Law Reform

A new presidential decree delivers little for asylum seekers and refugees in Indonesia

The JKN or the National Health Insurance is failing Indonesia’s most vulnerable

Biogas reduces the burden of fossil fuel subsidies

The Kasepuhan community are at the cutting edge of a movement to restore customary forest rights

The Freedom of Information Act has largely failed to make government institutions more transparent and accountable

Not even Mount Kelud erupting could stop Yogyakarta's activists from standing up against violence to women as part of One Billion Rising

Rahmat Ajiguna talks to Eve Warburton about the need to make farmers the centre of food security in Indonesia

Insurrectionary anarchists, with international connections, nihilist values and a penchant for arson, are moving to fill the vacuum on the left

A disintegrating justice system is causing rampant prison overcrowding

Indonesia’s parliament is cracking down on sorcery

A public donation campaign shames the national legislature into supporting Indonesia’s premier anti-corruption agency

Dan Lev explains how an outsider became a national hero

There are signs that Indonesia may move towards abolition of the death penalty

Many Indonesian women face great difficulties in accessing safe terminations of unwanted pregnancies

Campaigns against smoking are finally gaining ground, but the tobacco lobby is fighting back

Social media campaigns highlight the need for criminal law reform in Indonesia

The challenges of governing ‘societal organisations’ pose difficult questions for Indonesian democracy

Inside Indonesia revisits a series of articles from its archive on the theme of the death penalty. We asked the authors of these articles to write an update to accompany their pieces  

Indonesian doctors have been persecuted for providing safe abortions for almost a century