Washington – The United States expressed deep concern on Friday over the recent arrests of non-violent activists in Indonesia's…
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March 6, 2004
March 5, 2004
Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – The People's Representative Assembly (DPR) has asked the Aceh emergency military command (PDMD) to restrict the movement…
March 4, 2004
M. Munab Islah Ahyani, Bandung – An activist from Aceh Papua Solidarity (Solidaritas Aceh Papua, SAP) who was arrested and detained in Bandung (…
March 3, 2004
Jakarta – Aceh has almost become the "forgotten" war. Because of this, Acehnese students believe that is necessary to hold demonstrations in…
Indonesian police said yesterday they had arrested a man believed to be a senior aide in the self-styled government proclaimed by separatist…
Bandung – An Acehnese student, identified as Mohammad bin Mohammad Toyib, has been arrested for allegedly serving as an adjutant to…
James Balowski, Jakarta – In a statement issued on February 23, Amnesty International said that the five human rights activists and one other…
March 2, 2004
Banda Aceh – Since martial law came into force in Aceh on May 19, 2003, the Banda Aceh Military Court I/01 has handed down verdicts on 90 legal…
Ahmad Fikri, Jakarta – West Bandung (West Java) police have arrested Mohammad bin Toyib (26) who they say is the adjutant of the Free Aceh…
February 28, 2004
Jakarta – Indonesian police have released eight activists detained earlier this month in war-torn Aceh province but plan to charge two…
Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – Aceh police declared two of 11 student activists arrested recently as treason suspects on Friday, saying that they had…
February 27, 2004
Banda Aceh – Police have admitted to arresting and detaining a number of student activists in Aceh. Of the eleven activists which were…
Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A panel of judges at Medan district court sentenced on Thursday 10 members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to…
February 26, 2004
Yogyakarta – Around 100 activists from the group People's Solidarity for Aceh (Solidaritas Rakyat untuk Aceh) held a street action in…
Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – The Aceh martial law administrator has vowed to go after non-governmental organization (NGO) activists in the province,…
Indonesian troops have killed eight separatists in Aceh province, the military said Monday.
Two of the eight Free Aceh Movement…
February 25, 2004
Jakarta – On Monday morning, February 23, four non-government organisation (NGO) activists who have publicly rejected the military operation in…
M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – As many as five student, youth and women's activists in Aceh have disappeared since February 16. Aceh Papua Solidarity…
Tiarma Siboro and Nani Farida, Jakarta/Banda Aceh – Six Acehnese students, mostly activists, have disappeared after they were taken by officers…
Rachel Harvey, Aceh – It has been more than nine months now since the Indonesian government launched its military campaign in the north-western…
February 24, 2004
Sunariyah, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has condemned the arbitrary arrest and detention of…
Jakarta – Five human rights workers and another man are "at grave risk" of torture and ill-treatment after being arrested by police in Aceh…
Heru Margianto, Jakarta – Six Acehnese activists have been arrested by security forces in Central Aceh. One has already been released but as of…
February 19, 2004
Jakarta - The Democratic Party has been accused of flirting with the Aceh Emergency Military Command by three Acehnese women's non-government…
Banda Aceh – During a military operation in the troubled province of Aceh on Friday, government troops discovered various types of…
The Indonesian military says it has stopped publishing figures for separatist rebels killed by its troops in Aceh province.
The…
February 14, 2004
Banda Aceh – The Emergency Military Commander in Aceh, Major General Endang Suwarya, has said that they are waiting to see what the government's…
Nani Farida, Lhokseumawe – Sawang district, Aceh province, is determined to see political parties campaigning for the upcoming general election,…
February 12, 2004
Tiarma Siboro and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) urged on Wednesday the two warring parties in Aceh to allow…
Jakarta – The Indoenisan government on Thursday decided to allow foreigners to observe the conduct of general elections in troubled…
February 10, 2004
Lhokseumawe – Concerns about the smooth running of the 2004 general elections in Aceh are becoming a reality. The Aceh Emergency Military Command…
An Indonesian Red Cross medical team treating sick civilians in Aceh province was forced to withdraw after a gun battle between separatist rebels…
February 9, 2004
Indonesian troops shot and killed 18 suspected rebels in gunbattles across the restive province of Aceh, a military spokesman said…
February 6, 2004
Banda Aceh – Government troops mounting an offensive against Aceh separatist rebels have killed six more guerrillas, the military said…
February 4, 2004
Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government claimed on Tuesday that in the ninth month of the military operation, the situation in Nanggroe Aceh…
February 3, 2004
Nani Farida and Ridwan Max Sijabat, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – While the provincial government has predicted Aceh's elections will run successfully,…
January 30, 2004
Jakarta/Lhokseumawe/Banda Aceh – Two hostages were freed in Tungkah Gajah village in East Aceh regency on Thursday, exactly seven months after…
January 29, 2004
Tiarma Siboro and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said on Wednesday it had put on ice its…
January 28, 2004
Jakarta – A soldier shot and killed two civilians before turning his gun on himself, and eight other people have also been killed in…
January 27, 2004
Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has set conditions for a temporary cease-fire in troubled Aceh to allow Free Aceh…
January 26, 2004
Indonesian troops have shot dead seven suspected separatist militants in Aceh province, the military said Monday.
Troops killed…
Slamet Susanto and Teuku Agam Muzakir, Yogyakarta/Lhokseumawe – Eighty-nine convicted Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members arrived in Yogyakarta on…
Jakarta – Two human rights workers detained in Indonesia's Aceh province have reportedly been beaten up by security forces while in…
January 24, 2004
Nani Farida and Suherdjoko, Banda Aceh/Semarang – Under a tight security escort 54 convicted Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members were transferred…
Banda Aceh – A German freelance journalist was arrested for illegally entering and reporting in war-torn Aceh province, a military…
January 21, 2004
Pip Hinman – On January 14, the Aceh high court upheld the verdict of a lower court which last year convicted five Free Aceh Movement (GAM)…
January 19, 2004
Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – Maulidarrahmi and another 437 supposed former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members appeared relieved as they were finally…
Jakarta – The Indonesia Military (TNI) headquarters in Cilangkap, East Jakarta has thwarted a possible bomb attack allegedly planned by the Free…
Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – After the six-month extension of martial law in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, civilians have been mobilized to set up…
January 17, 2004
Banda Aceh – Four people suspected to be members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) were killed during separate exchanges of…




