Matthew Moore, Banda Aceh – Alwi Shihab couldn't help himself. Barely two hours after a US Seahawk helicopter crashed near Banda Aceh's airport,…

Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) chief General Endriartono Sutarto has said that Indonesian government needed not to impose non-war martial law…

Guests: Prof. William Liddle, Prof. Jeffrey Winters

Jim Lehrer: Next, politics and aid in the devastated Indonesian province of Aceh. We…

Paul Toohey – The stragglers below wave plastic flags and shirts as the US Navy Seahawk helicopter settles on an island of broken tarmac in the no…

Jane Perlez, Banda Aceh – The Indonesian military on Tuesday ordered restrictions on foreign aid workers, limiting their free operation to the two…

On December 25, 2004, one day before Aceh was devastated by an earthquake-driven tsunami, the Indonesian military (TNI) announced that it had just…

INFID Statement on the meeting of the Paris Club, on January 12, 2005 and the Consultative Group on Indonesia on January 19 and 20, 2005

In…

Banda Aceh – Leaders in the international tsunami aid effort expressed concern about how curbs on the movement of workers and a deadline for…

Andrew Quinn, Jakarta – As cash donations pour in from around the world for the victims of Asia's tsunami, fears are rife that corruption will…

The Indonesian military imposed sweeping restrictions on foreign aid workers in tsunami-hit Aceh, saying the move was needed to curtail a growing…

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on Monday (10/1/05) met with the ambassadors of Britain, Japan, Libya, Singapore, Sweden and the US to hear…

The Indonesian government said that separatist rebels were not infiltrating refugee camps in tsunami-hit Aceh province and were not responsible…

As the Aceh aid effort gathers pace, reports have been emerging from the battered province that Indonesian troops sent in to help distribute aid…

Shawn Donnan in Jakarta and David Ibison in Banda Aceh – The government of President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono threw open the doors to Aceh, the…

Concerns remained that an unknown number of tsunami survivors in Indonesia's Aceh province have not received any aid, two weeks after the disaster…

The Australian government should be more vocal about calling an end to hostilities in Aceh, the United Nations Association said.

Thousands…

Indonesia's military campaign to crush a long-running rebellion in Aceh and restrictions imposed on aid groups in the remote province are…

Jane Perlez, Lamlhom – In the shade of a stand of coconut trees, Basri Ahmad buried his 19-year-old son on Friday, a victim not of earthquake or…

Jonathan Head, Banda Aceh – Indonesian soldiers say their tsunami relief work in the province of Aceh is being hindered by clashes with the rebels…

Peter S. Goodman, Meulaboh – From the indentation her head left in the mud, the girl seemed about 5 years old. The soldiers recalled they found…

Dan Eaton and Achmad Sukarsono, Banda Aceh – Drive south from this devastated city and the road just stops.

Ahead lies territory whose…

Matthew Moore, Banda Aceh – Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has labelled the tsunami calamity "the greatest challenge of my…

Fadli, Batam – Dozens of survivors of the quake-triggered tsunami have found they cannot even enter Batam to find their relatives. Authorities…

Martin Chulov – Australian journalists who witnessed a confrontation between Indonesian soldiers and alleged separatists in tsunami-ravaged…

Forum-Asia, an Asian-based human rights watchdog, expressed concern on Wednesday over the alleged abuse of aid for tsunami victims in…

Jane Perlez, Banda Aceh – In the makeshift recovery room, Dr. Paul Shumack crouched on the floor cradling the head of Novi, 35, who had already…

M. Taufiqurrahman, Jakarta – Aid organizations working for humanitarian relief programs in tsunami-hit Aceh complained on Wednesday that instead…

Bangkok – The Indonesian military is hampering efforts to distribute aid to tsunami survivors in Aceh province, denying assistance and even…

Matthew Moore, Banda Aceh – Radical Islamic groups best known for smashing bars and violent support of the jailed cleric Abu Bakar Bashir have…

Sidney Blumenthal – Two days after the tsunami struck, President Bush, who had made no public statement, was vacationing at his ranch in Texas,…

A regional human rights group has accused the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) of hampering the distribution of aid to tsunami survivors in Aceh…

Agencies – Indonesian authorities posted police guards at refugee camps today to protect children orphaned by last week's tsunamis from child…

The real reason why the imperialist government does not pay attention to the human rights violations in Aceh is due to the importance of…

Jakarta – At least 1,000 teachers have been reported missing in Aceh and over 50 percent of school buildings devastated by last week's…

Disillusioned with the government's stuttering relief efforts in tsunami-hit Aceh, one of Indonesia's most popular conservative Muslim political…

Jakarta – As relief officials work to help the thousands of people made homeless from last month's tsunami, another concern is quietly making the…

Medan – A load of relief supplies slung under a US military helicopter fell and slammed into a car parked at a shopping mall in the…

Emergency assistance to Asian communities affected by the tsunami disaster will be needed for at least six months, the United Nations has said,…

Amid increasing concerns the Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) is using the tsunami disaster in Aceh to crack down on the province's separatist…

Matthew Moore, Banda Aceh – They call them refugee camps, but the scores of little plastic tent settlements that have sprung up across Aceh are…

Edward Cody, Banda Aceh – Aceh's highly influential Islamic clerics have explained the giant wave that devastated this overwhelmingly Muslim…

Sian Powell, Jakarta – The Indonesian military is continuing to wage war with separatist rebels in the hills of Aceh as world leaders put the…

Kurniawan Hari, Jakarta – The House of Representatives leaders decided on Tuesday to form a team of 20 legislators with the task of supervising…

Military control of the massive tsunami relief operation in Aceh, and its monopoly of aid distribution, is hampering the delivery of vital…

The disaster that happened in Aceh and North Sumatra and in other countries has inflicted a deep wound. The earthquake and Tsunami in Aceh,…

George Monbiot – There has never been a moment like it on British television. The Vicar of Dibley, one of our gentler sitcoms, was bouncing along…

Sonny Inbaraj, Bangkok – While volunteers, relief workers and families are busy collecting and searching for bodies in Indonesia's tsunami-…

ExxonMobil has contributed $5 million to the Tsunami relief efforts. In Aceh, the company operates one of the largest gas fields in the world and…

Anthony Reid – The magnitude of the devastation visited on Aceh on December 26 is almost beyond comprehension. No natural disaster in Indonesian,…

Throughout Indonesia, people of all backgrounds and from all islands have been mobilising to collect and send aid to the victims of the…