Human Rights Alert

Protest in Cairo, Egypt. Image: monkeycage.org Middle East is a region that is very unique and complex. Many inter-state conflict and upheaval, even revolution in the country in several countries in the region. Arab Spring revolution has occurred in the Middle East, and the shedding happens in Egypt, Libya, Syria, and spread to several countries in Africa. No wonder that a violation of human rights in various parts of Africa and the Middle East. U.S. State Department praised the 2011 revolution, the Middle East in the annual report of human rights around the world. However, department officials noted it would take more time to put an end to human rights abuses in Arab countries. Although the elections have taken place in Egypt, but there are still many basic liberties that cannot be carried out independently.

Since 1998 Indonesia enjoys a wide space for democracy , freedom of speech, freedom of press and media, etc, also first multy party general election in 1999. It happened because of Indonesian student movements and other activists. In 2004, Indonesian people truly elect their president directly for the first time. Indonesian student movements were a really main player when they announced the reformation movement in 1998. Indonesia becomes the 3rd largest democratic country in the world after USA and India in terms of population. Student in Indonesia are very dynamic in Asia. Malaysia and Singapore never enjoyed this privilege. Most government in Asia, especially in Malaysia has strong control to every democracy movements. No freedom for news papers, television and other media in Malaysia, especially when it comes to criticizing and giving advice to the government. We still remember what the Malaysian police did to the former deputy prime minister, Mr. Anwar Ibrahim when Mahathir Mu