Aisyah Llewellyn
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Biography
Publications
Aisyah Llewellyn is a British freelance writer based in Medan, Indonesia. She is a former diplomat and writes primarily about Indonesian politics, culture, travel and food.
![Indonesia: The rally of a community facing a coronavirus threat](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/DSC_0078.jpg?itok=ucwuqwNz)
Indonesia: The rally of a community facing a coronavirus threat
A pluck of courage, the brashness of youth, and a little ingenuity – when authorities are slow to act, people step up.
![Indonesia: the injustice system](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1154611502.jpg?itok=y22S3_w1)
Indonesia: the injustice system
Two recent cases show how rising intolerance and intimidation has a legal cost for minorities in the archipelago nation.
![Sadly, again, Indonesia fails on transport safety](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Lion_Air_Boeing_737-900ER%3B_PK-LHT%40SIN%3B07.08.2011_617ew_%286069487614%29.jpg?itok=qhwEgN1G)
Sadly, again, Indonesia fails on transport safety
The country’s deadliest airline crash in two decades underscores the need to finally address an appalling record.
![The dark side of the Asian Games](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-1018917830.jpg?itok=U4qQXpqq)
The dark side of the Asian Games
A costly gloss of glitz and glamour for Jakarta’s sports diplomacy cannot disguise some ugly challenges Indonesia faces.
![Indonesia’s elections and the local result](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/DSC_0030-mini.jpg?itok=HRwDqpDS)
Indonesia’s elections and the local result
Analysts should be wary of using regional elections as a guide for the 2019 presidential race.
![Student politics: Indonesians confront China prejudice](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/Harahap%20pic%20-%20web%202.jpg?itok=27x-hdhs)
Student politics: Indonesians confront China prejudice
Allegations of communist indoctrination of Indonesian students in China again shows the country’s struggle to reconcile tropes of the past.
![Indonesia’s fishy furore](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/DSC_8913mini.jpg?itok=AftyCE8M)
Indonesia’s fishy furore
A policy of catching and destroying poachers’ boats has made a celebrity of the Fisheries Minister.
![Punitive measures: Indonesia’s new draft criminal code](https://www.lowyinstitute.org/sites/default/files/styles/expert_publications/public/GettyImages-914858242mini.jpg?itok=dhjyWy5M)
Punitive measures: Indonesia’s new draft criminal code
Talk of criminalising homosexual acts and prison terms for adultery has many Indonesians worried.
The chosen one: Djarot’s surprise bid to govern North Sumatra
A short stint as governor of Jakarta has catapulted Indonesia’s Djarot Saiful Hidayat to national prominence.