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Review: Kartini's letters in translation

Now published in both English and Indonesian translation, the annotated collection will provide a better understanding of this Indonesian heroine

A dozen people were killed in violence in Wamena, West Papua on 23 February 2023

Truth and irrational violence in West Papua

The Nyadran procession takes place each year at the Kraton in Yogyakarta / Woodward

In the month before the fasting period, Javanese Muslims perform a diversity of sacred rituals

Jokowi's acknowledgement of 12 historical cases of gross human rights violations was met with calls for further action on accountability and truth seeking /@aksikamisan Twitter

Joko Widodo’s acknowledgement of past gross human rights abuses falls short

The debate about school uniforms is an ongoing struggle between those supporting the implementation of certain moral and religious standards and those who see such a choice as a basic human right

Two decades after the cultural shift opened up by Reformasi, hope looks very different in Indonesian cinema

The rescue at sea of Rohingya refugees on 24 June 2020 off the North Aceh coast was heralded as a humane gesture at home and internationally / ANTARA FOTO/Rahmad

The criminalisation of people smuggling has created complex moral and legal difficulties for those who assist refugees in peril

Review: Kartini's letters in translation

‘Tricked by a hoax’

Photo essay: Welcoming Ramadan in Yogyakarta

Review: Corruption and care in the age of good governance

Accountability missing in action

Local shari'a or human rights?

Review essay: Constructing Indonesian girlhood on film

Review: The afterlives of a shipwreck

Acehnese fishermen and Rohingya rescue at sea

Review: Bali, 50 years of changes

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