''Inside Indonesia'' is an Australian-based journal, that has evolved into an online journal about

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania, between the Indian Ocean, Indian and Pacific Ocean, Pacific oceans. Comprising over List of islands of Indonesia, 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, ...

. It was very similar to

Tapol Bulletin Tapol is a British non-governmental organisation monitoring human rights issues in Indonesia. ''Tapol'' is an abbreviation of the Indonesian words for political prisoners (''tahanan politik''). Based in London, Tapol continues to monitor and repo ...

in that it was created during the

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era, and many people

wanted to provide information about the growing numbers of people and organisations in Indonesia who were involved in attempts to bring about social and political change amidst the very repressive conditions at that time under the
Suharto Suharto (8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian Officer (armed forces), military officer and politician, and dictator, who was the second and longest serving president of Indonesia, serving from 1967 to 1998. His 32 years rule, cha ...
regime.

It evolved from a group of

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-based activists and academics who perceived Australian media's misinformation and continued lack of coverage of Indonesia affairs. The group were known when they started in 1983 as the Indonesian Resources and Information Program (IRIP). The magazine was published until 2007 - at that stage it became an online production only. As of June 2010 it has reached edition 100.

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