James Balowski, Jakarta – The government of Megawati Sukarnoputri declared martial law in Indonesia's northern-most province of Aceh last May. It…

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – The Aceh martial law administration has arrested an environmental activist for alleged involvement with the Free Aceh…

Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – As many as 52 villages in war-torn Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam may skip the elections due to the unfavorable…

A barbed-wire fence and steel gate stand in the way of Fatimah Ali (not her real name) in Bukit Petaling, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

For two…

Nezar Patria, Kuala Lumpur – A wooden boat stealthily approached a beach near Port Klang in Malaysia at the end of last February. As night…

Astrid Felicia Lim, Jakarta – The elections in Aceh will not be delayed, but its implementation will be dependent on the security situation. There…

Jakarta, Kompas – The Indonesian Legal Aid and Human Rights Association (PBHI) is of the view that law enforcement in Aceh since a state of…

East Aceh – Seven members of the rebel Free Aceh Movement (GAM) and two Indonesian soldiers were killed on Friday after an armed clash…

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – The situation in Aceh Nanggroe Darussalam at present is calmer than it has been in recent months, but it is not really…

Jakarta – Indonesia has increased restrictions on foreign journalists trying to visit war torn Aceh province ahead of April parliamentary…

Jakarta – A court in Indonesia's Aceh province on Tuesday jailed a former separatist rebel ceasefire negotiator for two years for…

Banda Aceh – Government troops shot dead two suspected separatists in more clashes in restive Aceh province, the military said Monday…

Jakarta – Indonesian police tortured imprisoned rebels from Aceh province to warn them that they must confess to terrorist attacks when…

Banda Aceh – The Indonesian military said Thursday it had shot dead a key figure in the self-styled government proclaimed by…

Jakarta – Separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province urged Acehnese on Wednesday to vote in next month's elections and said…

A pro-independence group in Indonesia's Aceh province has accused police and troops of intimidation and violence in the run-up to the…

Banda Aceh – Military authorities in Aceh on Thursday banned foreign observers from monitoring next month's general elections in 453 so-called "…

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – A joint monitoring team will begin immediately to inspect humanitarian projects carried out by the martial law…

Muninggar Sri Saraswati, Jakarta – The National Commission on Human Rights' (Komnas HAM) ad hoc team for Aceh has found indications of gross human…

Yuswardi A. Suud, Banda Aceh – The Aceh emergency military command (PDMD) will prohibit foreign observers from monitoring the elections in…

Teuku Agam Muzakir, Lhokseumawe – The martial law administration in Aceh will deploy all of its forces to ensure the upcoming general election…

Wahyoe Boediwardhana, Denpasar – The Indonesian Military (TNI) has stressed the importance of enhancing security in Aceh during the election…

Jakarta, Kompas – General elections in Aceh will be held under a state of martial law and hundreds of foreign observers will monitor the elections…

Jakarta – Rebels in Indonesia's Aceh are still a major security threat despite a 10-month-old military offensive, an army spokesman said on Monday…

Washington – The United States expressed deep concern on Friday over the recent arrests of non-violent activists in Indonesia's…

Zainal Bakri, Lhokseumawe – The National Elections Commission (KPU) in Aceh has stated that as of Saturday afternoon, March 6, no…

Anton Aliabbas, Jakarta – The People's Representative Assembly (DPR) has asked the Aceh emergency military command (PDMD) to restrict the movement…

M. Munab Islah Ahyani, Bandung – An activist from Aceh Papua Solidarity (Solidaritas Aceh Papua, SAP) who was arrested and detained in Bandung (…

Jakarta – Aceh has almost become the "forgotten" war. Because of this, Acehnese students believe that is necessary to hold demonstrations in…

James Balowski, Jakarta – In a statement issued on February 23, Amnesty International said that the five human rights activists and one other…

Bandung – An Acehnese student, identified as Mohammad bin Mohammad Toyib, has been arrested for allegedly serving as an adjutant to…

Indonesian police said yesterday they had arrested a man believed to be a senior aide in the self-styled government proclaimed by separatist…

Ahmad Fikri, Jakarta – West Bandung (West Java) police have arrested Mohammad bin Toyib (26) who they say is the adjutant of the Free Aceh…

Banda Aceh – Since martial law came into force in Aceh on May 19, 2003, the Banda Aceh Military Court I/01 has handed down verdicts on 90 legal…

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – Aceh police declared two of 11 student activists arrested recently as treason suspects on Friday, saying that they had…

Jakarta – Indonesian police have released eight activists detained earlier this month in war-torn Aceh province but plan to charge two…

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – A panel of judges at Medan district court sentenced on Thursday 10 members of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to…

Banda Aceh – Police have admitted to arresting and detaining a number of student activists in Aceh. Of the eleven activists which were…

Indonesian troops have killed eight separatists in Aceh province, the military said Monday.

Two of the eight Free Aceh Movement…

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – The Aceh martial law administrator has vowed to go after non-governmental organization (NGO) activists in the province,…

Yogyakarta – Around 100 activists from the group People's Solidarity for Aceh (Solidaritas Rakyat untuk Aceh) held a street action in…

M. Rizal Maslan, Jakarta – As many as five student, youth and women's activists in Aceh have disappeared since February 16. Aceh Papua Solidarity…

Rachel Harvey, Aceh – It has been more than nine months now since the Indonesian government launched its military campaign in the north-western…

Tiarma Siboro and Nani Farida, Jakarta/Banda Aceh – Six Acehnese students, mostly activists, have disappeared after they were taken by officers…

Jakarta – On Monday morning, February 23, four non-government organisation (NGO) activists who have publicly rejected the military operation in…

Jakarta – Five human rights workers and another man are "at grave risk" of torture and ill-treatment after being arrested by police in Aceh…

Sunariyah, Jakarta – The Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) has condemned the arbitrary arrest and detention of…

Heru Margianto, Jakarta – Six Acehnese activists have been arrested by security forces in Central Aceh. One has already been released but as of…

Jakarta - The Democratic Party has been accused of flirting with the Aceh Emergency Military Command by three Acehnese women's non-government…

The Indonesian military says it has stopped publishing figures for separatist rebels killed by its troops in Aceh province.

The…