Four Indonesian soldiers are due to stand trial in Jakarta over an acid attack on prominent activist Andrie Yunus, who suffered severe burns to a quarter of his body.
The assault occurred after Yunus had recorded a podcast criticising the military's growing influence in Indonesian society.
An investigation linked the four soldiers to the attack, but activists accuse the armed forces of a wider campaign to intimidate critics and say trying the case in a military court lacks transparency.
Rights groups have called on President Prabowo Subianto, a retired general, to launch an independent investigation.
Al Jazeera's Rob McBride reports.
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