Habibie Presidency

Taking the law into your own hands is now commonplace in urban areas in Indonesia

140,000 progressive Muslim volunteers monitored Indonesia’s April elections

Protest poetry lives on in post-Suharto Indonesia

Three women authors take the Indonesian literary world by storm

Orang Rimba assert their rights

The interests of local people aren’t served by keeping them out of national parks

The Forestry Law has not stopped mining in Indonesia's state forests

The elections show that Indonesian workers are not yet a major political presence

Munir’s death robbed Indonesia not only of a unique intellectual and activist, but of one of its brightest hopes for the future

A voice from Aceh’s civil society movement says it’s time for self-criticism

It’s difficult to get human rights education into Indonesian schools

Preman have had to change in order to stay in business

Televangelism comes to regional Indonesia

Local theatre in Makassar reveals a backlash against Java-centrism

Women are now on both sides of the camera

Subversive ‘underground’ voices in Indonesian rap Michael Bodden It’s Jakarta, June 2004 and the boom box is playing a hip-hop beat. It’s a far cry from the meditative gamelan music, saccharine love songs or even the sensual dangdut one expects to hear in Java. The rapper is Xaqhala and he spins a gritty, rhythmic poem of everyday youth experience.

Indonesia’s comic scene is in a golden age but the industry remains marginal and plagued by self-doubt

Women and marginalised groups seize new opportunities in the arts

Who should call the shots – international donors or local NGOs?