An excerpt from ‘Report from East Java’ detailing examples of ‘crushing actions’ in 1965.

How separatists are dealt with in West Papua; the torture of Reverend Kindeman Gire.

A smouldering civil war among the elites, Army power plays, and Chinese scapegoats.

The banning of “Balibo” the movie, screenings of it in Jakarta, and talkative Colonel Gatot Purwanto.

A newly released film on East Timor in 1999 opens old wounds between Indonesia and Australia.

Different approaches to Abu Bakar Bashir from the police and military in Central Java.

Madrotter on Bandung rockers “Homicide”, their music and battles with the FPI.

BI governor Boediono for vice president, whether a neo-liberal and not religious enough.

Who is behind the recent violence in Aceh, and the sharia laws.

Demilitarization in Papua, Aceh, and Maluku, the difficult process of removing military influence in politics.