Marginalised Groups

A photo essay about families of the disappeared

Living with the Lapindo disaster

Who is really responsible for Indonesia's drug epidemic?

An unstoppable flow of mud from an explosion in a gas well in Sidoarjo, East Java, has unleashed a plethora of political issues.

Despite being a scene of destruction and heartache, there is a strange beauty in the new landscape created in the wake of the Sidoarjo mud disaster.

Modern gay men in Indonesia learn to live alongside traditional concepts of homosexuality. DEDE OETOMO explains.

After 20 years, LEA JELLINEK returns to Jakarta's kampungs only to find many demolished for condominiums. The mood of their constantly evicted residents oscillates between resignation and resistance.

TOM PLUMMER speaks with Moelyono, an artist engaged with farmers threatened by a large dam.

SIMON ANDREWARTHA discovers a quiet invasion by outsiders, even in the remotest villages.

Indonesia’s transgendered community is raising its profile.

Islamic civil society in Indonesia has a great role to play in community development

Reintegration funds have caused problems as well as solving them.

How effective is the war on drugs?

Legal reform must overcome a history of authoritarian development