Law Reform
Coins for the KPK
A public donation campaign shames the national legislature into supporting Indonesia’s premier anti-corruption agency
Where there’s smoke, there’s politics
Campaigns against smoking are finally gaining ground, but the tobacco lobby is fighting back
Ignorance that kills
Many Indonesian women face great difficulties in accessing safe terminations of unwanted pregnancies
For the good of the people?
The challenges of governing ‘societal organisations’ pose difficult questions for Indonesian democracy
God and democracy
A Christian church is asserting its democratic rights by suing the mayor of Depok


The demand for sustainable timber is colliding with the needs of Central Java farmers
Jusuf Wanandi’s memoir allows glimpses into the mindset of Suharto-era officialdom
Indonesia’s parliament is cracking down on sorcery
Recent ground-breaking publications, an internationally award-winning film and a major conference are opening up new truths about Indonesia’s past
The filmmaker explains that The Act of Killing exposes the imagination of terror