Human Rights

Overwhelming data makes the East Timor report rock solid

Liberal Islamic groups have prompted a backlash.

Woman who claims to speak to angel Gabriel tests ‘constitutional rights’.

New Human Rights Court fails victims’ calls for justice.

Why do people in Banyuwangi kill ‘sorcerers’?

New anti-domestic violence law brings hope for women.

Legal reform must overcome a history of authoritarian development

Indonesia’s brave experiment in reinventing its legal system

There is no home and no justice for failed asylum seekers.

Pramoedya's reputation is still dogged by the cultural polemics of the Sukarno era

An activist reflects on Pramoedya’s significance for young Indonesians.

A younger writer remembers Pramoedya’s influence on his own life and work

Plea for West Papua

Chinese Confucianism is recognised again as an official religion.

Missionaries and the military co-operate in converting the Asmat to Christianity.

The Islamic sect Ahmadiyah has been under official pressure and violent attack.

Indonesia has made only some legislative progress toward religious freedom, but the greatest freedom is the openness of debate.

Workers unite to win severance pay for retrenched Securicor Indonesia employees.

The dreadful silence of an outspoken poet