Indonesia in Bad Company Defending North Korean Rights Abuses

Kay Seok & Andreas HarsonoThe venue for the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva. © 2009 ReutersThe Jakarta GlobeWhen the UN Human Rights Council met in Geneva last Friday to discuss North Korea, Indonesia stood out as part of a small and shrinking group. It voted against a resolution condemning human-rights violations in the world’s most closed