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1 Jul 2016 3 minute read

This article is more than seven years old.

When petitions and protests aren’t enough: what next?

Andrea Needham, who 20 years ago was arrested for disarming weapons bound for Indonesia, argues for bold...

1 Apr 2016 5 minute read

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A burning problem

Nithin Coca reports from Indonesia on the expansion of oil palm plantations in the rainforests of Sumatra.

21 Oct 2015 5 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

‘The earth in Indonesia is on fire’

Nithin Coca looks at the causes of an unfolding environmental and health catastrophe.

21 Apr 2015 5 minute read

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Indonesia at a crossroads

Nithin Coca reports on a political battle between government and a respected anti-corruption institution.

11 Mar 2015 6 minute read

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Indonesia’s death penalty crisis

Nithin Coca explores the country’s pressing human rights issue.

26 Feb 2015 4 minute read

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Moving mountains to help mothers

Nicholas Metherall visits Indonesia to find out why so many women are missing out on the healthcare they need...

28 Nov 2014 5 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

Curbing destructive palm oil plantations brings together strange bedfellows

Richard Schiffman looks at one way the UN Climate Summit may yet have a positive impact on deforestation.

27 Nov 2014 4 minute read

This article is almost nine years old.

The Morning Star will rise all over the world

Clare Harding on global solidarity with Indonesian-occupied West Papua to mark its independence day.

5 Aug 2014 7 minute read

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Benny Wenda: ‘West Papuans are living in a prison’

Mischa Wilmers talks to the exiled leader of the Free West Papua movement about his lifelong struggle for...

1 Oct 2013 4 minute read

This article is almost ten years old.

Thanks to British banks, coal is king in Indonesian Borneo

Local villages are being evicted while the City of London and mining companies binge on fossil fuels. Alex Scrivener...

Indonesians refuse to stop fighting extractive industry

10 Jun 2013 3 minute read

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Indonesians refuse to stop fighting extractive industry

Radical action is needed to help the victims of the fossil fuel rush win justice, writes Alex Scrivener.

1 May 2013 3 minute read

This article is more than ten years old.

Country Profile: Indonesia

Another decade of living dangerously, despite a smart, engaged middle class and increasingly empowered poor.

7 Dec 2012 2 minute read

This article is almost 11 years old.

Why won’t Adidas pay-up in Indonesia?

The sportswear giant has lost contracts worth over $10 million because of its refusal to settle a $1.8-million debt to workers...

1 Mar 2012 6 minute read

This article is more than 11 years old.

Boom Times in Bali

Life has changed on the 'island paradise'- but foreign investment is not all it's cracked up to be. Jamie James...

6 Jan 2012 8 minute read

This article is almost 12 years old.

Sumatra: this land is my land

Daniel Pye reports from Indonesia on a dogged resistance by rural communities to plantation companies’...

1 Dec 2011 4 minute read

This article is almost 12 years old.

West Papuans mark bitter-sweet ‘independence’ day

It's 50 years since West Papua first won independence, only for Indonesia to cruelly snatch it away. Nick Harvey reports on...

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