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Indonesia is one of the world’s largest democracies, but it’s weaponising defamation laws to smother dissent – Beragampengetahuan
Photo by Fakhri Hermansyah for Antara. Two former coordinators of one of Indonesia’s most prominent human rights organisations have escaped conviction in a defamation case brought by a powerful government minister. While their astonishing acquittal is welcome, the case marked a bleak new low for freedom of expression in one of the world’s largest democracies. […]