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Dr Helen Pausacker - Pornography
The prohibition of pornography has been a hotly debated and controversial area of law in Indonesia, attracting the attention both of Islamic conserva…
8 years, 2 months ago
Sana Jaffrey - Vigilantism
Vigilantism made headlines in Indonesia in 2017 owing to a spate of so-called "persecution" incidents, entailing physical intimidation or violence ag…
8 years, 3 months ago
Ricky Gunawan - War on drugs
In the shadow of Rodrigo Duterte’s bloody crackdown on drugs, Indonesia has been fighting its own war on drugs. Under President Joko Widodo, executio…
8 years, 4 months ago
Dr Djayadi Hanan - Jokowi at Three Years
October 2017 marked three years since President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo came to power. Elected in 2014 as a symbol of hope for Indonesia’s progressives,…
8 years, 4 months ago
Dr Diego Fossati - Political Islam and Political Attitudes
How does support for political Islam correlate with other political attitudes in Indonesia, such as support for decentralisation, choice of a politic…
8 years, 5 months ago
Prof Todung Mulya Lubis - Democracy In Peril?
Last month protesters disrupted a meeting at the offices of the Jakarta Legal Aid Foundation (LBH Jakarta)and its national umbrella body, the Indones…
8 years, 5 months ago
Yosep Anggi Noen - Human Rights On Film
In 2016, Tempo magazine named Istirahatlah Kata-Kata (Solo, Solitude) its film of the year. The arthouse film attracted acclaim at festivals around …
8 years, 5 months ago
Dr Jeff Neilson - Food Sovereignty
In the midst of growing nationalism, the notion of 'food sovereignty' has come to occupy an increasingly prominent place in food policy within Indone…
8 years, 6 months ago
Prof Andrew Rosser: Higher Education
Indonesia’s tertiary education institutions have long performed poorly in global university rankings. Among the various deficits that are routinely r…
8 years, 6 months ago
Dr Wayne Palmer - Migrant Workers
The vast number of Indonesian migrant workers working abroad have long been a prominent feature of Indonesia's labour market. Indonesian government p…
8 years, 7 months ago