HRW Urge ASEAN Chair Indonesia to Pressure Myanmar on Violence
Human Rights Watch in its annual World Report flagged human rights abuses in Myanmar as one of Asia’s worst flashpoints.
BANGKOK, KOMPAS.com — Indonesia is under increasing pressure to use its new one-year role as chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to isolate Myanmar’s junta in a bid to end its bloody crackdown on pro-democracy opponents, analysts say. But experts say reaching a consensus among the regional bloc remains a challenge in an area where Myanmar’s military still draws diplomatic cover from neighboring nations, as violence shows no signs of abating nearly two years after the February 2021 coup. In its annual World Report released Thursday, Jan.12, Human Rights Watch flagged hum...