Human Rights

Why is organised labour missing from the democracy movement?

Just a public relations exercise that undermines workers’ rights

Indonesia’s labour movement needs to consolidate the gains of 1998

Advocates for Papuans need to examine their motives and prejudices.

The East Timorese resistance movement also committed crimes.

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.