The trial of four Indonesian soldiers accused of carrying out an acid attack on an activist who had campaigned against the expanding role of the armed forces in government has begun in a military court in Jakarta.
The case has drawn national and international attention with experts describing the soldiers’ alleged actions as part of a broader pattern of repression amid growing concerns over rising military influence and democratic backsliding in Indonesia.
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The trial, which began on Wednesday, centres on an attack that took place on March 12 when Andrie Yunus, a 27-year-old activist with the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims…
