarta. He also helped establish Jakarta’s Alliance of Independent Journalists in 1994. Harsono began his career as a reporter for the Bangkok-based Nation and the Kuala Lumpur-based Star newspapers, and he edited Pantau, a monthly magazine on media and journalism in Jakarta. In Indonesian Malay, his published books include "Jurnalisme Sastrawi: Antologi Liputan Mendalam dan Memikat" (with Budi Setiyono) and "'Agama' Saya Adalah Jurnalisme" as well as in English "Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia".