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Rocking the boat

Jose da Costa and 17 others fled Indonesia-occupied East Timor on a small fishing boat and sought asylum in Australia

Ugly sanctuary

The Galang Island refugee camp has a chequered history

Marriage denied

Refugees, asylum seekers and stateless migrants face significant barriers to marrying their Indonesian partners

Resisting limbo

Self-organisation amongst refugees in Indonesia

All alone

Unaccompanied minors face precarious conditions in Indonesia

Asylum in Indonesia: Can temporary refuge become permanent protection?

The international refugee system is in disarray. As Europe struggles to craft a response to an unprecedented influx of migrants and asylum seekers, the United Nations refugee agency reports that displacement is at a record high of 60 million people. While most of the world’s displaced remain inside their own countries, almost 20 million people are refugees seeking protection in other states. Indonesia and the region are not immune from these global challenges.

The Sultan of development?

Return to the rules of the Palace” on a busy street in Yogyakarta - Cally Colbron
Succession within the Sultanate of Yogyakarta decides who will own vast tracts of land

Keeping promises

Disability rights activists have called on Jokowi to account for his pre-election promises

United in disappointment

Labour rights have suffered under the Jokowi administration

The politics of compromise

The Reconciliation Committee has dashed hopes that Jokowi could improve Indonesia’s human rights record

No ‘magic bullet’

Dealing with human rights abuses has been business as usual under the Jokowi administration

Human Rights under Jokowi

Jokowi’s first 15 months in office have disappointed human rights advocates

In sickness and in wealth

Double-storey modern house funded by a migrant in Hong Kong - Carol Chan
Village morality complicates our assumptions about what it means to ‘succeed’ as a migrant worker

I am Suciwati

A monologue

Enduring impunity

The reality for women survivors of conflict-related violence in Indonesia does not match the rhetoric

Review: 'Enduring impunity': Women surviving atrocities in the absence of justice

Ongoing impunity for perpetrators continues to impact on the lives of women survivors

Inside Indonesia’s death penalty debate

Leading Indonesian commentators explain why the death penalty issue continues to have public and political support

Press representation of the ‘Bali Nine’ in Indonesia and Australia

A survey reveals that reporting of the Australians on death row did not foster better understanding of each country’s point of view

Review: The Crocodile Hole

Saskia Wieringa’s latest novel brings to life a dark period in Indonesia’s past

When sexuality meets faith

The Youth Interfaith Forum on Sexuality links faith and sexuality to encourage participation in the fight against discrimination

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