Military & Police

Facing a sceptical public, Abri has to talk harder to justify its political role. JUN HONNA listens in.

HERTJE SURIPATTY tells how developers used soldiers and thugs to try to force her out.

PETER CRONAU and MATTHEW BROWN find that Cold War methods live on in Indonesian consulates around Australia.

DAVID BOURCHIER looks at the new generation of military leaders, after a big shakeup between July and October 1997.

Victims of human rights abuses in Aceh have not yet seen the legal processes they’ve been promised.

There are dozens of stories of ordinary people doing extraordinary things for human rights in Aceh. Here is a personal account of one such person.

New Order generals needed new history books. Nugroho Notosusanto was their man.

A multi-billion dollar gas project in a remote Papuan bay needs scrutiny

September 11th and after

Aceh is the military's stepping stone back to power

US courts bring down judgments against two Indonesian generals

Civil cases are combatting corporate impunity

Indonesia today is a dangerous place primarily for Indonesians, not foreigners

A General of the Sukarno years criticises today's military

The taskforces of the political parties

Street children face police and security guards

The Security Forces as a Source of Insecurity

A report by a human rights organisation in West Papua

Sending Troops is not Going to Solve Regional Conflicts