The Indonesian government's new regulations on military-owned or controlled businesses fail to dismantle the armed forces' damaging and dangerous business empire.

A virus is sweeping Asia. The symptoms are heightened xenophobia and amnesia about fundamental refugee rights.

The Indonesian government should rescind its censorship of a film depicting a military atrocity prior to Indonesia’s 1975 invasion of East Timor.

Corruption in Indonesia’s lucrative forestry industry costs the government US$2 billion annually, detracting from the resources available to meet its obligations on economic and social rights.

At last there is an equal amount of money on the side of good that can compete with the forces of evil," a World Bank official in Jakarta told me recently. He was explaining why carbon trading schemes could succeed in stopping illegal logging in Indonesia after so many other efforts had failed. It's an appealing idea, but it's time to inject some reality into this dreamy scenario.

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono should exonerate three Papuan men convicted of rebellion on November 12, 2009, for raising a pro-independence flag.

US President Barack Obama should urge Asian leaders at the first ASEAN-US summit to unite in addressing the region’s most pressing human rights concerns.

In January, Australians saw shocking photos of young, emaciated men washing up on the shores of Sumatra. Australian television showed these Rohingyas, members of a Muslim ethnic minority systematically mistreated by Burma’s military regime, describing how Thai authorities beat them and pushed them back out to sea. Video footage captured the Thai navy appearing to tow the men out to sea in their rickety boats. The world was horrified.