YS Tong, Banda Aceh – Thousands of unarmed Acehnese civilians from Banda Aceh began to gather in a field as early as 7am on Tuesday for what has…

Banda Aceh, Aceh – Some 507 school buildings have been set on fire in 10 districts in Aceh since the Indonesian government launched a…

A major Indonesian military assault on separatist rebels in Aceh province could continue for five more months, the army and armed forces chiefs…

Berni K. Moestafa, Lhokseumawe – Indonesia's most sophisticated jet fighters dropped bombs and fired rockets at rebel positions on Monday, in…

The government's announcement that Acehnese working for the administration must undergo special screenings is the latest in a series of measures,…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The central government and the martial law administration in Aceh will expand the scope of a proposed screening program…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – An American freelance journalist who has spent five weeks with Acehnese separatist rebels says the fighting and…

Berni K. Moestafa, Lhokseumawe – Over 10,000 Acehnese people staying in a refugee camp in Bireuen regency are facing a shortage of clean water as…

Bagus Kurniawan, Yogyakarta – Resolving the conflict in Aceh through war will only increase the number of civilian casualties.

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Bernie K. Moestafa, Lhokseumawe – A convoy of five marine trucks, two armored personnel carriers and a tank rumbled into Pulo Ara village, a group…

Lhokseumawe – At least 10,000 people fled their homes in nine villages across Juli district in Bireuen regency on Friday to escape intense…

Greg Sheridan – Indonesia has no plans to ban foreign journalists from the troubled province of Aceh, according to Indonesia's Foreign Minister,…

Lhokseumawe – The military's biggest setback during three weeks of the offensive to crush the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has prompted Army Chief of…

Indonesian troops fired artillery and moved hundreds of villagers from their homes during an attack on a suspected separatist rebel base, a local…

Suwarjono, Jakarta – Two members of the Aceh regional parliament (DPRD) are reported to be involved with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and are…

Lhokseumawe – People in Bireuen regency flocked to their respective district offices on Wednesday and Thursday to apply for new ID cards, in one…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – Coordinating Minister for People' Welfare Jusuf Kalla insisted on Wednesday that the martial law administrator in…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The Indonesian Government is planning new regulations to restrict foreign access to the war-torn Aceh province, as…

Banda Aceh – All of Aceh's 67,000 civil servants will be re-registered and asked to attend roll-calls to affirm their loyalty to the…

Jakarta – The Indonesian military said Thursday it will check reports from the country's national human rights commission that a mass grave has…

Frida Berrigan – Far from the spotlight and far from Baghdad, another shock and awe campaign is underway. On May 19th, Indonesia launched a…

Banda Aceh – Indonesia's Red Cross said on Wednesday it had taken 151 bodies to hospitals and morgues in Aceh since a fresh military…

James Balowski – At around 9pm on June 4, two German tourists camping out near Lueng Gayo beach in the sub-district of Teunom in West Aceh were…

James Balowski, Jakarta – Although coverage of Indonesia's brutal war in its northern-most province of Aceh has all but disappeared from the…

Luhur Hertanto, Jakarta – The government will soon conduct a special investigations (Litsus) of state civil servants in Aceh. This follows…

Khairul Ikhwan, Medan – There are indications that a number of civil servants in the Aceh provincial government are involved in the…

Jakarta – The Aceh provincial administration's plan to screen 67,000 civil servants and "severely punish" those found to support the Free Aceh…

Berni K. Moestafa, Lhokseumawe – Just hours after claiming to have made significant progress in its operation to crush the Free Aceh Movement (GAM…

Indonesian troops and separatist rebels have fought their fiercest battle since a campaign was launched last month to crush the Free Aceh Movement…

Indonesia's military operation to crush the Free Aceh separatists continues to gather momentum as the war enters its fourth week. The military,…

Matthew Moore and Agencies – As Indonesia's renewed war in Aceh province enters its fourth week, the army has unveiled plans to build an island…

Jakarta – The government has declared war-torn Aceh off limits to tourists following the shooting of two German tourists last week.

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Bernie K. Moestafa and Tiarma Siboro, Banda Aceh – The war in Aceh is taking its toll on village chiefs with 76 in Bireuen regency resigning on…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – A German tourist shot by Indonesian soldiers in Aceh province said she did not hear any calls from soldiers before they…

Andrew Marshall – Of all the hardware currently deployed in Aceh, US-supplied bombers, British-made jets, tanks, armored troop carriers, assault…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The injured wife of a German tourist shot dead by Indonesian soldiers in war-torn Aceh province on Wednesday…

Bernie K. Moestafa and Tiarma Siboro, Lhokseumawe – Frequent power blackouts have added to the suffering of the Acehnese as conflict and martial…

Jakarta – The Indonesian Women's Solidarity Alliance (Aliansi Solidaritas Perempuan Indonesia, ASPI) has called on warring parties in Aceh to…

Berni K. Moestafa and Tiarma Siboro, Lhokseumawe – Military prosecutors are seeking an eight-month sentence for three soldiers who allegedly…

Maire Leadbeater – A cartoon is circulating among human rights networks shows a finger-wagging Indonesian President Megawati exhorting one of her…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta and agencies – Indonesian politicians and military commanders were last night struggling to contain damaging fallout after…

Jakarta – Governor Sutiyoso told Muslim preachers on Tuesday not to use mosques as a forum to rally people against the military operation now…

John Roberts – Despite attempts by the Indonesian government to block information on the military's activities, it is becoming clear that the…

Pip Hinman, Sydney – Lesley McCulloch, who spent five months in an Acehnese prison last year, said the current level of repression against…

James Balowski, Jakarta – Amid mounting reports of civilian casualties and human rights violations by Indonesia's armed forces (TNI), the…

Jakarta – The martial law administrator in Aceh has decided to close off Aceh waters to foreign ships, but has failed to communicate the move to…

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Indonesia's military chiefs have accused seven soldiers of beating civilians in Aceh province, but say they have received…

Banda Aceh – Students and other activists who support separatist guerillas in Indonesia's Aceh province will face subversion charges that can…

More than 25,000 civilians are now living as refugees in Indonesia's Aceh province, where a major attack on separatist rebels continues, and the…

Indonesia's attack on Aceh separatist rebels and the imposition of martial law in the province have brought new dangers for human rights activists…