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No. 116 October 1982


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INDONESIA
A chorus of protest is rising in Indonesia against the Suharto government's corruption, and abuse of human rights

The facts on Indonesia

A sense of deja vu
Max Lane
traces the final years of Sukamoism

Ibnu Sutowa: the ‘notorious corruptor’
A lesson in making corruption pay

Minangkabau: our buffalo wins
Indonesian folklore

The friendly hand of Hasta Mitra
Helping ex-political prisoners pick up the pieces

Britain’s ex-tepol fights on
A former political prisoner in Indonesia keeps alive the human rights link with the English speaking world. Bob Hawkins reports

Genocide in the ‘colonies’
Bob Hawkins says Indonesia has a lot to answer for in its treatment of West man and East Timor.

Flight from fear
An East Timorese refugee in Australia tells her story

Voices against the New Order
More than radical voices are criticising the Suharto government

Dweller in the wind
The poet Rendra asks questions in verse

The waves of time
A bnet history of Indonesia

Compliments of the bar
Legal aid is ending a hand to the voices of dissent

The man who insulted the president
A criticism of the government from the dock and a sample of rough justice

Whatever happened to Mogi Darusman
Doug Miles reports on a country-western star who left Austria to sing against his masters in Indonesia.

Worth Reading on... INDONESIA

Ideas for action

Reviews: New books and a classicCountry profile: GrenadaCover photograph: Michael Jensen of a painting by Permadi Lyostoa


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