Stopping the flow Lapindo Brantas’ involvement in the Surabaya Post has restricted the way journalists report on the mudflow Read more
A terrible legacy Indonesian doctors have been persecuted for providing safe abortions for almost a century Read more
Homophobia on the rise Recent attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender meetings reveal the growing influence of Islamist groups and highlight unequal protection of citizenship rights Read more
God and democracy A Christian church is asserting its democratic rights by suing the mayor of Depok Read more
Eager to work The value of children’s paid work on Lombok’s tobacco plantations presents a challenge to emotive arguments for the wholesale banning of child labour Read more
Passports optional Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia Read more
Organising for migrant worker rights Non-governmental organisations continue to fill the gap in the absence of viable alternatives Read more
Leaving Indonesia As this edition shows, the choices faced by those who leave Indonesia for work are anything but simple Read more
Learning to lead Against the odds, Indonesian domestic workers have achieved real change in Hong Kong Read more
Censorship makes a comeback Recent book bannings mark a return to the repressive practices of the New Order Read more
Driving under the New Order The tumultuous events of 1965 thwarted Liong Tjie Tjong’s writing aspirations Read more
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 Read more
Sensitive truths The exhumation of mass graves from 1965-66 is a fraught and dangerous business Read more
Accomplices in atrocity The mass killings of 1965-66 in Indonesia were international, not just local, events - and the US played an important role Read more
I'm still here Forty-five years later, survivors are telling their stories about their suffering in detention Read more
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 Read more
Negotiating the past and looking to the future Meaningful dialogue about the future of Papua requires that Indonesians and Papuans honestly address the past Read more
West Papua 40 years on Reflecting on the Act of Free Choice and the integration of West Papua into Indonesia Read more