The acid attack on Indonesian human rights activist Andrie Yunus in March 2026 was a message written in chemical burns and delivered in the language of fear: dissent will be punished. For those familiar with Indonesia’s political history, the attack feels less like a shocking rupture than another grim echo of President Suharto’s New Order dictatorship. Andrie’s assault also recalls the 2004 assassination of Munir Said Thalib, Indonesia’s most prominent human rights defender. The parallels reveal