The Indonesian government creates distractions and the media willingly participate, to hide the real problems of Indonesia.

A plea to defend Jamaah Ahmadiyah against a modern day witch hunt.

A formal ban on Ahmadiyah gets closer.

Government efforts to regulate the internet and block access to websites thought inappropriate.

Pressure on the government to enact special laws against religious cults, blasphemy trials in Jambi, and United Nations interest.

The lovely Julia Suryakusuma, and other intellectuals, commit treason.

Yusril Ihza Mahendra, Admiral Cheng Ho film star, legal theorist, and presidential aspirant

Sharia inspired bylaws in Indonesia.

Corruption allegations against Bank Indonesia governor Burhanuddin Abdullah.

The Miss Indonesia 2008 beauty pageant in Palembang.

The Partai Keadilan Sejahtera broadens its electoral and cultural horizons, in Bali.

Why there is so much church persecution in western Java.

Whether to forgive former president Suharto, as he nears death.

Indonesia is undergoing soft Islamization.

Whether the state ideology Pancasila means anything to Indonesians.

What future for Indonesia, as 2008 approaches?

Discrimination against minority groups in Indonesia.

Lobbying defined, and laws on political lobbying in Indonesia.

Some fear the rise of a morality police.

Whether the introduction of military conscription is right for Indonesia.

Rates of violence against women.

Hidayat Nur Wahid on the beauty and ugliness of sharia.

The government is considering making animism an official religion while some conservative Muslim clerics object.

Some interesting works on Mohamed Suharto, or Soeharto, former president of Indonesia including some works of biography.

On 9 May, 2006 the UN General Assembly elected Indonesia along with 46 other nations to the Human Rights council.

The similarities in the cases of the murders of two human rights activists, Munir Said Thalib in Indonesia and Somchai Neelaphaijit in Thailand.

A roundup of some of the current opinions regarding the proposed new law against indecency and pornography.

A study of youth political & religious affiliation.

Indonesian newspaper Rakyat Merdeka’s website publishes the Muhammad cartoons.

Disrespect for law in Indonesia.