Indonesia

Anthony Albanese visited Indonesia in February to sign a security treaty with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto. But there was not a word about Subianto's vicious jailing and torture of political prisoners. An Indonesian socialist tells the story that Albanese ignores

The post Letter from Indonesia: the fight to free the August political prisoners first appeared on Solidarity Online.

While China used to be the world's largest waste importer, Southeast Asia is now taking a significant portion of wealthy countries solid waste, leading to negative health outcomes and environmental pollution.

In late August, the Albanese government and the President-elect of Indonesia, Prabowo Subianto, agreed to a new “defence” treaty that is wholly about China.

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Prabowo Subianto will take office as President of Indonesia in October. He is a military strongman with a sordid history of killings and human rights abuses. How did he win the election? An Indonesian socialist explains the background to his rise.

The post Indonesia: behind the rise of Prabowo from war criminal to president first appeared on Solidarity Online.

"There should be more international reporting about the 'hidden stories' of the Pacific such as the unresolved decolonisation issues."

Leaked documents obtained by MintPress News make clear that the CIA-backed NED is preparing to pull off another coup in Jakarta under the aegis of “democracy promotion.”

The post Leaked: CIA Front Preparing Color Revolution in Indonesia appeared first on MintPress News.

FIFA recently punished Indonesia for boycotting Israel, a country that consistently shoots soccer players in the knees so that they are unable to play in international sporting events

The post By Refusing To Host Israel, Indonesia Shows Us How to Defeat Apartheid appeared first on MintPress News.

In a weakened position due to Brexit, the UK has accepted Malaysia’s demands to reduce import tariffs on palm oil from the current 12% to 0%

Israeli human rights activist Miko Peled argues that by recognizing Israel, Muslim countries are betraying the Palestinian cause.

The post Indonesia’s Betrayal of Palestine: Hosting Israel in Under-20 World Cup appeared first on MintPress News.

KUALA LUMPUR, MALAYSIA — The Arab, Muslim and many of the “Non-Aligned” member countries were once staunch supporters of the Palestinian cause. However, in the world that exists today, this is no longer the case. One after the other, the Arab states are falling into the trap of normalizing relations with Israel. Many African nations […]

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