Nov 17, 2018 Last Updated 12:17 PM, Nov 15, 2018

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Human Rights

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.

Angel sparks controversy

Angel sparks controversy

Journalists strike after West Java’s most famous newspaper ‘withdraws’ poem.

Radio Pikonane

Radio Pikonane

Connecting Papua’s Central Highlands

Modelling syariah in Aceh

Modelling syariah in Aceh

A conference in Banda Aceh reveals divergent opinions about what model of Islamic law Aceh should adopt

Politics of symbolism

Politics of symbolism

Unionists express their disgust at local government’s failure to look after the interests of workers

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