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Shootings & Violence Against Civilians

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January 17, 2003

Sydney Morning Herald - January 17, 2003

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – The Indonesian military has pledged full co-operation with a new FBI investigation into the fatal shootings of two American school teachers at the Freeport mine

January 4, 2003

Reuters - January 4, 2003

Jakarta – The killing of civilians has dropped sharply in Indonesia's Aceh province since the signing of a landmark peace accord between the central government and rebels, a Geneva-base

December 28, 2002

Jakarta Post - December 28, 2002

Jakarta – Unidentified men shot the wife of a human right activist before an immigration post nearby Indonesia-Papua New Guinea border at about 9 a.m.

Reuters - December 28, 2002

Jakarta – The wife of a Papuan activist whose human rights group has accused Indonesian soldiers of killing two American teachers in the restive province was shot and wounded on Saturda

December 27, 2002

Sydney Morning Herald - December 27, 2002

Tom Hyland, Jakarta – Indonesian police have reportedly made fresh allegations of possible army involvement in the killing of two Americans in Papua province, in a move that could furth

Straits Times - December 27, 2002

Jayapura – President Megawati Sukarnoputri gave the restive province of Papua what she called a Christmas present yesterday, belting out the Sinatra classic, My Way, at a festive holida

December 24, 2002

Agence France Presse - December 24, 2002

Indonesia has agreed to let agents from the US Federal Bureay of Investigation (FBI) join an investigation into an ambush that killed two Americans and an Indonesian in Papua province.

October 28, 2002

Jakarta Post - October 28, 2002

Jakarta – A gang of unidentified men raided the Jakarta office of the Institute for Human Rights Study and Advocacy for West Papua (Els-Ham Papua Barat), a Papuan human rights group tha

The Australian - October 28, 2002

Don Greenlees – Agents from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and Western diplomats believe Indonesian soldiers fabricated evidence after the August 31 shooting of two American and

October 25, 2002

Jakarta Post - October 25, 2002

Banda Aceh – Some ten unidentified gunmen shot dead a middle-aged couple identified as Hasan Basri, 50, and his wife Rosmawati, 45, at their home in the Idi Rayeuk area of East Aceh dis

October 18, 2002

Jakarta Post - October 18, 2002

Ibnu Mat Noor, Banda Aceh – Volunteers with the Indonesian Red Cross in Aceh have evacuated six casualties bearing gunshot wounds, including one state official, from four different loca

September 30, 2002

Jakarta Post - September 30, 2002

Banda Aceh – A female student was shot dead and a soldier was wounded in the latest violence to hit the troubled Indonesian province of Aceh, the military and residents said on Sunday.

September 17, 2002

Melbourne Age - September 17, 2002

Matthew Moore, Jakarta – Gunmen have fired at the car of police investigating the murder of three teachers at an international school in the Indonesian province of Papua as evidence mou

September 15, 2002

Straits Times - September 15, 2002

Banda Aceh – A woman teacher was executed in war-torn Aceh on Thursday, adding to the growing list of more than 50 teachers killed since 1998.

September 13, 2002

Jakarta Post - September 13, 2002

Ibnu Mat Noor, Banda Aceh – Two unidentified gunmen in Aceh ignored the cries by a schoolboy for his mother's life on Thursday morning, shooting her in the head before stealing her moto

September 5, 2002

Jakarta Post - September 5, 2002

Ibnu Mat Noor, Banda Aceh – Two schoolgirls from the same village as the head of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) were abducted and executed by armed gunmen in Pidie regency, Eastern Aceh o

September 3, 2002

The Australian - September 3, 2002

The shocking murder of three employees of the giant US-owned Freeport mine in West Papua on the weekend underscores the instability of our neighbourhood.

September 1, 2002

Tapol Bulletin 168 - September 2002

Mystery has shrouded the death in September 2001 of Willem Onde, a local OPM commander in Merauke, together with a colleague.

Papuan Presidium Council - September 1, 2002

In a statement issued today by Messrs Willy Mandowen, Victor Kaisiepo and Clemens Runawery on behalf of the people of West Papua, the Papua Council Presidium and its interim Chairman, M

August 6, 2002

Agence France Presse - August 6, 2002

Retired US General Anthony Zinni set out for Aceh's sensitive Pidie district, where Indonesian troops said they shot dead two alleged separatist rebels a day earlier.

July 10, 2002

Jakarta Post - July 10, 2002

Jakarta – A baby was shot and killed and its mother left fighting for her life in violence which claimed at least 10 lives in the war-ravaged Indonesian province of Aceh on Sunday and M

July 8, 2002

Jakarta Post - July 8, 2002

Jakarta – As the government continued to secure more support for its plan to intensify military operations in Aceh, experts warned that an increased military presence in Aceh would not

June 11, 2002

Agence France Presse - June 11, 2002

Two gunmen shot dead a district parliamentarian at his home in Indonesia's restive province of Aceh, police said.

December 27, 2001

Agence France Presse - December 27, 2001

Banda Aceh – A family of three shot dead by unidentified gunmen were the latest victims of violence in Indonesia's Aceh province where at least eight others were killed in past days, re

December 24, 2001

Agence France Presse - December 24, 2001 (abridged)

Jakarta – Four bodies have been found in the Indonesian province of Aceh, a region plagued by violence exchanges between government and separatist rebel forces, a press report said Mond

September 7, 2001

Jakarta Post - September 7, 2001

Banda Aceh – State Syiah Kuala University rector Dayan Dawood, 54, was shot dead by unidentified people on his way home from campus here on Thursday, just two days ahead of President Me

August 1, 2001

Tapol Bulletin 162 - August 2001

Widespread police operations have been underway since March this year in the district of Manokwari in the Bird's Head region of West Papua, following armed attacks on two logging compan

March 18, 2001

Agence France Presse - March 18, 2001

Banda Aceh – At least 14 people were killed in a series of clashes between government forces and separatist rebels in Indonesia's restive province of Aceh, police and residents said Sun

December 8, 2000

Sydney Morning Herald - December 8, 2000

Lindsay Murdoch, Jakarta and agencies – Many expected the attack, but not the savagery of it.

December 2, 2000

Agence France Presse - December 2, 2000

Jayapura – Indonesian police late Friday lowered the separatist Morning Star flag in the capital of rebellious Irian Jaya province, to comply with a government-mandated midnight deadlin

Agence France Presse - December 2, 2000

Jayapura – Indonesian police entered the headquarters of the pro-independence Papua Taskforce in the province of Irian Jaya Saturday, as a deadline for vacating the building passed.

November 20, 2000

Indonesian Observer - November 20, 2000

Jakarta – Thousands of settlers have fled from Wamena town in Irian Jaya (West Papua), following last months ethnic rioting that left at least 31 people killed and dozens badly wounded.

November 11, 2000

Associated Press - November 11, 2000 (Abridged)

Banda Aceh – President Abdurrahman Wahid blamed the army and police Friday for the escalating violence in Aceh province and the deaths of at least 19 civilians before a separatist rally

November 8, 2000

Agence France Presse - November 8, 2000 (abridged)

Banda Aceh – Indonesian troops killed at least six people Wednesday as thousands streamed toward the capital of the province of Aceh for a massive two-day pro-independence rally, reside

November 5, 2000

Agence France Presse - November 5, 2000 (slightly abridged)

Jakarta – Three members of the pro-independence civilian guard in Indonesia's troubled Irian Jaya province have been shot dead and at least 18 other people injured, including a policema

October 22, 2000

Agence France Presse - October 22, 2000

Banda Aceh – At least four civilians, including a five-year-old child, were killed and three others seriously injured in the latest violence in the restive Indonesian province of Aceh,

October 4, 2000

Agence France Presse - October 4, 2000 (slightly abridged)

Jakarta – An armed group set fire to 10 houses in a pre-dawn attack on a village in Indonesia's troubled Aceh province.

September 16, 2000

South China Morning Post - September 16, 2000 (abridged)

Associated Press in Banda Aceh – The head of an Islamic university in the restive Aceh province was shot to death on Saturday, police said.

August 15, 2000

Straits Times - August 15, 2000

Jakarta – Over 100 civilians in Indonesia's East Aceh regency were assaulted by Indonesian police and soldiers who went on a rampage of shooting and arson in retaliation for the death o

August 14, 2000

Jakarta Post - August 14, 2000

Banda Aceh – A large number of residents were injured after a gang of soldiers and police officers reportedly ran amok on Sunday, destroying shops and markets in the Idi Rayeuek distric

July 13, 2000

Agence France Presse - July 13, 2000 (abridged)

Banda Aceh – Three Acehenese civilians died in military custody after being shot and then arrested by Indonesian security forces, witnesses and hospital staff said Thursday.

March 22, 2000

Agence France Presse - March 22, 2000

Banda Aceh – At least six civilians have been killed or found dead this week in the Indonesian province of Aceh which has been wracked by fighting between separatists and soldiers, poli

March 1, 2000

Reuters - March 1, 2000

Jakarta – Indonesian police fired warning shots in eastern Irian Jaya province on Wednesday to disperse an angry mob which attacked a police headquarters after the death of a pro-indepe

Jakarta Post - March 1, 2000

Jayapura – One man was killed when police opened fire on mobs attacking a Mobile Brigade (Brimob) police headquarters in the easternmost province of Irian Jaya, police said on Tuesday.

February 10, 2000

South China Morning Post - February 10, 2000

Associated Press – Sixteen people were killed and eight injured in several clashes between rebels and government troops in Aceh province, the authorities said on Thursday.

January 21, 2000

South China Morning Post - January 21, 2000 (abridged)

Associated Press – At least seven people have died in the latest round of violence in the strife-torn Aceh province, human rights activists said on Friday.

December 17, 1999

Agence France Presse - December 17, 1999 (abridged)

Jakarta – Indonesian police and soldiers set fire to dozens of houses and shops on Friday in the troubled Aceh province to avenge the killing of a soldier, a report said.

December 8, 1999

Green Left Weekly - December 8, 1999

Linda Kaucher – Indonesian military forces shot protesters trying to prevent them lowering the West Papuan independence flag in the south coast town of Timika on December 1.

December 3, 1999

Associated Press - December 3, 1999

Jayapura – A day after dozens of people were injured in a clash between police and demonstrators, hundreds of protesters demanding independence for Irian Jaya rallied Friday at the site