Lives endangered Three stories of people with HIV/AIDS in the central highlands of Papua show that both the government and community have a long way to go in confronting this major epidemic Read more
More than a fatal attraction Outsiders see arak consumption as a highly dangerous activity, but arak plays an important role in Balinese society Read more
Big prison, little prison Stories from Papua’s political prisoners show life at the edge of freedom Read more
On the struggle for press freedom Former political prisoner Eko Maryadi speaks to Nikki Edwards about his incarceration during the New Order Read more
Life and death in immigration detention Detained asylum seekers face massive hurdles in accessing rights and protection Read more
Review: Power, change, and gender relations in rural Java Tickamyer and Kusujiarti’s new book is essential reading Read more
Land of ghosts Papua’s rural lowlands are being transformed by an encroaching global economy, but what happens to the people there is an open question Read more
Review: When perpetrators speak Joshua Oppenheimer’s groundbreaking new film raises disturbing questions about why perpetrators of the 1965-66 mass killings still enjoy impunity for their actions Read more
An interview with Joshua Oppenheimer The filmmaker explains that The Act of Killing exposes the imagination of terror Read more
Review: An act of manipulation? Joshua Oppenheimer’s The Act of Killing is a bold, disturbing and ultimately unsatisfactory exploration of the place of violence in modern Indonesia Read more
Soft diplomacy in heavy metal Indonesia’s liberal art scene attracts adventurous Australian artists Read more
Review: The making of an Indonesian human rights lawyer Dan Lev explains how an outsider became a national hero Read more
What gives rise to moral outrage? Rather than being merely the result of religious extremism, recent cases of moral outrage point to a wide range of current political and social problems Read more
Teaching remote Indonesia A new program sends Indonesia’s best and brightest graduates to teach children in its poorest villages Read more
Indonesia’s secret police weapon Perfectly coiffed hair and rose-pink cheeks underpin Polri’s latest policing tactic Read more
The middle of nowhere Highland communities in Papua are demanding access to services, but there is a limit to what can be offered in the most remote settlements Read more