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News reports and statements

  • Red tape holds up food aid for tsunami victims of Aceh province, John Aglionby, 25 May 2005

  • More Than 50 Groups Urge Bush Not to Offer Military Assistance to Indonesian President, East Timor and Indonesia Action Network and others, 24 May 2005

  • Aceh reconstruction comes to a near halt, John Aglionby, 10 May 2005

  • Acehnese, Islam and foreigners: Clearing up the misapprehension, Aguswandi, 13 April 2005

  • Australia-Indonesia pact paves the way for closer ties, Tanya Nolan interviews Max Lane and Professor Harold Crouch, 5 April 2005

  • NZ Prime Minister urged to reaffirm the ban on military ties when she meets with the President of Indonesia, Indonesia Human Rights Committee, 3 April 2005

  • UN refugee agency ends emergency tsunami relief operations in Indonesia, UN News, 24 March 2005

  • Aid Groups Welcome Aceh Extension, Laksamana Net, 18 March 2005

  • Aceh: Challenges of building a future after the tsunami, Testimony to the European Parliament Hearing on Development and Human Rights in Indonesia, Aguswandi, 16 March 2005

  • 'Tsunami Aid Boosting US Image in Indonesia', Laksamana Net, 10 March 2005

  • $1 million in emergency grants to aid Indonesian journalists devastated by tsunami, Ascribe Newswire, 2 March 2005

  • GAM Mulls Dropping Independence Demand, Laksamana Net, 23 February 2005

  • Rebels drop demand for independent Aceh, John Aglionby, 22 February 2005

  • Recycling Militants in Indonesia, International Crisis Group, 22 February 2005

  • Treat Terror Threats with Caution, Caritas Aotearoa, 21 February 2005

  • After the Tsunami: Military Aid For Indonesia? Frida Berrigan, 18 February 2005

  • Aceh dispatch: A story half-told, John Aglionby, 17 February 2005

  • Aceh Abandoned: The Second Tsunami, Andre Vltchek, 16 February 2005

  • Military Accused of Killing Villagers in Aceh, Laksamana Net, 12 February 2005

  • Human rights abuses in Aceh - letter to UK Foreign Office Minister, TAPOL, 9 February 2005

  • Indonesia: After Tsunami, Acehnese Fear Forced Relocation - Military Role in Relocation Efforts Should Be Minimized, Human Rights Watch, 7 February 2005

  • 150,000 Children Orphaned By Tsunami, Laksamana Net, 5 February

  • Aceh Villagers Refuse to be Relocated, Laksamana Net, 5 February 2005

  • Rebels Pressure Indonesia for Ceasefire, Laksamana Net, 3 February 2005

  • Australian Troops to Leave Aceh in Weeks, Laksamana Net, 3 February 2005

  • No Aceh Conflict Mediation for Clinton, Laksamana Net, 3 February 2005

  • Howard Visits Aceh, Hails Closer Ties, Laksamana Net, 2 February 2005

  • Backgrounder on Aceh - A History of Resistance and Militarisation, TAPOL, January 2005

  • Aceh's disaster could herald political change, Dr Damien Kingsbury, 25 January 2005

  • Aceh: the tsunami and beyond - public meetings with prominent Acehnese human rights activist, Auckland 24 January, and Wellington 25 January 2005

  • Cautious hope for Aceh in new peace talks: Indonesian government to meet rebels in Helsinki, Vaudine England, 24 January 2005

  • Aceh's big worries are water and sanitation, Matthew Moore, 24 January 2005

  • Indonesia’s Tsunami Death Toll Nears 174,000, + ‘No More Attacks on Rebels’, Laksamana Net, 23 January 2005

  • Dialogue between the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement, Crisis Management Initiative, 23 January 2005

  • Statement by Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja regarding Aceh talks, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland, 23 January 2005

  • President promises reconstruction, Vaudine England, 22 January 2005

  • US ties and challenges to peace in Aceh, Abigail Abrash Walton and Bama Athreya, 21 January 2005

  • Massive relief efforts required for Aceh, Christian World Service, 21 January 2005

  • Military Ignores Peace Calls, Kills 120 Rebels, Laksamana Net, 21 January 2005

  • US urges political solution in Aceh, AFP and Reuters, 21 January 2005

  • UN agency reports Tsunami's damage to Indonesia's environment pegged at $675 million, UN News, 21 January 2005

  • US prepares to scale back aid operation, Jerry Norton and Dean Yates, 21 January 2005

  • Heavy rains hamper UN tsunami relief in temporary camps in Indonesia, UN News, 20 January 2005

  • Toll rises to 226,500 as Indonesia says 50,000 missing are dead, Laura Smith and John Vidal, 20 January 2005

  • Indonesia expects toll to rise 50%, Reuters and Agence France-Presse, 20 January 2005

  • Wolfowitz Visited Indonesia For Closer Military Ties, Not Tsunami Relief, Joseph Nevins, 19 January 2005

  • Tsunami Survivors Give Birth Without Basic Necessities, UNFPA Strives to Get Life-Saving Supplies, Care to Aceh Mothers, UNFPA, 19 January 2005

  • Past record raises fears of Indonesia army, Slobodan Lekic, 19 January 2005

  • Formal Aceh Peace Talks Sought this Month, Laksamana Net, 19 January 2005

  • Guterres Denies Forming Militia in Aceh, Laksamana Net, 19 January 2005

  • Indonesia Puts Tsunami Losses at $4.5 Billion, + Indonesian government damage and recovery process assessment, + press releases by the World Bank, Laksamana Net, 19 January 2005

  • Why not independence? Challenging the myths about Aceh’s national liberation movement, William Nessen, January 2005

  • Aceh Rebels Describe Effort to Aid 'Our Own', Ellen Nakashima, 18 January 2005

  • UN teams find tsunami devastation in Indonesia 'truly staggering', UN News, 18 January 2005

  • Reforms Have Not Been Enacted: letter from Democrat Congressman Lane Evans,expressing concern over the possibility of renewed US-Indonesia military ties, 18 January 2005 - scan down the page to reach the letter.

  • Children casualty rates 'higher than first thought', AP, 18 January 2005

  • For Yudhoyono, opportunity knocks amid the ruins: Indonesia and the US want to revive their military links and boost business and investment ties, Deborah Cameron, 18 January 2005

  • Closure, now billions for the rebirth, Deborah Cameron, 17 January 2005

  • Bereft Families Scour the 'Alive' List for Relatives, Eric Lipton, 17 January 2005

  • US and Indonesia May Restore Military Link, Eric Schmitt, 17 January 2005

  • Threat to expel foreigners dropped: Indonesia rescinds deadline for aid workers to leave, John Aglionby, 17 January 2005

  • Pressing on against the odds: Aceh's daily newspaper was back on the streets just days after the tsunami killed many staff, Hsiao-Hung Pai, 17 January 2005

  • US Forces Prepare to Finish Aid Work and Hand Off to Civilians, Eric Schmitt, 16 January 2005

  • A war for all to see - Indonesia lost East Timor after its atrocities there were exposed; now, with foreigners helping the tsunami clean-up, it fears Aceh may go the same way, Matthew Moore, 15 January 2005

  • More Than 81,000 Bodies Buried in Aceh + US Welcomes Military Deadline, Laksamana Net, 15 January 2005

  • Outsiders Reach Forgotten Village, David Brown, 15 January 2005

  • Indonesian Refugees Want Foreign Troops to Stay, Burt Herman, 14 January 2005

  • MP wants NZ to reject Indonesian aid restrictions, NZPA, 14 January 2005

  • Nearly 3 weeks after tsunami, relief effort going 'reasonably well' - but in Aceh, serious emergency problems still remain, UN News, 14 January 2005

  • Indonesia's Aceh mistake, Wall Street Journal Editorial, 14 January 2005

  • UN Urges Indonesia to Revise Aceh Deadline, Laksamana Net, 14 January 2005

  • Aceh leader asks troops to stay, Matthew Moore and Cynthia Banham, 14 January 2005

  • US carrier forced to withdraw, AP and AAP, 14 January 2005

  • Aceh rebels seek talks as Jakarta's restrictions put aid in jeopardy, Luke Harding, 14 January 2005

  • TNI Accused of Extorting Foreign Volunteers, Laksamana Net, 14 January 2005

  • Suffering Adds Up in a Hurry In Survey of Tsunami Survivors, David Brown, 14 January 2005

  • He survived the great wave, only to die at the hands of the government, Richard Lloyd Parry, 13 January 2005

  • Tsunami Must Not Sweep Away Restrictions on Indonesian Military, East Timor Action Network, 13 January 2005

  • Restricting military could hamper aid: UN, AP, 13 January 2005

  • Aid workers fear troop escorts may provoke rebels, Adam Jay, 13 January 2005

  • Aceh Rebels Want Peace Talks + GAM reconfirms its commitment to an unconditional ceasefire throughout Acheh, Laksamana Net, 13 January 2005

  • Government Curbs Foreign Access to Aceh, Laksamana Net, 13 January 2005

  • Downer sounds warning on sending armed troops, Cynthia Banham, 12 January 2005

  • 'We have too many bodies', Ian Woolverton 12 January 2005

  • Indonesia issues ultimatum to foreign troops, 12 January 2005

  • Aceh Goes To Heaven! Andre Vltchek, 12 January 2005

  • Aceh ceasefire in doubt as rebels threaten bloodshed unless the Indonesian military agrees to stop action against them, Matthew Moore and Karuni Rompies, 12 January 2005

  • President Seeks Foreign Input on Rebel Issue, Laksamana Net, 11 January 2005

  • Aceh’s Dual Disasters: The Tsunami and Military Rule, John Roosa, 11 January 2005

  • Separatist conflict poses risk to relief effort in Aceh, Tom McCawley, 11 January 2005

  • Government Blames Soldier for Aceh Shooting, Laksamana Net, 10 January 2005

  • Govt should keep aid for Aceh, not for state budget: Analyst, Urip Hudiono, 10 January 2005

  • In shadow of tragedy a bitter conflict is rekindled, Luke Harding, 10 January 2005

  • Military restricts Aceh aid, Matthew Moore and Farah Farouque, 10 January 2005

  • We'll stay: Australian PM locks in aid army, Mark Metherell and Matthew Moore, 10 January 2005

  • ... "American navy's refusal to allow its fleet of 10 Seahawk helicopters to conduct assessment missions during their more than two dozen aid airdrops a day. "No security, no time" was the explanation given by helicopter crewman Derrick Smith" from Briton leads salvation mission for those still living in flattened town, John Aglionby, 10 January 2005

  • Troops in Aceh for aid, not fighting: Howard, AAP, 10 January 2005

  • UNA urges Aussie peace role in Aceh, AAP, 9 January 2005

  • Indonesia on alert to protect children, AP, 9 January 2005

  • Gunfire mystery in Banda Aceh, Dan Eaton and Achmad Sukarsono, 9 January 2005

  • Statement by the Government in Exile of Acheh Regarding the Islamic Defenders Front and the Indonesia Mujahidin Council in Acheh, 9 January 2005

  • Solidarity with the Acehnese People Movement (SEGERA) Update, 9 January 2005

  • In the forgotten ghost town, thousands still wait for aid - the relief effort is under way, but pitifully little help has reached Meulaboh, 200 miles from Banda Aceh, where corpses still litter the streets, Jason Burke, 9 January 2005

  • Canada presses Indonesia on Aceh ceasefire, AFP, 8 January 2005

  • Aid Arrives, but Often Not in Equal Amounts, Peter S Goodman, 8 January 2005

  • Survivors cling to life while waiting for aid, Luke Harding, 8 January 2005

  • US Hopes Planes Won’t be Used Against Rebels, Laksamana Net, 7 January 2005

  • Journalists Told to Keep Quiet on Aceh Skirmish, Martin Chulov, 7 January 2005

  • Violent clashes between separatists and troops threaten aid efforts, Jason Burke, 7 January 2005

  • Annan calls devastation in Sumatra worst he has ever seen; 'core group' of donor nations dissolved; other crises being ignored, Scott Shane and Raymond Bonner, 7 January 2005

  • Annan tours worst destruction he has ever seen at tsunami's ground zero, UN News, 7 January 2005

  • Dirt Road Is Slippery Lifeline for Acehnese, Peter S. Goodman, 6 January 2005

  • Tsunami Relief Efforts in Aceh: Letter to President Yudhoyono, Human Rights Watch, 6 January 2005

  • The neocons have a hand in Aceh too: US support for Indonesia's army is compromising its relief effort, Sidney Blumenthal, 6 January 2005

  • Avebury's Aceh Call, The Evening Standard, 6 January 2005

  • Enormous problems still persist for tsunami relief operations in Indonesia, UN News, 6 January 2005

  • Human Rights and Humanitarian Situation in Aceh: Military Control Hampers Relief Work in Aceh, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development, 5 January 2005

  • Aid to Acheh - not a simple story, Kate Walsh interviews Nurdin Abdul Rahman, 5 January 2005

  • Chicago Tribune journalist expelled from Aceh, Pacific Media Watch, 5 January 2005

  • Military control of Aceh emergency impedes aid distribution, TAPOL, 4 January 2005

  • Many Thousands Cut Off From Relief, Peter S. Goodman, 4 January 2005

  • Letter to Secretary of State Powell on Aceh Crisis, International Labor Rights Fund, Acheh Center USA, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights, East Timor Action Network, International Forum for Aceh, 4 January 2005

  • Military offensive hinders aid to Aceh, Sonny Inbaraj, 4 January 2005

  • Aceh feels the fallout, Bill Guerin, 4 January 2005

  • Aceh: An Interview with Allan Nairn, 4 January 2005

  • Nearly 100,000 Dead in Aceh From Tsunami, as Activists Blast Indonesian Military for Holding Up Critical Aid, Amy Goodman interviews Aguswandi and Allan Nairn, plus excerpts of Colin Powell, 3 January 2005

  • Aftermath: Indonesia Government and Army Responded Slowly, Jane Perlez, 3 January 2005

  • Indonesians mobilise for relief effort in Aceh while TNI keeps killing Achenese, Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific Statement, 3 January 2005

  • Indonesia accused of stepping up Aceh campaign, Mark Tran and agencies, 2 January 2005

  • A country ripped apart, a people daring to hope, John Aglionby, 2 January 2005

  • Aid begins to reach Aceh, Mark Tran and agencies, 2 January 2005

  • Vanished: villages, bridges swept away, Alan Sipress and Ellen Nakashima, 1 January 2005

  • Stench of dead bodies is all around. There's no time to identify them - just to take them to mass graves, John Aglionby 31 December 2004

  • Anti-GAM Raids Continue Despite Catastrophe, Tiarma Siboro, 31 December 2004

  • Aceh Emergency Urgent Appeal, TAPOL / Peace Movement Aotearoa, 30 December 2004

  • Aceh death toll jumps to 80,000, Mark Tran and agencies, 30 December 2004

  • Where tsunami isn't the only tragedy, Maire Leadbeater, 30 December 2004

  • Joint Statement by Civil Society Coalition for the Victims of Earthquake and Tsunami, Jakarta, 29 December 2004

  • Aceh death toll could reach 80,000, Mark Tran and agencies, 29 December 2004

  • TAPOL Calls for unrestricted access to Aceh, TAPOL, 29 December 2004

  • Minister of Foreign Affairs asked to ensure that international aid is allowed into Aceh, Indonesia Human Rights Committee, 28 December 2004.

  • Aceh tsunami victims await aid, ABC, 28 December 2004

  • TAPOL calls for Aid Agencies to be allowed access to Aceh, TAPOL, 27 December 2004


    • Unfortunately we do not have the resources to keep this page updated regularly. Below are some useful articles, and links to other sites where you can get more information.


    Articles

  • Report from 'Contributing towards sustainable peace in Aceh, 13-14 December 2003.

  • National speaking tour by William Nessen - journalist eyewitness to Indonesian military offensive in Aceh, 25 November to 2 December 2003.

  • Dismay as British armoured vehicles join war in Aceh, TAPOL/CAAT, 28 November 2003.

  • Indonesia: Aceh Under Martial Law - Muzzling the Messengers: Attacks and Restrictions on the Media, Human Rights Watch, November 2003.

  • On the run in Aceh with the guerrillas in Indonesia's westernmost province, William Nessen, 2 November 2003.

  • Aceh Under Martial Law: Can These Men Be Trusted to Prosecute This War? Human Rights Watch, October 2003

  • Aceh under Martial Law: Unnecessary and Dangerous Restrictions on International Humanitarian Access, Human Rights Watch, September 2003

  • 319 civilians killed and 108 disappeared in Aceh, Indoleft News service, 5 September 2003.

  • Stop British support for war in Aceh, TAPOL, July 2003.

  • Massive rise in UK arms sales boosts Indonesia's war in Aceh - NGOs demand explanation, TAPOL and Campaign Against Arms Trade, 10 July 2003.

  • The Situation in Aceh, Indonesia, after six weeks of Martial Law, TAPOL, 30 June 2003.

  • Indonesia's terror war, James Balowski, Green Left Weekly, 11 June 2003.

  • Aceh Under Martial Law: Human Rights Under Fire, Human Rights Watch, June 2003

  • Indonesia uses UK Hawks in Aceh offensive: UK warns Jakarta that export licences may be at risk as raids continue against rebels in province, John Aglionby, 20 May 2003

  • 'A State of War' - Backgrounder on Aceh, TAPOL, January 2002.

  • Indonesia - the war in Aceh, Human Rights Watch, published August 2001 but has links to more recent information.


    • Links

  • TAPOL, the Indonesia Human Rights Campaign - campaigning to expose human rights violations in Indonesia, East Timor, West Papua and Aceh.

  • Aceh links from ETAN

  • Aceh links

  • Amnesty page on human rights in Aceh.

  • Other relevant background material (in relation to the arming of Indonesia in particular) can be found on the East Timor/Indonesia and West Papua index pages.

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