Human Rights

The era of convergent media
The integration of mainstream and social media creates a more responsive news cycle
Facebooking for reform?
Social media campaigns highlight the need for criminal law reform in Indonesia
High stakes
ASRIANA KEBON speaks to Indonesian underage minors who were returned to Indonesia following age determination hearings in Darwin
Repairing the damage
Safe havens and abuser counselling helping to reduce domestic violence cases in East Nusa Tenggara
The winds of change
Men in Pekanbaru and Makassar are slowly changing their minds about domestic violence
Combating domestic violence
Government and the NGO sector are working to change attitudes towards violence against women
Public works and ethnic conflict
Tarakan’s riots illustrate the risks of collusive public contracting and the continued weakness of local security responses
Fighting to survive
A small community in Southeast Sulawesi is engaged in an ongoing quest for recognition of its right to live on its ancestral land
Cannibis plants - Michael Wolf
Inside Indonesia revisits a series of articles from its archive on the theme of the death penalty. We asked the authors of these articles to write an update to accompany their pieces  
The spirit of Sudirman
A mural competition in Yogyakarta sees Indonesians reinterpreting their revolutionary past in the light of present concerns
A terrible legacy
Indonesian doctors have been persecuted for providing safe abortions for almost a century
Homophobia on the rise
Recent attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender meetings reveal the growing influence of Islamist groups and highlight unequal protection of citizenship rights
God and democracy
A Christian church is asserting its democratic rights by suing the mayor of Depok
Eager to work
The value of children’s paid work on Lombok’s tobacco plantations presents a challenge to emotive arguments for the wholesale banning of child labour
Passports optional
Indonesian migrant workers without visas - or sometimes even passports - rely on the help of middlemen to get past immigration checkpoints into East Malaysia
Learning to lead
Against the odds, Indonesian domestic workers have achieved real change in Hong Kong
Leaving Indonesia
As this edition shows, the choices faced by those who leave Indonesia for work are anything but simple
Censorship makes a comeback
Recent book bannings mark a return to the repressive practices of the New Order