Jakarta – A non-governmental organization (NGO) expressed its concern about the presence of 19 alleged militias in Aceh, which all…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – A soldier from the Siliwangi Military Command posted in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam recently complained about his length of…

Banda Aceh – Indonesian troops shot dead three suspected separatists in the restive province of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam, while 11…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – At least 421 separatist rebels have been killed since Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam was placed under a state of civil…

Banda Aceh – An armed gang fired on a passenger bus late on Monday in Keude Jurong subdistrict, some 450 kilometers east of Banda Aceh…

If only the Indonesian Museum of Records would put on record the busiest man selling a government project to the public, Mahmun Yunan would make a…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The police denied on Friday charges leveled by a joint monitory team that they embezzled billions of rupiah from material…

Abdul Khalik, Jakarta – The police denied on Friday charges leveled by a joint monitory team that they embezzled billions of rupiah from material…

Nani Afrida and Yuli Tri Suwarni, Banda Aceh/Bandung – Seventy-four convicted Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatists arrived on Thursday afternoon…

Banda Aceh – An Indonesian soldier serving in war-torn Aceh province opened fire on other troops at an army barracks, killing four and…

Jakarta – Indonesia's 15-month military offensive against separatists in Aceh province has failed to crush the insurgency and left Indonesian…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Defying public protest, 54 of the total 55 councillors of Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam council accepted on Saturday the…

Alue Gintong – A major military operation to crush a rebellion in Indonesia's Aceh province will be over within a year, President Megawati…

Banda Aceh – A prosecutor has recommended that the South Aceh District Court sentence environmentalist Bestari Raden, 45, to five…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – After more than one year of the military operations that started in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam in May 2003, President…

John Tribbett, Kuala Lumpur – It's late at night and I'm sitting in a 24-hour restaurant drinking tea with a group of Acehnese refugees, all men…

Alue Gintong – The military operation to crush the rebellion in the Aceh province will be over within a year, President Megawati Sukarnoputri said…

Nethy Dharma Somba, Jayapura – In an attempted show of force, rebels in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam and Papua launched attacks separately on…

The Indonesian Defense Forces (TNI) says it has killed 1,159 separatist rebels in Aceh province over the past 10 months as part of an ongoing…

Banda Aceh – A series of explosions that left at least seven people injured, including a five-year-old boy, in the country's troubled province of…

Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – What's the relationship with the commemoration of the Indonesia's 59th anniversary and the state of civil…

Jakarta – The National Human Rights Commission (Komnas HAM) is being urged to immediately investigate the arrest and torture of eight Acehnese…

Banda Aceh – The average height of children first entering school in Aceh over the last six years has decreased by eight centimeters. In 1997 the…

Jakarta – A number of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) protested on Wednesday the arrest of two humanitarian workers by security…

The head of the Indonesian military command overseeing the restive province of Aceh has said that controversial air strikes have been…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – Security personnel have again arrested aid workers in the violence-ravaged province of Aceh, following a high-profile…

Banda Aceh – Indonesia's military said on Tuesday its warplanes attacked two suspected rebel bases in Aceh province, in the second use of air…

There are claims that the Indonesian military and police have been extorting bribes from Acehnese asylum seekers and selling them into slavery.…

Tiarma Siboro and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Puteh will still be free to resume his duties as Aceh governor and the province's civil…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri officially stripped Abdullah Puteh of his powers as…

State troops have killed more than 230 suspected separatist rebels in Aceh province since martial law was lifted two months ago, an official said…

Adianto P. Simamora, Jakarta – Indonesia accepts the Swedish prosecutors' decision to drop charges against Hasan Tiro, the exiled former chief of…

Tim Johnston, Jakarta – Indonesia soldiers carry body of Said Adnan, who has been identified as a governor for Free Aceh Movement in North Aceh.…

Jakarta – Indonesian troops have killed more than 230 alleged separatist guerrillas in Aceh province since martial law was lifted two months ago…

Nani Afrida and Tiarma Siboro, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – Acehnese people will again have to face the bitter reality of the government's failure to…

Stockholm, Sweden – A Swedish prosecutor has dropped an investigation of the exiled leader of the Aceh rebel movement, saying the aging Hasan Tiro…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – President Megawati Soekarnoputri is reportedly considering a replacement for Aceh Governor…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Graft suspect Abdullah Puteh admitted on Thursday that no tender was held for the purchase of a Russian-made helicopter…

Jakarta – Indonesian troops killed 15 suspected rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province, and guerrillas set fire to a passenger bus, an army spokesman…

Sam Zarifi, New York – Come Monday, most of Indonesia's 150 million registered voters will be able to cast (or not cast) their ballots in a…

Jakarta – Acehnese rebels Thursday accused Indonesian police of torturing to death one of their district leaders, the latest allegation of rights…

Ahead of Indonesia's first direct presidential election on 5 July, BBC News Online has been hearing from a range of voters about their hopes and…

Banda Aceh – Indonesia Tuesday expelled two Malaysians and a US citizen after they illegally entered the restive province of Aceh which remains…

A room in the fifth floor apartment in Alby, Stockholm, Sweden, was already without its police guard. The occupant, President of the Free Aceh…

Sian Powell – A rusting billboard greets visitors to Jantho, in the forested hills southeast of the provincial capital of Banda Aceh. "Let's make…

Jakarta – The governor of Indonesia's war-torn Aceh province claimed Sunday that security was improving in the region, state news agency Antara…

Given the attention that is currently being paid in both government and media circles to the Swedish court's decision to release two leaders of…

Sian Powell, Jakarta – Most Acehnese believe the blood-drenched province needs a ceasefire, or at least an end to hostilities, but…

Simon Elegant, Jakarta – Bilal looks down at the bloody corpse of his neighbor, Mohammed Ishak, and says: "They must have hated him very much to…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – Despite the Swedish court's decision to release the leaders of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the Indonesian government…