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Learning to lead

Learning to lead
Against the odds, Indonesian domestic workers have achieved real change in Hong Kong

Censorship makes a comeback

Censorship makes a comeback
Recent book bannings mark a return to the repressive practices of the New Order

Driving under the New Order

Driving under the New Order
The tumultuous events of 1965 thwarted Liong Tjie Tjong’s writing aspirations

Hunted communists

Hunted communists
Many of those accused of being communists fled to South Blitar after the Surabaya crackdown, only to become the target of the Trisula Operation in 1968

Sensitive truths

Sensitive truths
The exhumation of mass graves from 1965-66 is a fraught and dangerous business

Accomplices in atrocity

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

I'm still here

I'm still here
Forty-five years later, survivors are telling their stories about their suffering in detention 

Survival through slavery

Survival through slavery
Suspected communists who survived the killings of 1965-66 in South Sulawesi spent the next 20 years working for the military in an isolated jungle camp

The Papua dilemma

The Papua dilemma
Personal reflections on an ongoing challenge

Negotiating the past and looking to the future

Negotiating the past and looking to the future
Meaningful dialogue about the future of Papua requires that Indonesians and Papuans honestly address the past

West Papua 40 years on

West Papua 40 years on
Reflecting on the Act of Free Choice and the integration of West Papua into Indonesia

A violation of international law

A violation of international law
Indonesia’s claim to sovereignty over West Papua rests upon an unsound legal basis

Fauzi Abdullah (1949-2009)

Fauzi Abdullah (1949-2009)
Indonesian labour activists are mourning the passing of a great man

When money rules over voice

When money rules over voice
Regional autonomy and spatial planning in Bandung benefits the elite

Land, ethnicity and politics

Land, ethnicity and politics
Direct local elections have led to new developments in the struggle for land rights in East Kalimantan

Too precious to mine

Too precious to mine
Central Java farmers refuse to get stuck in cement

Fighting over the land and forest

Fighting over the land and forest
Century-old conflicts persist in the vast tracts of Indonesia that are designated as state forest

The trouble with oil palm

The trouble with oil palm
Conflicts between villagers and plantation companies in Sumatra are still unresolved

The right to choose

The right to choose
Indonesian activists keep fighting to have abortion decriminalised

Genocide and demographic transformation in Papua

Genocide and demographic transformation in Papua
A response to Jim Elmslie and Stuart Upton

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