Dec 07, 2019 Last Updated 11:46 PM, Dec 3, 2019

Inside Indonesia

Politics

The one that got away?

The one that got away?

Muchdi’s murder trial starts falling apart

Hot debates

Hot debates

A law on pornography still divides the community

Demonstrating diversity

Demonstrating diversity

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

We miss you wali nanggroe

We miss you wali nanggroe

Hasan di Tiro returns to an Aceh in transition

Giving up partisan politics?

Giving up partisan politics?

Indonesia's biggest Muslim organizations are having second thoughts about partisan politics

Promoting pluralism

Promoting pluralism

Pesantren progressives defend constitutional religious freedoms

Brothers in arms

Brothers in arms

Papuan footballers score goals against HIV.

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

Papua road map

Papua road map

Conflict resolution should move from a security to a justice approach

Freedom of expression

Freedom of expression

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

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

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