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Amri Yahya and the Sydney University Labor Club

Amri Yahya and the Sydney University Labor Club
A link to Australia’s support of the Indonesian revolution

Inside the kitchen of Jakarta's Istiqlal mosque

Inside the kitchen of Jakarta's Istiqlal mosque
A Ramadan photo essay

Mixed messages

Mixed messages
Election campaigning in highland Papua breaks all the stereotypes

Dancing against violence

Dancing against violence
Not even Mount Kelud erupting could stop Yogyakarta's activists from standing up against violence to women as part of One Billion Rising

Photo essay: Positive is negative

Photo essay: Positive is negative
HIV/AIDS is posing an ever greater threat to the health and welfare of people in the highlands of Papua

Undercutting Kalimantan's future

Undercutting Kalimantan's future
Forest conversion in Kalimantan is a local, national and global concern

The addiction cycle

The addiction cycle
Photo-essay: Drug users in Jakarta are trapped in a deadly equation

Decorated for success

Decorated for success
Photo essay: Competition leads to artistry and danger on the streets of Kupang

Symbols and signs

Symbols and signs
Photo-essay: PKS is often depicted as radical Islamist, but its members show evidence of ideological diversity

Graphic resistance

Graphic resistance
Photo-essay: Dissent and struggle are persistent themes of images adorning walls across East Timor

Down by the riverside - Kali Ciliwung

Down by the riverside - Kali Ciliwung
Photo-essay: some of Jakarta’s poorest inhabitants find both suffering and happiness on the banks of its main river

Down by the riverside - Kali Code

Down by the riverside - Kali Code
Photo-essay: Kali Code is the heart of a diverse and eclectic community

The tragedy of May 1998

The tragedy of May 1998
Glodok: A photo essay

Demonstrating diversity

Demonstrating diversity
Photo-essay: Yogya’s community protests against the Pornography Bill

Faith, flags and festivities

Faith, flags and festivities
Images of highlanders at home and abroad

Ten years of hoping and waiting

Ten years of hoping and waiting
A photo essay about families of the disappeared

Political fashions

Political fashions
Timur Angin photo gallery

Sand rafts - a photo essay

Sand rafts - a photo essay
Along the Opak River in Pundong, near Bantul, Yogyakarta, locals trade their sweat for a pile of sand.

Postcards from a wasteland

Postcards from a wasteland
Despite being a scene of destruction and heartache, there is a strange beauty in the new landscape created in the wake of the Sidoarjo mud disaster.

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