Jul-Sep 1997

Politics and human rights

What price victory?
The 1997 elections - Ed Aspinall
The elections
What is at stake? - Ed Aspinall
Citizens organise themselves
Interview with Goenawan Mohamad on KIPP - Gerry van Klinken
Murder in the cathedral
Assassination attempt on Bishop Belo - Irip News Service
Pauline Hanson: you are what you eat
An Australian backlash against Asia- Rob Goodfellow and Peter Smith
The horror in Kalimantan
Account of ugly communal violence - Human Rights Watch Asia
West Kalimantan at a glance
Human Rights Watch Asia
Dayak anger ignored
Inequities in state development in Kalimantan - Michael Dove
The fear and the fury
Why the recent spate of rioting? - Franz Magnis-Suseno

Social conditions and the economy

The walking ghosts of West Java
Nike workers are worse off - Peter Hancock
Preventing AIDS
More resources are needed - Octavery Kamil

Environment

Togians: ecotourism is not the answer
Traditional industries need beefing up - Kate Napthali
The Togian Islands
Kate Napthali
Ecotourism: can it save the orangutan?
Planned correctly, ecotourism can help - Rachel Drewry
Spread the word
An environmental quiet achiever in East Java and Bali - Melody Kemp

Culture

Poem from prison
Dreaming I was a bridegroom/ - Bambang Isti Nugroho

Reviews

The Great Post Road
pramudra film - Vannessa Hearman
The Amung way
Amungme dilemma - Matt Richards
Leadership and culture in Indonesian politics
Chris Penders

Regulars

Editorial
Newsbriefs
Summary reports on current affairs
Indonesia on the net
Gerry van Klinken
Bookshop