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April 3, 2003

Jakarta Post - April 3, 2003

Nani Farida and Tiarma Siboro, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – Activists representing 41 Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Aceh have launched a month-long campaign to save the five-month-ol

April 2, 2003

Radio Australia - April 2, 2003

Soldiers in Indonesia have killed two suspected rebels in the province of Aceh.

March 30, 2003

Jakarta Post - March 30, 2003

Banda Aceh – A separatist rebel hacked a soldier to death with a machete before being shot dead in the troubled Aceh province, the military said Saturday.

March 29, 2003

Jakarta Post - March 29, 2003

Tiarma Siboro, Jakarta – The Henry Dunant Centre (HDC) has warned the Indonesian Military (TNI) and Free Aceh Movement (GAM) against reinforcing military strength during the demilitariz

Jakarta Post - March 29, 2003

Apriadi Gunawan, Medan – Thousands of people who claim to be Acehnese refugees ignored North Sumatra governor T.

March 28, 2003

Radio Australia - March 28, 2003

Amnesty International says two human rights activists in Indonesia's Aceh province are believed to be being held by the military and could face torture or death.

Radio Australia - March 28, 2003

There are fears in Jakarta that the war in Iraq is diverting attention from a conflict much closer to home – in the province of Aceh.

Jakarta Post - March 28, 2003

Medan – Hundreds of angry refugees from war-torn Aceh prevented North Sumatra Governor T.

March 27, 2003

Straits Times - March 27, 2003

Jakarta – More than 36 billion rupiah meant for the Acehnese refugees has been embezzled allegedly by officials who also stole other forms of aid provided by humanitarian groups.

March 25, 2003

Jakarta Post - March 25, 2003

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – Despite allegations infamous pro-Jakarta militia Laskar Jihad are waging a "holy war" against pro-independence forces in Central Aceh, public transportation se

March 21, 2003

Straits Times - March 21, 2003

Banda Aceh – The Free Aceh Movement has accused the Indonesian military (TNI) of trying to undermine a peace agreement by getting people to harass monitors overseeing the pact.

Jakarta Post - March 21, 2003

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh/Jakarta – Acehnese people have lambasted the Joint Security Committee (JSC) enforcing the cessation of hostilities agreement in Aceh, for its failure to stop the

March 18, 2003

Jakarta Post - March 18, 2003

Muninggar Sri Saraswati and Fabiola Desy Unidjaja, Jakarta – The government has moved to consult the House of Representatives (DPR) to decide on immediate action against the Free Aceh M

Jakarta Post - March 18, 2003

Apriadi Gunawan, Jakarta – A 12-day-long protest by 600 Acehnese transmigrant refugees over the slow disbursement of resettlement funds has claimed the life of one, and hospitalized fou

March 17, 2003

Jakarta Post - March 17, 2003

Ibnu Matnoor, Banda Aceh – The killing of four Acehnese in the latest spree of violence on Saturday has increased the distrust between the government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), p

March 15, 2003

Agence France Presse - March 15, 2003

Three Indonesian policemen were wounded in the latest skirmish with rebels despite a ceasefire agreement in Aceh province, police said.

March 12, 2003

Jakarta Post - March 12, 2003

Banda Aceh – Eight Indonesian student activists said here Monday they have begun a hunger strike to demand freedom of speech in the restive province of Aceh.

March 8, 2003

Jakarta Post - March 8, 2003

Jakarta – A fact-finding team of the Commission for Missing Persons and Victims of Violence (Kontras) have discovered that the local military was allegedly involved in the recent attack

March 6, 2003

Jakarta Post - March 6, 2003

Jakarta – Army chief Gen. Ryamizard Ryacudu said the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is not only an enemy of the Indonesian Military (TNI), but is also an enemy of the state.

March 5, 2003

Green Left Weekly - March 5, 2003

Pip Hinman – Australia-based Scottish academic Lesley McCulloch and US nurse Joy-Lee Sadler were arrested in Indonesian-occupied south Aceh on September 11.

March 4, 2003

Straits Times - March 4, 2003

Banda Aceh – A mob yesterday attacked the office of an international peace monitoring team in Aceh, injuring one Indonesian soldier and one rebel representative, police said.

Agence France Presse - March 4, 2003

Aceh separatist rebels have accused Indonesian security forces of condoning a militia attack on the office of a peace monitoring team in hopes of wrecking a ceasefire in the province.

Reuters - March 4, 2003

Banda Aceh – Indonesia's first Islamic courts for criminal cases were opened in the staunchly Muslim Aceh province on Tuesday as part of efforts to calm separatist passions in the area.

March 3, 2003

Reuters - March 3, 2003

Jakarta – Nearly 4,000 angry Acehnese surrounded an office staffed by peace monitors including three Thai soldiers in the restive Indonesian province on Monday, threatening the group un

March 1, 2003

Agence France Presse - March 1, 2003

Jakarta – A ceasefire in Aceh's bloody separatist war is already looking shaky and major issues must be settled to salvage what could be the last chance for peace, an international rese

February 28, 2003

Jakarta Post - February 28, 2003

Martin Griffiths – On Sundays at the beach in Lampu near Banda Aceh, young couples stroll across the sand holding hands, laughing and flirting.

February 26, 2003

Jakarta Post - February 26, 2003

Jakarta – Aceh province will inaugurate its first Islamic sharia court on March 4 as part of the broad autonomy granted to curb separatist sentiment, AFP reported.

Radio Australia - February 26, 2003

A group mediating a peace pact between the Indonesian government and separatists in Aceh province, plans to deploy 15 personnel to promote the peace accord there.

Green Left Weekly - February 26, 2003

Iggy Kim – The Indonesian government has again violated the December 10 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA). The agreement was supposed to bring an end to violence in Aceh.

February 24, 2003

Jakarta Post - February 24, 2003

Jakarta – The military on Monday denied accusations by the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) that troops had raided a rebel base in violation of a peace pact signed in December, AFP r

Radio Australia - February 24, 2003

The separatist Free Aceh Movement in Indonesia's restive province of Aceh has accused government forces of several serious violations of the peace pact signed in December.

February 22, 2003

Agence France Presse - February 22, 2003

Banda Aceh – Twelve days have passed since the crucial "demilitarisation" phase of the Aceh agreement but separatist rebels have not started placing weapons in arms dumps and Indonesian

February 20, 2003

ASAP media release - February 20, 2003

Over the past week in Aceh, Indonesia has repeatedly violated the December 10 Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (COHA), arresting civil movement activists and carrying out military off

February 17, 2003

Associated Press - February 17, 2003

Banda Aceh – Government troops and rebels in Aceh are both guilty of serious breaches of a recent peace deal, the Swiss-based group mediating the conflict between the two sides said yes

February 15, 2003

Jakarta Post - February 15, 2003

Aceh – The police in Banda Aceh are still pursuing a prodemocracy activist Kautsar who mobilized Acehnese to go on strike recently without permission from security authorities.

February 12, 2003

Agence France Presse - February 12, 2003

Indonesian police have arrested a leading pro-independence activist in Aceh province after accusing him of organising an unauthorised rally.

February 11, 2003

ASAP Statement - February 11, 2003

Aceh arrests and attacks expose sham of Indonesia's commitment to peace process

Agence France Presse - February 11, 2003

Separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh said they have begun disarming as part of a peace deal but warned that the military must relocate its troops if the process is to continue.

Jakarta Post - February 11, 2003

Nani Farida and Ibnu Matnoor, Aceh – The Joint Security Committee (JSC) named on Monday six new peace zones to shore up the fragile peace deal between rebels and the government, which b

February 10, 2003

Radio Australia - February 10, 2003

After five months jail in an Indonesian prison, Australian academic Lesley McCulloch has been finally been released.

Sydney Morning Herald - February 10, 2003

Matthew Moore – The academic Lesley McCulloch was yesterday released after five months' imprisonment in Indonesia's Aceh province and will return to Australia next month to write an acc

February 9, 2003

Agence France Presse - February 9, 2003

The Indonesian government and Aceh rebels on Sunday entered the crucial demilitarization stage in the process to end a bloody 26-year separatist war in the resource-rich province.

February 8, 2003

Jakarta Post - February 8, 2003

Nani Farida, Aceh – Demilitarization in the restive province of Aceh is scheduled to start on Sunday as part of last December's peace deal to end long-standing hostilities, but exactly

Jakarta Post - February 8, 2003

Kornelius Purba, Aceh – As stipulated by the cessation of hostilities agreement signed by Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the GAM rebels are to begin disarming by February 9

February 5, 2003

Jakarta Post - February 5, 2003

Nani Farida, Aceh – Residents of the troubled Aceh are angry about what they see as their exclusion from the peace process, which has yet to bring a complete halt to separatist violence

February 4, 2003

Agence France Presse - February 4, 2003

Banda Aceh – Separatist rebels in Indonesia's Aceh province yesterday said that they were ready to start handing over weapons under a December ember peace deal but questioned the army's

Jakarta Post - February 4, 2003

Nani Farida, Banda Aceh – With the signing on December ember 9, 2002 of the cessation of hostilities agreement between Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), the Acehnese people be

Jakarta Post - February 4, 2003

Tiarma Siboro, Lhokseumawe – Compensation money is often given in exchange for a loss of property or a relative, but it cannot bring back a loved one, or in many cases, compensate for t

February 3, 2003

Jakarta Post - February 3, 2003

Nani Farida, Aceh – The almost two-month-old cessation of hostilities agreement between Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) is under threat by violations committed by both sides.

January 31, 2003

Opinion and Editorial - January 31, 2003

Kiki Syahnakri, Jakarta – All the parties involved in the recent signing of the peace deal between the Indonesian government and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) deserve sincere appreciatio