Indonesia is brightest hope for democracy in Asean say parliamentarians, experts

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Indonesia is brightest hope for democracy in Asean say parliamentarians, experts
By Max Walden | 12th December 2017 | @maxwalden_

THE OUTLOOK for democracy and human rights in Southeast Asia is “bleak” with the world’s largest Muslim-majority country Indonesia offering the best hope for democratic progress in the region, parliamentarians, academics and rights activists from across the region have warned.

Convening at an event gloomily titled “Our Race to the Bottom?” hosted by the Jakarta-based TIFA Foundation last Friday, panelists lined up to lament the rapid decline of democratic values and institutions across member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) bloc.

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