Jul 21, 2019 Last Updated 2:20 AM, Jul 1, 2019

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Human Rights

Learning from Malaysia's mistakes

Learning from Malaysia's mistakes

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

A common destiny

A common destiny

Challenges remain for Chinese Indonesians 10 years after reformasi

Shot until dead

Shot until dead

No end in sight for the death penalty in Indonesia

The one that got away?

The one that got away?

Muchdi’s murder trial starts falling apart

Demonstrating diversity

Demonstrating diversity

Photo-essay: Yogya’s community protests against the Pornography Bill

Hot debates

Hot debates

A law on pornography still divides the community

No positive news

No positive news

People living with HIV face corruption and incompetence in the health system

Rulers in their own country?

Rulers in their own country?

Special autonomy and Papuan aspirations have been thwarted by Jakarta and hampered by the administrative fragmentation sponsored by local politicians

Tangguh goes onstream

Tangguh goes onstream

BP’s massive LNG project is due to begin operations in late 2008, despite social and environmental costs

Arnold Ap and Theys Eluay

Arnold Ap and Theys Eluay

Political assassinations targeted West Papua’s culture and political identity

Torture in Papua

Torture in Papua

Human rights groups report on abuses

Freedom of expression

Freedom of expression

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

Papua road map

Papua road map

Conflict resolution should move from a security to a justice approach

West Papua: Inside Indonesia?

West Papua: Inside Indonesia?

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

A new artistic order?

A new artistic order?

The arts scene has changed radically since 1998, but some of the old uncertainties remain

Blaming the messenger

Blaming the messenger

Indonesia’s tangled public information laws are keeping the press in check

Ten years of hoping and waiting

Ten years of hoping and waiting

A photo essay about families of the disappeared

Oey Hay Djoen (1929-2008)

Oey Hay Djoen (1929-2008)

Jungle Schools

Jungle Schools

Volunteers bring alternative education to marginalised communities

The peace dividend

The peace dividend

With no internal wars to fight, Yudhoyono can afford to reform the military.

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