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Dec 03, 2019
Moral politics of nationhood
Constructions of political, sexual and religious others in contemporary Indonesia
By ANNEMARIE SAMUELS & RATNA SAPTARI
Dec 01, 2019
Criminalising justice
The ‘communist stigma’ is being used as a tool in the courtroom to attack human and environmental rights
By HERLAMBANG P WIRATRAMAN
Dec 01, 2019
Reframing the demon
Lapindo mudflow victims are drawing on ritual to battle their politically untouchable oppressor
By ANTON NOVENANTO
Dec 01, 2019
A complex relationship
1965 collaborators and victims living side by side silently negotiate between past and present
By GRACE LEKSANA
Dec 01, 2019
Reformasi’s broken promises
Sexual minorities increasingly feel left out of Indonesia’s democratisation processes
By DEDE OETOMO
Dec 01, 2019
AIDS as an ‘entry point’ for LGBT rights discourse
Concern for pregnant women has increased HIV/AIDS awareness, but to the detriment of some other groups and causes
By SYLVIA TIDEY
Dec 01, 2019
Bandung, city of human rights?
Despite stated goodwill by authorities, intolerance towards minority groups is growing in Bandung
By FANNY SYARIFUL ALAM
Dec 01, 2019
Safeguarding tolerance in Semarang
Police and interfaith activists are helping defuse tension and safeguard minority expression
By YUNANTYO ADI SETIAWAN
Nov 11, 2019
Contraception at a crossroads
Indonesia’s 50-year-old family planning program has been a great success but is...
By LOUISA-ANNE BUWALDA
Oct 30, 2019
Hunger and culture in West Papua
Oil palm projects are causing hunger in Merauke, both literal and symbolic
By SOPHIE CHAO
Sep 26, 2019
Mapping the 1965-66 killings in East Java
In the first of a series of articles we present recent work...
By SIDDHARTH CHANDRA
Sep 16, 2019
Challenging syariah
The media ignores women’s crucial role in the formation of regional laws...
By BALAWYN JONES
Aug 07, 2019
Competing Papuan identities
A battle is looming between an emboldened pro-independence movement and Papuans who...
By PETRUS K FARNEUBUN
Jul 22, 2019
Alternative tourism in Bali
Community programs in northern Bali are aiming to avoid negative impacts of...
By HANNAH SUTTON
Jul 01, 2019
Untreated trauma in Nduga
The plight of Papua’s internally displaced persons is not being recognised by...
By HIPOLITUS YOLISANDRY RINGGI WANGGE
Jun 11, 2019
The waste emergency
Government, producers and the public must all cooperate to tackle Indonesia’s waste...
By ROLF HAJEK
Jun 02, 2019
Bogus redemption
Mudik forms a bogus redemption for many precarious workers amid a lack...
By MUHTAR HABIBI
May 17, 2019
Review: Bridges of Friendship
An excellent reminder of the strength and importance of relationships between people...
By ANITA DEWI
This Week
Fiction: Pasung
MAYESTICA DE JONG
His gaze is fixated on an indeterminate spot behind me, his arms hang loosely by his sides. Wearing nothing but a pair of faded black shorts, his ribs and collar bones rise above his cavernous stomach. His bulging eyes stand out. A ray of afternoon sun penetrates through a few holes on the attap roof above us, shining on some...
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