Two former coordinators of one of Indonesia’s most prominent human-rights organizations have escaped conviction in a defamation case brought by a powerful government minister. While their acquittal is welcome, the case marked a bleak new low for freedom of expression in one of the world’s largest democracies. Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti, who had coordinated […]
Author Archives: Tim Mann
Tim Mann is associate director of the Centre for Indonesian Law, Islam and Society at the University of Melbourne.