Indonesia
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo’s rhetorical support for human rights has not led to meaningful policy initiatives. Religious minorities face harassment, intimidation, and violence from Sunni militants, government officials, and security forces. Indonesian authorities restrict foreign media access to Papua on the pretext of a low-level insurgency. Indonesian security forces rarely face justice for serious abuses, particularly in Papua. The government has failed to deliver on a promised reconciliation mechanism for the 1965-66 massacres. The Indonesian government abets widespread attacks on sexual and gender minorities through officials’ hateful rhetoric and discrimination. Authorities targeted private gatherings of LGBT individuals and criminalized consensual same-sex conduct.
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“When We Lost the Forest, We Lost Everything”
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“Paying for a Bus Ticket and Expecting to Fly”
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Indonesia: Shackling Reduced, But Persists
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Indonesia: Dress Codes Discriminate Against Women, Girls
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Indonesia: Enforce Dress Code Ban
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Indonesia: Weak Public Health Response to Covid-19
Greater Efforts Spent on Law Undermining Labor, Environmental Rights
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Brutal Attack in Indonesia Targets Christian Farmers
Arrest Assailants, Protect Religious Minorities
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Japan: Raise Rights on Trip to Vietnam, Indonesia
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