Constitution

Campaigns against smoking are finally gaining ground, but the tobacco lobby is fighting back

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

The new Constitutional Court combines law and politics

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

Will a positive start for the Constitutional Court lead to practical changes for ordinary citizens?

Indonesia has made only some legislative progress toward religious freedom, but the greatest freedom is the openness of debate.

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

Mar 15, 2023 - MARK WOODWARD

In the month before the fasting period, Javanese Muslims perform a diversity of sacred rituals

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