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The Chained Up Mentally Ill of Bali
Katrin Kuntz, Der Spiegel
How to Thrive as a People Smuggler
Aubrey Belford, The Global Mail
North Korea the Least of the West's Worries
John Kampfner, Telegraph
Indonesia's Democracy at Crossroads
Peter Hartcher, Sydney Morning H'ld
How Democracy Kills in Indonesia & Pakistan
Pankaj Mishra, Bloomberg
Not far from the glistening beaches of Bali, mentally ill people are kept in chains or locked up in small shacks. Locals simply don't know what else to do with them. But psychiatri...(full article)
It took nine hours on February 21, on the perilous waters between Indonesia and Christmas Island, to convince Mahmoud Zarify and about 120 other passengers that they had to turn ba...(full article)
Far more worrying is what could be called the 21st-century authoritarians -- contemporary China, Russia and others who follow their model. These states have learnt much from their ...(full article)
Indonesia is hailed as an outstanding success story of the modern world. Suharto's military dictatorship transformed into a vibrant democracy; it's a Muslim-majority country where ...(full article)
Successful mass mobilizations against autocratic rule in Indonesia and Pakistan, followed by free elections, raised hopes of a new civil society. So why have both countries witne...(full article)
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