The relationship with Indonesia is more important than the protest over two dead drug traffickers and Australians need their ambassador in Jakarta.
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In condemning Indonesia’s execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, Australia has relied on the same human rights obligations that it rejects when applied to asylum seekers.
Indonesia’s most distinguished practising human rights lawyer, Mulya Lubis, is central to continuing efforts in Indonesia to abolish the death penalty.
The Australian-Indonesia relationship has become frosty and personal, which will test the diplomatic skills of Tony Abbott and Joko Widodo.
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Tobias Basuki, Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia; Andina Dwifatma, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya ; Asmin Fransiska, Universitas Katolik Indonesia Atma Jaya , and Yohanes Sulaiman, Indonesian Defence University
A panel of Indonesian experts respond to the executions of eight people, including Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan.
Indonesia’s anti-drug policy that enforces the death penalty for drug traffickers is in line with international law.
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International pressure has mounted on Indonesia in recent months to stop its enforcement of the death penalty. But Indonesia should maintain its tough anti-drug stance.
Two Australians will soon be killed at a prison on the Indonesian island of Nusakambangan – for no deterrent effect.
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Joko Widodo argues that Indonesia needs to execute drug offenders like Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran to deter others, but he can produce no evidence to support this claim.
Australia attends the 60th anniversary of the Asia-Africa “Bandung” Conference this week as an observer. In 1955, Australia was a no-show and has had a hot and cold relationship with Asia ever since.
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Indonesia is hosting delegates from dozens of countries this week to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1955 Asian-African “Bandung” Conference. Indonesians celebrate the conference as the country’s…
The Indonesian government invited Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted on war crime charges by the International Criminal Court.
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Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and other crimes in the Darfur conflict, failed to attend the 60th Asian-African Conference Commemoration…
Representatives of many newly independent countries gathered in Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955.
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The event that gave us the term Third World was a response to the Cold War and colonialism. Solidarity still exists among developing nations that worked for decades to reform the world order.
Mangroves are still be cleared for aquaculture expansion. Since 1989, 6600 hectares of Tanjung Panjang Nature Reserve’s original 13,300 ha of mangroves have been converted.
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Mangroves, hectare for hectare, store more carbon than any other forests. But they are also among the most threatened. New projects in Indonesia show how mangroves might be restored.
Indonesia is hosting the 60th anniversary of the 1955 Asian-African Conference.
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As Indonesia hosts the 60th-anniversary summit of the Asia-Africa Conference, the challenge is to develop an agenda that is relevant to the nations of the two continents in the 21st century.
Pictures of smiling young IS fighters on social media glorify their narratives to people back home.
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What are the implications for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Indonesians of an edict from the nation’s top Muslim clerical body that homosexuality is a sin that should be punishable by death?
Observations from space have shown the world overall is getting greener despite deforestation and drought.
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A new centre in Indonesia is dedicated to studying the curious and ancient Coelacanth.
Visa limitations force Indonesian husbands who follow their wives who are studying in Australia to change their status from breadwinner to dependent.
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Temporary migrating couples from Indonesia face rapid and vast shifts in gender roles in their relationships.
During natural disasters, specific needs of people with disability are often unmet, leaving them vulnerable and unprotected.
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