Jun 03, 2020 Last Updated 5:56 AM, Jun 2, 2020

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Celebrating community

Celebrating community

A temple procession brings Chinese culture to life in Jakarta’s streets

Marketing the Chinese face of Islam

Marketing the Chinese face of Islam

Chinese Muslim preachers are popular, but they don’t always promote greater pluralism

I'm still here

I'm still here

Forty-five years later, survivors are telling their stories about their suffering in detention

Locating culture in the church

Locating culture in the church

Minahasan Christians reinterpret their cultural history and identity through religion

The addiction cycle

The addiction cycle

Photo-essay: Drug users in Jakarta are trapped in a deadly equation

The wives of Noordin Top

The wives of Noordin Top

The media portrays women who marry terrorists as victims, but the reality is far more complex

The trouble with oil palm

The trouble with oil palm

Conflicts between villagers and plantation companies in Sumatra are still unresolved

Land titles do not equal agrarian reform

Land titles do not equal agrarian reform

Activists split with Indonesia’s government over whether land registration helps the rural poor

A city without social justice

A city without social justice

Jakarta needs more green space, but not at the expense of the poor

Fighting over the land and forest

Fighting over the land and forest

Century-old conflicts persist in the vast tracts of Indonesia that are designated as state forest

Too precious to mine

Too precious to mine

Central Java farmers refuse to get stuck in cement

Land, ethnicity and politics

Land, ethnicity and politics

Direct local elections have led to new developments in the struggle for land rights in East Kalimantan

When money rules over voice

When money rules over voice

Regional autonomy and spatial planning in Bandung benefits the elite

Social justice by design

Social justice by design

Architect Antonio Ismael Risianto promotes planning for the urban poor

The right to choose

The right to choose

Indonesian activists keep fighting to have abortion decriminalised

Genocide and demographic transformation in Papua

Genocide and demographic transformation in Papua

A response to Jim Elmslie and Stuart Upton

Not just another disaster

Not just another disaster

Papuan claims of genocide deserve to be taken seriously

A disaster, but not genocide

A disaster, but not genocide

Migration has caused many problems in Papua, but it is not part of a genocidal master plan

Not just a piece of paper

Not just a piece of paper

The state’s requirements for marriage registration disadvantage poor rural women

Equal access?

Equal access?

Indonesia’s premier university needs to take action to improve facilities for disabled students

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