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Review: Seeking peace without justice

Review: Seeking peace without justice
The memoir of a former human rights commission official gives insights into handling of human rights in Indonesia in the late New Order and early reformasi period

New leadership, new policies?

New leadership, new policies?
The Nahdlatul Ulama congress in Makassar arrests the slide away from liberal views but shows the organisation's vulnerability to outside political interference

Sympathy for the Devil

Sympathy for the Devil
Pining for the certainty of the Suharto era

Gus Dur’s 100 days

Gus Dur’s 100 days
Abdurrahman Wahid’s life deserves serious and critical reflection

Censorship makes a comeback

Censorship makes a comeback
Recent book bannings mark a return to the repressive practices of the New Order

Driving under the New Order

Driving under the New Order
The tumultuous events of 1965 thwarted Liong Tjie Tjong’s writing aspirations

Negotiating the past and looking to the future

Negotiating the past and looking to the future
Meaningful dialogue about the future of Papua requires that Indonesians and Papuans honestly address the past

Fauzi Abdullah (1949-2009)

Fauzi Abdullah (1949-2009)
Indonesian labour activists are mourning the passing of a great man

Gerindra and 'Greater Indonesia'

Gerindra and 'Greater Indonesia'
Prabowo’s party has deep roots in Indonesian political mythology

Development for the rich

Development for the rich
Gated communities are built with little concern for their social and environmental impacts

When money rules over voice

When money rules over voice
Regional autonomy and spatial planning in Bandung benefits the elite

Fighting over the land and forest

Fighting over the land and forest
Century-old conflicts persist in the vast tracts of Indonesia that are designated as state forest

Genocide and demographic transformation in Papua

Genocide and demographic transformation in Papua
A response to Jim Elmslie and Stuart Upton

Not just another disaster

Not just another disaster
Papuan claims of genocide deserve to be taken seriously

A disaster, but not genocide

A disaster, but not genocide
Migration has caused many problems in Papua, but it is not part of a genocidal master plan

W.S.Rendra (1935-2009)

W.S.Rendra (1935-2009)
The peacock is no more

Equal access?

Equal access?
Indonesia’s premier university needs to take action to improve facilities for disabled students

Election politics

Election politics
This edition of Inside Indonesia examines the role of money, religion and much else in this year’s elections

Moving with the times

Moving with the times
An update on dance and music in the reformasi era

A man on a mission

A man on a mission
From the highlands of Papua to exile in England, Benny Wenda is a leader of his people

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‘Tricked by a hoax’

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Truth and irrational violence in West Papua

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