Jan 21, 2019 Last Updated 6:32 AM, Jan 20, 2019

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Torture in Papua

Torture in Papua

Human rights groups report on abuses

Arnold Ap and Theys Eluay

Arnold Ap and Theys Eluay

Political assassinations targeted West Papua’s culture and political identity

Tangguh goes onstream

Tangguh goes onstream

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

Beyond the Museum

Beyond the Museum

Asmat bisj-poles gain new meaning in a Papuan refugee protest in Melbourne

Papuan romance

Papuan romance

New norms about love and marriage alter the rules for the young

Faith, flags and festivities

Faith, flags and festivities

Images of highlanders at home and abroad

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

The name game

The name game

Or, the years of living with no one to blame

Inventing Papua

Inventing Papua

Migrants from South Sulawesi have played an important role in manufacturing a Papuan identity

Writing for God

Writing for God

Piety and consumption in popular Islam

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

Grassroots rehabilitation

Grassroots rehabilitation

The people of Poso are rebuilding their lives.

Back to the drawing board

NGOs are having to come to terms with the demands of the governance agenda

A sibling rivalry

A sibling rivalry

Since their institutional separation, the relationship between the police and the military has been troubled

Inside Yudhoyono's anti-corruption machine

Inside Yudhoyono's anti-corruption machine

Despite attempts to re-engineer Indonesia’s governance mechanisms, corruption remains a chronic problem

An unholy alliance

An unholy alliance

Political thugs and political Islam work together in Banten

Crime and criminality

Crime and criminality

This edition of Inside Indonesia explores the complex politics of illegality

Personality cults

Personality cults

Foreign news coverage needs to focus on Indonesia’s people, not just its leaders

A different kind of party

A different kind of party

PKS gets serious about recruitment in Malang

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