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May 20, 2023

ABC News - May 20, 2023

Anne Barker, Indonesia – Bodhi Risby-Jones's lawyer and family had hoped to strike a private deal that would see him released without charge, for…

May 17, 2023

BBC News - May 17, 2023

Endang Nurdin, Indonesia – Eleven Indonesian villagers from Aceh province have reached a confidential financial settlement with oil giant…

May 16, 2023

Agence France-Presse - May 16, 2023

New York, United States – ExxonMobil settled Monday a long-running lawsuit brought by Aceh villagers who alleged human rights violations by…

May 8, 2023

Tempo - May 8, 2023

Antara, Jakarta – Eight sub-regencies in the West Aceh Regency are reportedly inundated under floodwater that is reportedly measured…

April 30, 2023

Sydney Morning Herald - April 30, 2023

Karuni Rompies and Chris Barrett, Simeulue, Indonesia – The chief of the village where an Australian man embarked on an alleged naked rampage…

April 28, 2023

Sydney Morning Herald - April 28, 2023

Chris Barrett and Karuni Rompies – A young Australian man has been arrested in Indonesia's ultra-conservative Aceh province, accused of an alcohol…

March 28, 2023

Associated Press - March 28, 2023

Lhokseumawe, Indonesia – More than 180 disoriented Rohingya Muslims, some of whom needed medical attention, arrived in the early morning in…

March 3, 2023

CNN Indonesia - March 3, 2023

Jakarta – Aceh's traditional leader (Wali Nanggroe Aceh), Tgk Malik Mahmud Al Haytar, has handed over data on 5,000 cases of human rights…

February 16, 2023

Reuters - February 16, 2023
Banda Aceh – A boat carrying about 50 Rohingya Muslims arrived in Aceh province on Thursday, a local official said, the latest in a wave of landings…

February 10, 2023

Tempo - February 10, 2023
Moh Khory Alfarizi, Jakarta – President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo on Friday inaugurated the NPK fertilizer factory operated by Pupuk Iskandar…

February 2, 2023

Agence France-Presse - February 2, 2023

Jakarta – A Sumatran tiger attacked and injured two farmers in Aceh Wednesday, the second such attack in days, as officials vowed to capture the…

January 24, 2023

Tempo - January 24, 2023

Antara, Banda Aceh – The Regional Disaster Mitigation Agency (BPBD) of North Aceh district, Aceh province, has reported that 21,389 people from 4,…

January 9, 2023

Reuters - January 9, 2023

Jakarta – A boat with 185 Rohingya refugees landed on the shores of Aceh province on Sunday, a local disaster agency official said, following…

January 7, 2023

Tempo - January 7, 2023

Pallavi Pundir (Vice), Aceh – It's just another day in Banda Aceh, the capital city of Indonesia's only Sharia-regulated province and one of its…

December 28, 2022

Sydney Morning Herald - December 28, 2022

Latika Bourke – The United Nations refugee agency has praised Indonesia's decision to rescue hundreds of Rohingya refugees who were abandoned by…

December 27, 2022

Jakarta Post - December 27, 2022

Agencies, Banda Aceh, Aceh – Rohingya refugees received emergency medical treatment after a boat carrying nearly 200 people came ashore in Aceh on…

December 26, 2022

Associated Press - December 26, 2022

Banda Aceh, Indonesia – Dozens of hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia's northernmost province on Sunday after…

November 15, 2022

Reuters - November 15, 2022

Jakarta – A boat carrying 111 Rohingya refugees, including women and children, landed on the shores of Aceh on Tuesday, authorities said, the…

November 6, 2022

Tempo - November 6, 2022

Antara, Jakarta – The floods that have submerged several areas in Aceh Tamiang District, Aceh Province, over the past few days have…

October 24, 2022

The Conversation - October 24, 2022

Haryanto and Rizkika Lhena Darwin – In recent years, voters in the world's third-largest democracy, Indonesia, have preferred to support…

October 4, 2022

Viva - October 4, 2022

Mohammad Arief Hidayat and Dani Randi (Banda Aceh) – The chairperson of the Acehnese Regional House of Representatives' (DPR Aceh) Commission V…

September 26, 2022

Tempo - September 26, 2022

M Rosseno Aji, Jakarta – The democratic festivity is a bleak period for trans women in Aceh. They could potentially fall victim to a 'witch hunt'…

July 23, 2022

Jakarta Globe - July 23, 2022

Jakarta – The National Police have arrested 13 suspected militants believed to be members of Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) and Jemaah Ansharut…

July 19, 2022

Coconuts Jakarta - July 19, 2022

Authorities in Aceh are pursuing a foreign tourist after she was filmed committing one of the biggest cultural and religious faux pas in the…

July 14, 2022

CNN Indonesia - July 14, 2022

Jakarta – The Aceh representative office of the National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) says that it has handed over three alleged cases of…

March 21, 2022

New Mandala - March 21, 2022

Beril Huliselan – Since the attacks, arson, and demolition of several churches in Aceh Singkil Regency, Aceh Province, Indonesia (2015), religious…

March 6, 2022

Associated Press - March 6, 2022

Yayan Zamzami, Banda Aceh, Indonesia – More than 100 hungry and weak Rohingya Muslims were found on a beach in Indonesia's northernmost province…

February 27, 2022

Tempo - February 27, 2022

Antara, Jakarta – A flood triggered by incessant heavy rains over the last two days displaced hundreds of residents of Alue Ie Mirah Village,…

February 8, 2022

Al Jazeera - February 8, 2022

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – John Doe can still recall the moment his alleged torturers made him believe he would never see his family…

February 2, 2022

Radio Free Asia - February 2, 2022

A fishing community in Indonesia's Aceh region is demanding protection from prosecution after three fishermen were sentenced to prison last year…

January 28, 2022

Agence France-Presse - January 28, 2022

Aceh Jaya – Nearly a dozen poachers were jailed by an Aceh court Thursday over the 2020 killing of five critically endangered Sumatran elephants…

January 13, 2022

Agence France-Presse - January 13, 2022

An Indonesian woman has been flogged 100 times in Aceh province for adultery while the male involved, who denied the accusations, received just 15…

January 4, 2022

Energy Voice - January 4, 2022

Damon Evans, Jakarta, Indonesia – A longstanding US lawsuit filed against ExxonMobil that alleges the oil and gas giant was responsible for human…

January 2, 2022

Agence France-Presse - January 2, 2022

Mulyadi, Jakarta, Indonesia – The Indonesian Navy rescued more than 100 Rohingya migrants traveling in a wooden boat, bringing them to safety…

December 30, 2021

Agence France-Presse - December 30, 2021

Jakarta – Indonesia on Wednesday said it will let dozens of Rohingya refugees come ashore after protests from locals and the international…

Agence France-Presse - December 30, 2021

Alfath Asmunda and Mulyadi, Bireun, Aceh – Fisherman Edi Saputra had been at sea for four days off the coast of Indonesia's Aceh province when he…

December 29, 2021

Agence France-Presse - December 29, 2021

Jakarta – Dozens of Rohingya refugees intercepted after their boat ran into trouble off the coast of Aceh province were being sent into Malaysian…

December 28, 2021

Channel News Asia - December 28, 2021

Bireuen, Indonesia – Indonesian authorities will help repair a stranded boat packed with more than 100 Rohingya refugees off its coast but will…

Jakarta Post - December 28, 2021

Jakarta (Agencies) – A boat carrying scores of Rohingya refugees including women and children broke down and was stranded in waters off the coast…

December 7, 2021

Al Jazeera - December 7, 2021

Aisyah Llewellyn – Ben Husen, a journalist from Lhokseumawe in Indonesia's ultraconservative Aceh Province, has a secret. He has yet to be…

November 17, 2021

Coconuts Jakarta - November 17, 2021

The calf of a Sumatran elephant sadly died in Aceh yesterday, just days after she was rescued from a poacher's trap with part of her trunk almost…

October 21, 2021

Coconuts Jakarta - October 21, 2021

The Aceh Provincial Police has denied allegations that cops turned away a woman who was reporting a rape attempt because she was unvaccinated, as…

September 30, 2021

Coconuts Jakarta - September 30, 2021

At least 156 COVID-19 vaccine doses perished after a group of fishermen and fish sellers in Aceh thrashed a jab venue on Tuesday, leading to three…

September 22, 2021

Coconuts Jakarta - September 22, 2021

A man in Aceh is set to serve more than 16 years in prison for raping his niece, after his recent acquittal by a religious court in the province…

August 17, 2021

Straits Times - August 17, 2021

Banda Aceh (AFP) – Five suspected poachers have been arrested over the beheading of an endangered Sumatran elephant, the Indonesian authorities…

August 9, 2021

Al Jazeera - August 9, 2021

Aisyah Llewellyn, Medan, Indonesia – It was the evening after the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha on July 20 when Hambal M Zain began to run a fever…

July 13, 2021

Coconuts Jakarta - July 13, 2021

A decapitated Sumatran elephant was found in Aceh province this week, with authorities suspecting that the endangered animal was killed for its…

June 30, 2021

Coconuts Jakarta - June 30, 2021

An Acehnese woman collapsed when she was flogged in public on Monday in the city of Lhokseumawe, as she was one of the latest to be punished for…

June 29, 2021

Viva - June 29, 2021

Hardani Triyoga and Dani Randi, Banda Aceh – Banda Aceh Public Order Agency officers (Satpol PP) and the Wilayatul Hisbah (Religious police, WH)…

June 4, 2021

Agence France-Presse - June 4, 2021

Pulau Idaman, Aceh – A boat filled with dozens of Rohingya, mostly women and children, landed on an island off Aceh coast early Friday, according…