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An increasingly unjust court system, a shrinking space for freedom of expression and assembly and President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo's apparent emphasis on attracting investment above all does not bode well for the country's human rights situation this year, activists have said.
November 2019 marks the 10th anniversary of the ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights (AICHR), the ASEAN human rights body. At the beginning of 2019, this body welcomed a new batch of AICHR representatives. They sound like a great set of representatives to carry the torch of human rights activism in ASEAN. But we have barely heard them speak up about human rights this year.
A panel of United Nations human rights experts have expressed support for human rights lawyer Veronica Koman, who was accused by the police for causing unrest in Papua by allegedly provoking people to riot via her social media updates.
