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Giving up partisan politics?

Giving up partisan politics?
Indonesia's biggest Muslim organizations are having second thoughts about partisan politics

Promoting pluralism

Promoting pluralism
Pesantren progressives defend constitutional religious freedoms

Rulers in their own country?

Rulers in their own country?
Special autonomy and Papuan aspirations have been thwarted by Jakarta and hampered by the administrative fragmentation sponsored by local politicians

Faith, flags and festivities

Faith, flags and festivities
Images of highlanders at home and abroad

Papuan romance

Papuan romance
New norms about love and marriage alter the rules for the young

Beyond the Museum

Beyond the Museum
Asmat bisj-poles gain new meaning in a Papuan refugee protest in Melbourne

Tangguh goes onstream

Tangguh goes onstream
BP’s massive LNG project is due to begin operations in late 2008, despite social and environmental costs

Arnold Ap and Theys Eluay

Arnold Ap and Theys Eluay
Political assassinations targeted West Papua’s culture and political identity

Torture in Papua

Torture in Papua
Human rights groups report on abuses

Freedom of expression

Freedom of expression
Whether Papuans support autonomy or independence, they should be allowed to speak freely

Papua road map

Papua road map
Conflict resolution should move from a security to a justice approach

West Papua: Inside Indonesia?

West Papua: Inside Indonesia?
This edition of Inside Indonesia marks an important anniversary, and explores the multiple faces of Indonesian Papua today

Brothers in arms

Brothers in arms
Papuan footballers score goals against HIV.

The name game

The name game
Or, the years of living with no one to blame

Inventing Papua

Inventing Papua
Migrants from South Sulawesi have played an important role in manufacturing a Papuan identity

Writing for God

Writing for God
Piety and consumption in popular Islam

A new artistic order?

A new artistic order?
The arts scene has changed radically since 1998, but some of the old uncertainties remain

Blaming the messenger

Blaming the messenger
Indonesia’s tangled public information laws are keeping the press in check

Grassroots rehabilitation

Grassroots rehabilitation
The people of Poso are rebuilding their lives.

Back to the drawing board

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NGOs are having to come to terms with the demands of the governance agenda

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