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October 8, 2009

Jakarta Post - October 8, 2009

Jakarta – The debate about whether to review Aceh's bylaw that allows adulterers to be stoned heated up Tuesday, with religious leaders voicing their objection to the enactment of the l

September 30, 2009

Jakarta Globe - September 30, 2009

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf has refused to sign the controversial Qanun Jinayat Code, or Islamic bylaw, and asked newly installed members of the Aceh legislat

September 27, 2009

Jakarta Globe - September 27, 2009

Camelia Pasandaran – Despite widespread condemnation, the Aceh Legislative Council said on Sunday that it would implement a bylaw that allows the stoning of adulterers and the lashing o

September 23, 2009

Jakarta Globe - September 23, 2009

Camelia Pasandaran – Hundreds of Acehnese displaced by the December 2004 tsunami celebrated Idul Fitri in a squalid camp in Aceh Besar district, prompting calls on Wednesday for the pro

September 19, 2009

Jakarta Post - September 19, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – More woman's groups in Aceh are calling for a review of the new bylaw which allows capital punishment by stoning for adulterers, though the local governm

September 18, 2009

Reuters - September 18, 2009

Sunanda Creagh – Recent moves in the country, including plans by Aceh to stone adulterers to death, have raised concerns about its reputation as a beacon of moderate Islam.

Jakarta Globe - September 18, 2009

Human rights watchdog Amnesty International has joined the chorus of condemnation against Aceh province's passing of a new Islamic law calling for adulterers to be stoned to death and h

Jakarta Post - September 18, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The Aceh provincial government will not sign the controversial Islamic bylaw allowing adulterers to be stoned to death, an official said.

Jakarta Post - September 18, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Widespread deforestation in the Islamic province of Aceh is threatening some of its rich traditions, including one ancient custom practiced to celebrate

September 17, 2009

Amnesty International Statement - September 17, 2009

A new Indonesian bylaw that endorses stoning to death for adultery and caning of up to 100 lashes for homosexuality should be repealed immediately, Amnesty International said on Thursda

Joint Statement - September 17, 2009

A statement from an NGO coalition based in Aceh, Indonesia forwarded by the Asian Human Rights Commission

September 16, 2009

Jakarta Post - September 16, 2009

Erwida Maulia and Hotli Simanjuntak, Jakarta, Banda Aceh – The national rights body for women is calling for a judicial review of Aceh's Administrative Law, after the province's outgoin

Jakarta Globe - September 16, 2009

Ronna Nirmala – Although the passage of a local bylaw in staunchly Muslim Aceh that requires adulterers to be stoned to death has shocked many here and abroad, some experts on Wednesday

Straits Times - September 16, 2009

Lynn Lee – A new law passed in Aceh to stone to death married people who commit adultery as well as whip homosexuals who have sex is being seen as a last-ditch move by conservative Isla

September 15, 2009

Jakarta Post - September 15, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Defying strong objections from human rights groups and the provincial administration, the Aceh legislative council passed the Islamic criminal code Monda

Jakarta Globe - September 15, 2009

Camelia Pasandaran & Febriamy Hutapea – The central government would strike down a controversial new bylaw mandating that residents of Aceh convicted of adultery be stoned to death

Radio Australia - September 15, 2009

Lawmakers in the Indonesian province of Aceh have passed a law that would see Muslims found guilty of adultery, stoned to death.

Presenter: Katie Hamann

September 14, 2009

Jakarta Globe - September 14, 2009

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – Despite opposition from human rights activists, the Aceh Legislative Council on Monday endorsed a bylaw mandating stoning to death for adulterers and lashings

Associated Press - September 14, 2009

Fakhrurradzie Gade, Banda Aceh – Adulterers can be stoned to death and homosexuality is punishable by steep prison terms under a new law passed unanimously by lawmakers in Indonesia's d

September 13, 2009

Jakarta Globe - September 13, 2009

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – With lawmakers in Indonesia's Aceh province set to pass a draconian Shariah bill on Monday that could lead to married Muslims being stoned to death for commit

September 12, 2009

Jakarta Post - September 12, 2009

Jakarta – Human rights activists and legislators have condemned the Aceh Legislative Council's (DPRD) plan to pass a regional bill that would see those found guilty of "ethical" crimes,

September 10, 2009

Sydney Morning Herald - September 10, 2009

Tom Allard, Jakarta – Religious conservatives in Aceh are trying to ram through Islamic laws that would allow stoning to death for adulterers and public lashings for those who engage in

September 9, 2009

Jakarta Post - September 9, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Students from the Communication Forum for Sharia staged a rally on Tuesday at the Aceh legislative council building in Banda Aceh, demanding legislators

Jakarta Globe - September 9, 2009

Nurdin Hasan & Dessy Sagita – Married Muslims in Indonesia's staunchly Islamic province of Aceh could be publicly stoned for committing adultery under a new piece of legislation tha

September 2, 2009

Jakarta Post - September 2, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – An announcement which reads "Only non-Muslims allowed" is attached to the door of a food stall in Peunayong, Banda Aceh, the only province in the country

August 26, 2009

Asian Human Rights Commission Urgent Appeal - August 26, 2009

Urgent Appeal Case: AHRC-UAC-105-2009

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August 12, 2009

Jakarta Globe - August 12, 2009

Arti Ekawati – More than 200,000 hectares of Aceh's rain forests were cut down between 2006 and 2008 for use in the province's post-tsunami reconstruction, an environmental lobby group

August 11, 2009

Jakarta Post - August 11, 2009

Michael Vatikiotis, Singapore – To visit Aceh today is to experience something the world rarely sees; the dividends of peace.

July 30, 2009

Jakarta Globe - July 30, 2009

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – After the economic boom from rebuilding projects in the wake of the 2004 earthquake and tsunami, growth in the non-oil and gas sectors in Aceh has dropped as

July 25, 2009

Jakarta Globe - July 25, 2009

Ismira Lutfia – There is still no light at the end of the tunnel for Rohingya refugees now being housed in Aceh, as the United Nations High Commission for Refugees is still looking for

July 11, 2009

Jakarta Post - July 11, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A civil society group in Aceh has said Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's re-election will place the Acehnese people in an unfavorable position.

July 10, 2009

Jakarta Post - July 10, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak and Andi Hajramurni, Banda Aceh/Makassar – Incumbent President Soesilo Bambang Yudhoyono won the majority of votes in several previously conflict-torn provinces that w

July 6, 2009

Jakarta Post - July 6, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The presidential and vice presidential debates, particularly on the peace-maker issue, have considerably influenced the Acehnese and led them to rethink

June 30, 2009

Jakarta Post - June 30, 2009

Jonathan Wootliff – Conservation campaigners in Britain are calling on supermarkets to stop selling products that contain palm oil harvested from environmentally sensitive areas in Indo

June 24, 2009

TAPOL Press Release - June 24, 2009

The victories of local parties in last April's provincial and district elections in Aceh are further confirmation of the success of the peace process underway since August 2005, says TA

June 14, 2009

Jakarta Globe - June 14, 2009

The dispute between the rival camps of presidential candidates Jusuf Kalla and Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono over who brought peace to Aceh continued on Sunday, with claims that Kalla was be

June 9, 2009

Jakarta Post - June 9, 2009

Hotli Simnjuntak, Banda Aceh – More than 5,000 homeless tsunami victims, who have lived in barracks since the 2004 disaster, have threatened to boycott the upcoming presidential electio

June 6, 2009

Antara News - June 6, 2009

Jakarta – A former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist group member pledged Saturday to rally support for presidential candidate Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, or SBY, and his running mate B

May 25, 2009

Jakarta Post - May 25, 2009

Alfian, Jakarta – Now the PT Medco E&P Indonesia contract in the Block A gas field in East Aceh will be extended, the local authority wants a new state regulation to clarify the 70:

May 19, 2009

Jakarta Post - May 19, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – A local party, founded by former rebels of the Aceh Free Movement, was officially announced Monday as the winner of the 9 April legislative election, but

May 4, 2009

Jakarta Post - May 4, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Autonomy in Aceh has allowed local political elites to trump Jakarta's authority.

April 23, 2009

Jakarta Globe - April 23, 2009

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – The Aceh Party, founded by former guerilla fighters from the Free Aceh Movement, or GAM, is the only one of six local political parties in the province to cle

April 20, 2009

Kyodo News - April 20, 2009

Jakarta – The Aceh Party, a local party representing former Aceh rebels, is projected to win control of the parliament in Indonesia's northernmost province Aceh, a local poll monitor sa

April 18, 2009

Jakarta Post - April 18, 2009

Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – Former separatist combatants have managed to transform the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) into a major local political force after last week's legislative elec

April 16, 2009

Jakarta Globe - April 16, 2009

Nurdin Hasan, Banda Aceh – A number of homes still remain unfinished, but at 10 a.m.

April 12, 2009

Deutsche Presse Agentur - April 12, 2009

Ahmad Pathoni, Banda Aceh – Stories about young unmarried couples in Aceh Province arrested by religious patrol officers make frequent headlines in local newspapers with tabloids exposi

April 10, 2009

Jakarta Post - April 10, 2009

Alfian and Hotli Simanjuntak, Banda Aceh – The legislative polls were held peacefully in the restive Aceh province, despite a volley of accusations of intimidation by local parties' mem

Jakarta Post - April 10, 2009

Jakarta – The Aceh Party, the leading local party in Aceh whose members mostly include former Free Aceh Movement (GAM) combatants, claimed winning the popular vote in the province.

April 8, 2009

Deutsche Presse Agentur - April 8, 2009

Banda Aceh – In Indonesia's Aceh province, stories about young unmarried couples arrested by religious patrol officers make frequent headlines in local newspapers with tabloids exposing

April 6, 2009

Jakarta Post - April 6, 2009

Alfian, Banda Aceh – Aceh's leading local parties have promised sharia law during their recent campaigns, bidding to win the upcoming legislative elections and a political chance to rei