The election of Anas Urbaningrum suggests Partai Demokrat can survive without its founder, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
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Theatre of life
A new generation of Indonesian theatre activists is staging performances based on the everyday experiences of local communities
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Who’s to blame for Papua’s tragedy?
Review: Dutch decision in 1949 had huge consequences
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Perempuan Papua
Review: Petrus Tegeke presents a detailed account of the position of women in West Papua
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Stopping the flow
Lapindo Brantas’ involvement in the Surabaya Post has restricted the way journalists report on the mudflow
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Resistance through memory
The victims of the Lapindo mudflow disaster continue to assert their rights to compensation
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A terrible legacy
Indonesian doctors have been persecuted for providing safe abortions for almost a century
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The triumph of jamu
European interest in Indonesian traditional healing has had its ups and downs, but in Java jamu reigns supreme, as it has for a long, long time
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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
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Homophobia on the rise
Recent attacks on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender meetings reveal the growing influence of Islamist groups and highlight unequal protection of citizenship rights
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More than six decades after being inspired as an undergraduate in Sydney, Ron Witton retraces his Indonesian language teacher's journey back to Suriname