Indonesia
Presidential elections on February 14, 2024 were won by Prabowo Subianto Djojohadikusumo, a retired general implicated in a 1983 massacre in East Timor and other grave abuses over many years. The government has failed to stop militant Islamist groups from threatening religious minorities. The authorities continue to use overbroad and vague laws to intimidate critics of the government. Hundreds of discriminatory regulations imposed by local authorities over the past two decades continue to impact minorities and women, including the blasphemy law, the house of worship regulation, provisions targeting LGBT people, and rules requiring women to wear the hijab. The military and police forces have continued to engage in serious human rights violations with impunity. West Papua remains severely restricted for foreign media and rights monitors.