Indonesia: New Book on Ethnic, Religious Violence

Expand Cover of Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia by Andreas Harsono, Indonesia researcher at Human Rights Watch. © 2019 Monash University Publishing (Jakarta) – Political changes in post-Suharto Indonesia have triggered ethnic and religious violence across the country, says a book by Andreas Harsono, a veteran Indonesia researcher for Human Rights Watch, that was published today. The 280-page book, Race, Islam and Power: Ethnic and Religious Violence in Post-Suharto Indonesia, was published by Monash University Publishing a week before Indonesia’s…

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