Religious Persecution

Police and interfaith activists are helping defuse tension and safeguard minority expression

Despite stated goodwill by authorities, intolerance towards minority groups is growing in Bandung

A Christian church is asserting its democratic rights by suing the mayor of Depok

Violence at the National Monument in Jakarta almost caused a conflict between Nahdlatul Ulama and Muhammadiyah in Lamongan

Challenges remain for Chinese Indonesians 10 years after reformasi

Liberal Islamic groups have prompted a backlash.

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

Why do people in Banyuwangi kill ‘sorcerers’?

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.

Moral politics

May 30, 2023 - ISABELL HERRMANS

May 25, 2023 - PETER WALTERS, IMAM ARDHIANTO, SONIA ROITMAN & RUSLI CAHYADI

Indigenous residents of the new capital city complain about the ‘land mafia’

Apr 26, 2023 - BEN GLEESON

Apr 03, 2023 - ILSA NELWAN

Now published in both English and Indonesian translation, the annotated collection will provide a better understanding of this Indonesian heroine

Mar 22, 2023 - JENNY MUNRO

Truth and irrational violence in West Papua

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