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…

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

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

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…

Farish A. Noor – Aceh has played a crucial role in the development of Indonesian national identity and the Indonesian nation-state. But after…

Mafoot Simon – In an apartment in the Stockholm suburb of Alby a year ago, a leader of the movement that has fought a violent struggle with…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The government issued on Wednesday guidelines for the implementation of integrated operations in Aceh under a state of…

Banda Aceh – Indonesia's presidential favourite vowed on Friday to achieve peace in rebellious Aceh and restore dignity to people in the strife-…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja and Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The detention of two Aceh rebel leaders in Sweden may have been based on a UN resolution…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta - The State Intelligence Agency (BIN) believes that arrest of three Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leaders in Sweden is a…

Police in Sweden have arrested three leaders of Indonesia's separatist Free Aceh Movement after raiding their homes in a Stockholm suburb.

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Larry Thompson – A 28-year conflict between the Indonesian government and the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) has killed thousands of…

Stephen Brown, Stockholm – Swedish police on Tuesday arrested three leaders of an Aceh separatist group which has been fighting Indonesia for…

Banda Aceh – Injustice is at the root of a separatist movement in Indonesia's Aceh, presidential hopeful Amien Rais said on Saturday during the…

Banda Aceh – The civil state of emergency administrator state in Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) province has stated that the shoot on sight order…

Jakarta – Indonesian troops killed 12 alleged separatist rebels in Aceh province where violence has continued despite the recent…

Ibnu Mat Noor, Banda Aceh – Governor Abdullah Puteh announced on Wednesday that despite the province's change of status to civil emergency, a…

Ahmad Taufik, Yuswardi A. Suud, Banda Aceh – Investigations into allegations of corruption linked to the purchase of electrical generators and a…

Banda Aceh – An Indonesian general on Monday officially handed over power to the civilian governor of restive Aceh province almost…

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) said on Friday that Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh knew that some procedures…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – The sharia police officers here are being criticized over their "sweeps" on women – who have allegedly donned attire…

Abdul Khalik and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The National Police here questioned Aceh Governor Abdullah Puteh in Jakarta for more than…

Banda Aceh – Indonesian troops have shot dead four separatist guerrillas and captured another in Aceh province, the military said on…

Indonesian troops gunned down 12 suspected separatist rebels over the weekend as violence continues despite the government's decision…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The police plan to question Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam governor Abdullah Puteh would not, for the time being,…

Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri has given police the go-ahead to investigate allegations of a multimillion-dollar graft case involving…

Nani Afrida – The Jakarta Post's correspondent in Aceh, spent two nights two weeks ago at the Free Aceh Movement's (GAM) hideout in East Aceh…

Yuli Tri Suwarni, Bandung – Aceh military operation commander Maj. Gen. George Toisuta will soon be promoted to head the first division of the…

Jakarta – President Megawati Sukarnoputri has given police the go-ahead to investigate allegations of a multimillion-dollar graft case…

Nani Afrida, Banda Aceh – "Free Aceh Sumatra!," shouted several guerrilla rebels of the Aceh Free Movement (GAM), during a ceremony for the…

Jakarta – Six suspected separatist rebels were killed in Indonesia's Aceh province Thursday, as Amnesty International said the continuing military…

Pip Hinman – Jakarta's decision to lift martial law in Aceh, in favour of an "emergency status", won't change the lives of ordinary Acehnese for…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – Despite earlier assurances that the governor of Nanggroe Aceh Darrussalam would remain in charge of the civil…

An advocacy group pleaded Wednesday for the release of dozens of women it said were arrested by government forces and falsely accused of treason…

Abdul Khalik and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The National Police and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) separately announced on…

Rachel Harvey, Banda Aceh – After a year of military operations aimed at wiping out a rebel secessionist movement, the Indonesian province of Aceh…

Tiarma Siboro and Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – More than 100 Acehnese claiming to be local people and members of various anti-separatist…

John Aglionby – "Ferry Bebas" (Ferry is Free) was all Media Indonesia needed as its main headline on Monday to tell its readers the news.

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Shawn Donnan, Jakarta – Indonesia lifted martial law in the restive province of Aceh yesterday, a year after it launched its biggest military…

Dian Intannia, Jakarta – Army chief (KSAD) General Ryamizard Ryacudu says that reducing the status of Aceh from martial law to a state of civil…

Most of the nearly 150 people freed by separatist rebels in Aceh province this week were not hostages but people rounded up from around the…

Banda Aceh – On Monday May 17, demonstrations calling for the governor of Aceh, Abdullah Puteh, to resign from his post took place in three…