Edition 138: Oct-Dec 2019 - Inside Indonesia: The peoples and cultures of Indonesia

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Political Rights Religious Persecution

Moral politics of nationhood

The Movement of Indonesian Council Edict Supporters (GNPF MUI) stage a massive rally in protest of former Jakarta Governor Basuki “Ahok” Tjahaja Purnama’s allegedly blasphemous remarks in Jakarta on 4 Nov. 2016. (Antara/Akbar Nugroho Gumay)

Constructions of political, sexual and religious others in contemporary Indonesia

Criminalising justice

#bebaskanbudipego

The ‘communist stigma’ is being used as a tool in the courtroom to attack human and environmental rights

Reframing the demon

‘Throwing the Effigy into the Mud Lake’ / Lutfi Amiruddin

Lapindo mudflow victims are drawing on ritual to battle their politically untouchable oppressor

A complex relationship

Attempts to overcome silence and situate memory of 1965-66 violence are ongoing/ AJAR 2017

1965 collaborators and victims living side by side silently negotiate between past and present

Reformasi’s broken promises

Muslim protesters hold an anti-LGBT rally outside a mosque in the provincial capital Banda Aceh, Aceh province, Indonesia on February 2, 2018. © 2018 Antara Foto / Irwansyah Putra

Sexual minorities increasingly feel left out of Indonesia’s democratisation processes

AIDS as an ‘entry point’ for LGBT rights discourse

Concern for pregnant women has increased HIV/AIDS awareness, but to the detriment of some other groups and causes

Bandung, city of human rights?

'Protests against Syiah’ / Rini Rahmawati

Despite stated goodwill by authorities, intolerance towards minority groups is growing in Bandung

Safeguarding tolerance in Semarang

Women bring a traditional dish of bubur prepared for Asyura celebrations / ANTARA FOTO YUSUF NUGROHO

Police and interfaith activists are helping defuse tension and safeguard minority expression

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