Essay: Masked but not hidden

A small museum in Java is preserving a storytelling tradition, and the thoughts and feelings behind it

When a history seminar becomes toxic

Attacks on a meeting of survivors of 1965 and their supporters at the offices of the Legal Aid Institute in Jakarta in September 2017 do not bode well for human rights in Indonesia. SASKIA E WIERINGA provides a first-hand account of the events.

Facing history

A witness account of the 2015 International People’s Tribunal on 1965

The Floating School

A mobile school in South Sulawesi offers new horizons to young islanders
Two Acehnese young women hold up colourful protest signs demanding justice for past human rights violations.

Gambling with truth

Aceh’s Commission for Truth and Reconciliation has an important, though delicate, mission ahead

HIV-positive mothers left behind

Married women endure the highest rate of new HIV infection in Indonesia
A sign next to a dirt road reads in Indonesian, ‘Welcome to the territory of the Kiyu customary forest under Constitutional Court Decree No. 35/PUU-X/2012. THIS IS OUR CUSTOMARY FOREST, NOT STATE FOREST.’

Comes with the territory

Compromises must be made in the quest for indigeneity among the Dayak Meratus
Garment workers working at a factory

Review: Beyond decent work

A new book examines Indonesian labour struggles through the lens of international political economy theory 
An old woman walks down the street.

Old and poor

Indonesia’s welfare schemes are failing to support older citizens

Hope in the darkness

A Hazara fleeing persecution has dedicated her life in Indonesia to helping her fellow refugees in Bogor

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