Inside Indonesia
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Inside Indonesia was set up in Melbourne by the Indonesian Resources and Information Program (IRIP) in 1983. This was a time when the mainstream media in Australia included very little information about Indonesia. The diverse group of academics and activists involved in the establishment of Inside Indonesia wanted to provide an antidote to that situation. In particular, they wanted to provide information about the growing numbers of people and organisations in Indonesia who were involved in attempts to bring about social and political change amidst the very repressive conditions at that time under the Suharto regime. (Click on the following links for articles about the history of Inside Indonesia...'Twenty candles for Inside Indonesia', and 'Looking back ...' both by Gerry van Klinken.) Source
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| Scope | National |
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| Language | English, Indonesian |
| Country | Australia |
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Search ArticlesSave Janda: Who needs saving?
A community of women are re/claiming what it means to be janda For Indonesians there are few labels that carry as much baggage as ‘janda’. According to the sixth edition of Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, the word refers to a woman whose marriage has ended through divorce or the death of her husband. On identity documents and administrative forms it appears as a neutral category of classification.
Review: On fascism and the book
I laughed when I reached the pages on Franz Magnis-Suseno. Then the laugh died in my throat. There is something frightening beneath the comedy. Here is the story. In Makassar, in August 2019 police and vigilantes in religious dress seized two books by Magnis-Suseno, Pemikiran Karl Marx (Karl Marx's Thought) and Dalam Bayangan Lenin (In Lenin's Shadow). They took them for communist propaganda. The books are nothing of the kind. They are sustained attacks on Marx and Lenin.
Passed quickly, implemented slowly
Lessons from Aceh’s Smoke-Free Area policy With one of the highest smoking prevalence rates in the world, the challenge issued to Indonesia on World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is becoming increasingly urgent. Observed on 31 May, WNTD offers a moment to reflect on the implementation of various tobacco control efforts. The theme this year is ‘Unmasking the appeal – countering nicotine and tobacco addiction’.
When the stars aligned and East Timor gained independence
Pat Walsh helped turn an Indonesian prison into a Timor-Leste Museum Baca versi Bahasa Indonesia Indonesia occupied Timor Leste (formerly East Timor) from 1975 to 1999. In 1999, 79 percent of nearly half a million voters rejected autonomy within Indonesia—meaning the people of East Timor voted for independence. If you visit Dili, the capital of Timor Leste, you should visit the Chega Centre, a former prison, now a human rights museum, in the Balide neighbourhood.
Drawing Borobudur, disciplining the campus
On the centenary of Daoed Joesoef’s birth, we might reflect on what is possible when education and culture become projects of the state On 7 May 1982, an ANTARA photographer recorded Daoed Joesoef walking around Borobudur. The ten-year restoration was then about three-quarters complete. As Minister of Education and Culture from 1978 to 1983, Daoed followed the work closely and made pencil sketches during site visits.
When the stars aligned and East Timor gained independence
Pat Walsh helped turn an Indonesian prison into a Timor-Leste Museum Baca versi Bahasa Indonesia Indonesia occupied Timor Leste (formerly East Timor) from 1975 to 1999. In 1999, 79 percent of nearly half a million voters rejected autonomy within Indonesia—meaning the people of East Timor voted for independence. If you visit Dili, the capital of Timor Leste, you should visit the Chega Centre, a former prison, now a human rights museum, in the Balide neighbourhood.
Honouring resistance, nurturing movements
Through small informal collectives, Balinese youth rediscover history and reclaim public spaces Indonesian young citizens are exhausted and feel defeated, seeing no way to escape the predicaments that seem to be handed out to them, from precarious employment to uncertain futures. Yet, fuelled by this survival fatigue, public outrage erupted into nationwide protests in August 2025 following Affan Kurniawan’s murder by police.
Essay: Resistance reimagined in wax
History lies in collective memory beyond the museums’ glass cases and ink on fraying pages I have always wondered how memories can be remembered and conveyed unconventionally. It turns out, as an Indonesian, the answer has always been so close. Settling back in Surabaya after my studies, a friend was eager to take me city-walking for old times’ sake to visit a batik workshop she had heard of.
Intelligence agencies on trial
The attack on Andrie Yunus exposed fractures in Indonesia’s spy agencies The acid attack against human rights defender and Deputy Coordinator of KontraS (Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence) Andrie Yunus on 12 March 2026, once again highlights the failure to protect human rights activist and advocates in Indonesia. The attack and the investigation that followed further underscores the chronic vulnerability of activists even when their work is constitutionally protected.
Intelligence agencies on trial
The attack on Andrie Yunus exposed fractures in Indonesia’s spy agencies The acid attack against human rights defender and Deputy Coordinator of KontraS (Commission for the Disappeared and Victims of Violence) Andrie Yunus on 12 March 2026, once again highlights the failure to protect human rights activists and advocates in Indonesia. The attack and the investigation that followed further underscores their chronic vulnerability even when their work is constitutionally protected.