April - June 1999

Politics and human rights

Off to the polls
The June Election - Jim Schiller
box - The electoral reforms - Jim Schiller
New Order old school
Opposition leaders are afraid - Arief Budiman
Blood in the streets
Demos reek of melodrama - Chris Brown
Not reformasi, transformasi
Student demands are too timid - Y B Mangunwijaya
Box - A hero passes on
Habibie's fling
The President wants a TV station - Ishadi S K
Tommorrow, in Timor Lorosae
Suddenly, freedom in East Timor is no longer a distant dream. - Richard Tanter
Women on the move
Conference report - Krishna Sen
Box - Women's Congress
Coming out
For 32 years (ex)political prisoners were condemned to a life of misery - Helene van Klinken
Box - Tapol troubles - When will they end?
Tragedy in Sumba
Analysis of a massacre - David Mitchell
Back on the beat?
Reforming the police - Adrianus Meliala

Society and economy

The price of rice
The role of Bulog - Jeremy Mulholland and Ken Thomas

Environment

Palm oil
Bad news for forests and people - Eric Wakker

Culture

Lightning!
Witty political theatre - Barbara Hatley

Travel

Climb a mountain
Eco-tourism in Sulawesi - Allyson Lankester

Regulars

Editorial
Your say
Newsbriefs
Reviews 1 - Kingsbury
Reviews 2 - Berman
On the net
Indonesian democracy on the net - Waruno Mahdi