Indonesia’s Army Is on the March Against Democratic Rights ^48.1%

Jacobin - By Michael G. Vann - 7/8/2026, 12:00 AM

Biased Writer Voice 46.2% - Negativity Bias 23% - Appeal to Emotion 20.6%

The acid attack on Indonesian human rights activist Andrie Yunus in March 2026 was a message written in chemical burns and delivered in the language of fear: dissent will be punished. For those familiar with Indonesia’s political history, the attack feels less like a shocking rupture than another grim echo of President Suharto’s New... more