The compelling personal story of human rights lawyer Yap Thiam Hien (1913-1989) brings decades of modern Indonesian history to life. No Concessions is a penetrating analysis of the trajectory of the Chinese minority in Indonesia over close to a century and the remarkable making of a civic leader. Without abandoning his ethnic roots, Yap transcended them by becoming a courageous legal defender of civil and human rights of all oppressed Indonesians, including former communists and radical Muslims.

Introduction | Primary Players / Benedict Anderson

1. Aceh

2. Java

3. Batavia

4. From Sukabumi to Leiden

5. Jakarta

6. Hazardous Waters

7. At Sea in Peranakan Politics

8. The Baperki Wars

9. Out of the Ethnic Cage

10. Into New Order Indonesia

11. Early New Order Battlefields

12. Reform Frontiers

13. Law as Politics: A Sidetrip to Detention

Epilogue | A Steady Course / Arlene O. Lev

Postscript | New Order Landmark Case / Sebastiaan Pompe and Ibrahim Assegaf

Appendix | Defense Summation in Asep Suryaman Trial / Yap Thiam Hien

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Acknowledgments

Selected Bibliography

Index