Overview A return to more authoritarian leadership, recent armed conflicts and geopolitical realignments have negatively impacted civil and political spaces…
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New regime, same old fears in Indonesia (2025)
The key findings and analysis of artistic freedom in Indonesia from the Southeast Asia Artistic Freedom RADAR, 2025. Introduction 2025…
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Indonesia: Laporan Kebebasan Artistik 2023 – 2024
Laporan analisis dan temuan kunci kebebasan artistik di Indonesia dari Southeast Asia Artistic Freedom RADAR, 2023–2024. ‘The boys are back…
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Indonesia: Artistic Freedom Report 2023 – 2024
The key findings and analysis of artistic freedom in Indonesia from the Southeast Asia Artistic Freedom RADAR, 2023 – 2024….
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Artistic Freedom Report : Six Countries, 12 Years, 652 Violations
The key findings and analysis of violations of artistic freedom in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Cambodia and The Philippines from the Southeast Asian Arts Censorship Database Project, 2010-2022.
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Indonesia: Artistic Freedom Report
The key findings and analysis of artistic freedom in Indonesia from the Southeast Asian Arts Censorship Database Project, 2010 – 2022.
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Quiz: How Much Do You Know About Film Censorship in Indonesia?
Indonesia has one of the most prolific film industries in Southeast Asia, yet, local filmmakers have to contend with different kinds of pressure and actions that impact their creative free expression. The real losers are the public, whose choice of what film, local or international, they might watch is decided by those in power
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Papuan Cinema in a Time of Oppression
While Papuan cinema takes its place on the world stage, it is still viewed with distrust in Indonesia. Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu traces how and why Papua’s people continue to be excluded from the national narrative.
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Finding Ratna Asmara and the Herstory of Indonesian Cinema
The tale of a pioneering woman Indonesian filmmaker converges with the mission of a group of women film researchers, as Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu highlights how archives and historical records often render some stories invisible.
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Censoring the Pandemic in Indonesia
Adrian Jonathan Pasaribu highlights the inequalities faced by the arts in Indonesia which were exposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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