Indonesia: Rights Recommendations for President Prabowo

By Human Rights Watch

(Jakarta) – Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo should act to promote and protect the rights of everyone in Indonesia, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to the president. Critical issues to address include the rights of religious and ethnic minorities, discriminatory provisions of the new criminal code, and policies including deforestation that is displacing Indigenous peoples.The administration should build on President Prabowo’s first 100 days in office, completed on January 28, 2025, in which he transferred several foreign death-row inmates to their home countries,…

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