Civil society groups question UK-Indonesia ties
Briefing by NGO Forum for Indonesia and Timor-Leste
18 October 2012
Fourteen years ago, the downfall of President Suharto in 1998 set Indonesia on a course of reform and democratic transition that has impressively transformed the country from a harshly repressive
dictatorship to a chaotic yet functional democracy.
But many problems remain. The country’s overall record on human rights, the rule of law and religious freedoms, still falls far short of accepted international standards.
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