Human Rights

Two Acehnese young women hold up colourful protest signs demanding justice for past human rights violations.
Aceh’s Commission for Truth and Reconciliation has an important, though delicate, mission ahead
The worn-down, wooden-plank exterior of a house, bare but for a mural of a bull on a red background - PDI-P's symbol. (Laila Kholid Alfirdaus)
Locals react coolly to ex-transmigrants who return to Java after fleeing violence elsewhere
A sign next to a dirt road reads in Indonesian, ‘Welcome to the territory of the Kiyu customary forest under Constitutional Court Decree No. 35/PUU-X/2012. THIS IS OUR CUSTOMARY FOREST, NOT STATE FOREST.’
Compromises must be made in the quest for indigeneity among the Dayak Meratus
Garment workers working at a factory
A new book examines Indonesian labour struggles through the lens of international political economy theory 
An old woman walks down the street.
Indonesia’s welfare schemes are failing to support older citizens
Hope in the darkness
A Hazara fleeing persecution has dedicated her life in Indonesia to helping her fellow refugees in Bogor
Exercising inside the immigration detention centre in Tanjung Pinang. (Credit: Dave Lumenta)
A new presidential decree delivers little for asylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia
A drink for humanity
Honouring Indonesian activist Putu Oka Sukanta for humanity
The Go-Jek effect
Has this phenomenally successful app-based transport service improved the lives of the motorcycle workers it employs?
A dispensable threat
LGBT rights and recognition have been under attack in the Indonesian media, for various reasons