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Learning from Malaysia's mistakes

Learning from Malaysia's mistakes
Chinese Indonesians must re-enter politics in order to fully exercise their citizenship

Never Indonesian enough

Never Indonesian enough
State discrimination against the Chinese is a form of cultural violence

A common destiny

A common destiny
Challenges remain for Chinese Indonesians 10 years after reformasi

Chinese Indonesians ten years after reformasi

Chinese Indonesians ten years after reformasi
Chinese Indonesians reflect on their place in the new Indonesia

The one that got away?

The one that got away?
Muchdi’s murder trial starts falling apart

Hot debates

Hot debates
A law on pornography still divides the community

Demonstrating diversity

Demonstrating diversity
Photo-essay: Yogya’s community protests against the Pornography Bill

No positive news

No positive news
People living with HIV face corruption and incompetence in the health system

Staying clean

Staying clean
Drug rehabilitation in Indonesia

Papua road map

Papua road map
Conflict resolution should move from a security to a justice approach

Papua webs

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Web-based resources related to Indonesian Papua and West Papua

Beyond the Museum

Beyond the Museum
Asmat bisj-poles gain new meaning in a Papuan refugee protest in Melbourne

Faith, flags and festivities

Faith, flags and festivities
Images of highlanders at home and abroad

Brothers in arms

Brothers in arms
Papuan footballers score goals against HIV.

Torture in Papua

Torture in Papua
Human rights groups report on abuses

Rulers in their own country?

Rulers in their own country?
Special autonomy and Papuan aspirations have been thwarted by Jakarta and hampered by the administrative fragmentation sponsored by local politicians

Papuan romance

Papuan romance
New norms about love and marriage alter the rules for the young

West Papua: Inside Indonesia?

West Papua: Inside Indonesia?
This edition of Inside Indonesia marks an important anniversary, and explores the multiple faces of Indonesian Papua today

Underground and at risk

Underground and at risk
Men who have sex with men in urban Papua.

Chocolate Strawberry

Chocolate Strawberry
An Indonesian film breaks new ground on the subject of teenage sexuality

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