Social & Political Unrest

The mass killings of 1965-66 in Indonesia were international, not just local, events - and the US played an important role

Packed screenings of the controversial film about the deaths of five Australian journalists in East Timor continue, despite an official ban

The elections were tense in Aceh but in the end helped to consolidate the peace process

Aceh’s performing arts have blossomed despite the conflict and the tsunami

Hasan di Tiro returns to an Aceh in transition

Human rights groups report on abuses

Political assassinations targeted West Papua’s culture and political identity

This edition of Inside Indonesia marks an important anniversary, and explores the multiple faces of Indonesian Papua today

Or, the years of living with no one to blame

Since their institutional separation, the relationship between the police and the military has been troubled

The legacy of the Suharto era lingers in school history books

An unstoppable flow of mud from an explosion in a gas well in Sidoarjo, East Java, has unleashed a plethora of political issues.

In the aftermath of religious conflict, ethnic difference is becoming more prominent in Ambon

Is Indonesia a 'tinder-box'? A potential Bosnia in Southeast Asia? Or is it essentially peaceful, but someone is stirring the pot, perhaps to make a point before the 1997 elections? GERRY VAN KLINKEN visits the sites of three riots.

FRANZ MAGNIS-SUSENO believes that riots happen because people feel threatened by change.

The riot that engulfed Jakarta on 27 July 1996 started after army-backed gangsters invaded Megawati's PDI headquarters. JESSE RANDALL traces the strange relationship between government and criminality.

VEDI HADIZ sent this eyewitness account from South Sulawesi.

There are plenty of capable Indonesians who can take over from Suharto, says the activist group PIJAR.

In this snapshot of politics at the end of January, ARIEF BUDIMAN worries that the embryonic alliance between Amien Rais and Megawati remains vulnerable to government attack.