Dec 05, 2019 Last Updated 11:46 PM, Dec 3, 2019

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Law

Turning away from terror

Turning away from terror

Prison can be a place of radicalisation or rehabilitation

Cashed-up in confinement

Cashed-up in confinement

Wealthy detainees pay to do their time in comfort

Overcrowding crisis

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A disintegrating justice system is causing rampant prison overcrowding

No-take zones

Freeing shovelnosed ray, Bobby Anderson

In West Papua province’s Raja Ampat islands, a local fisheries conservation initiative is setting a global standard

Legislating against the supernatural

Sorcery and black magic remain serious concerns for many Indonesians AyAres151 at flickr.com

Indonesia’s parliament is cracking down on sorcery

Coins for the KPK

Coins for the KPK

A public donation campaign shames the national legislature into supporting Indonesia’s premier anti-corruption agency

Review: The making of an Indonesian human rights lawyer

Review: The making of an Indonesian human rights lawyer

Dan Lev explains how an outsider became a national hero

Staying the executioners' guns?

Staying the executioners' guns?

There are signs that Indonesia may move towards abolition of the death penalty

Ignorance that kills

Ignorance that kills

Many Indonesian women face great difficulties in accessing safe terminations of unwanted pregnancies

Where there’s smoke, there’s politics

Rosser - smoking

Campaigns against smoking are finally gaining ground, but the tobacco lobby is fighting back

The biggest cock

The biggest cock

In Jakarta’s crowded neighbourhoods, beliefs in supernatural power and invulnerability still surround the figure of the jago tough man

Review: Power politics

Review: Power politics

Jeffrey Winters’ Oligarchy is an epic work of comparative political insight but has little that is new to add to the study of Indonesia’s politics

Facebooking for reform?

Facebooking for reform?

Social media campaigns highlight the need for criminal law reform in Indonesia

Time bomb in Bali

Time bomb in Bali

A culture that suppresses conflict disguises decades-long tensions in Balinese communities

For the good of the people?

For the good of the people?

The challenges of governing ‘societal organisations’ pose difficult questions for Indonesian democracy

Dealing with social exclusion

Dealing with social exclusion

Illegal squatters in Jakarta struggle for recognition of their homes and livelihoods

Art for the people

Art for the people

Taring Padi takes stock of a more than a decade fighting the political establishment – with art as its weapon

Some people call me Robin Hood

Some people call me Robin Hood

ELISABETH KRAMER speaks to independent anti-corruption activist Arifin Wardiyanto about his ‘extremist’ approach to fighting corruption

On death row

On death row

Dozens of Acehnese drug offenders face the death penalty in Malaysia

From the archive: On death row

Cannibis plants - Michael Wolf

Inside Indonesia revisits a series of articles from its archive on the theme of the death penalty. We asked the authors of these articles to write an update to accompany their pieces

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