Political Rights

There are big dangers in declaring success too soon

Chinese Indonesians must re-enter politics in order to fully exercise their citizenship

The story of the Teochiu Huikuan building in Medan provides insights into Chinese Indonesians’ history of dispossession

Human rights groups report on abuses

Whether Papuans support autonomy or independence, they should be allowed to speak freely

Political assassinations targeted West Papua’s culture and political identity

A photo essay about families of the disappeared

While top officials hail the Australia-Indonesia security agreement, ARTHUR KING is appalled to find that, on the ground in East Timor, youths who resist still face torture.

Authorities blame the recent Jakarta riots on the coalition PRD. It has hundreds of members, but military leaders liken it to the PKI of the 1960s, which had millions. Who are these 1990s activists? VANNESSA HEARMAN visited with one of the coalition partners earlier this year, and filed this inside story.

KERRY BROGAN talks with two women whose husbands 'disappeared'.

Why is it so hard to remember the evils of the past? ROB GOODFELLOW explores the pain, and the exhilaration, of memory.

Moral politics