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Wiralodra's buffalo hide

A Jakarta NGO is building alternatives to prostitution

Fixing Papua's history?

Scholarly research and political reality meet in a Dutch inquiry into Papua

We were slaves in a free country

Maid Halim, a communist, wants the state to admit its crimes

The year that never ended

Oral histories of 1965

Watching the vote

140,000 progressive Muslim volunteers monitored Indonesia’s April elections

Running for office

A Christian candidate for a Muslim party in North Maluku

Women and syariah in Aceh

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Aceh’s women find themselves between an armed conflict and Islamic law

Opponents of Islamic Law

Diverse responses to proponents of Islamic law indicate democracy is healthy in South Sulawesi

Islam and democracy cannot meet

Irfan Awwas sets out his vision for Islamic law in Indonesia

The Politics of Power

Denise Leith makes a significant contribution to the debate surrounding the Freeport mine

Zakir's demise

Protest poetry lives on in post-Suharto Indonesia

More than just sex

Three women authors take the Indonesian literary world by storm

A day in Flores

Teaching kids is about the little things

Jepara's election

Money politics still reigns supreme

Titiek and the bearded pig

In 2003 Titiek went on a pig-hunting trip with a difference

Turtle satay?

Attitudes towards turtle consumption are changing in Bali

Losing the battle

Owners of customary marine tenure are fighting for their livelihoods

Genetic modification

Farmers illustrate their understanding of GM

Recycling in Sukunan

Australian university students lend a helping hand

Jakarta's rubbish nightmare

Mountains of garbage and nowhere to put it

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