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News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: Illegal gold mining continues in Indonesia’s Aceh despite government crackdown pledge

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/crime/general/illegal-gold-mining-continues-in-indonesia-s-aceh-despite-government-crackdown-pledge/ar-AA2byP7L

Published on: Thursday 03 September 2026

NAGAN RAYA, Indonesia – Two weeks after government and law enforcement leaders vowed to crack down on illegal gold mining in the semiautonomous Indonesian province of Aceh, local communities on the ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: 21 years after disaster helped bring peace to Aceh – has botched Indonesian response to floods reignited calls for independence?

News channel or source: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/21-years-after-disaster-helped-bring-peace-to-aceh-has-botched-indonesian-response-to-floods-reignited-calls-for-independence/ar-AA2cTF7U

Published on: Thursday 24 September 2026

Thousands gathered at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh on Aug. 15, 2026, to commemorate 21 years of peace between Indonesia and the separatist Free Aceh Movement, or GAM. Some participants ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: Twenty-one years on, Aceh’s peace faces new strains

News channel or source: https://www.thejakartapost.com/opinion/2026/09/29/twenty-one-years-on-acehs-peace-faces-new-strains

Published on: Sunday 27 September 2026

A decades-long insurgency in the Indonesian province ended after 2004’s devastating tsunami. But pro-independence talk is on the rise again.

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: For 1st time, Indonesia government recognizes ancestral forests in Aceh — but only some

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/10/for-1st-time-indonesia-government-recognizes-ancestral-forests-in-aceh-but-only-some/

Published on: Thursday 26 October 2023

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Indonesian government has recognized 22,549 hectares (55,700 acres) of ancestral forests in Aceh, on the northern tip of Sumatra — the first ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: In Indonesia’s Aceh, Indigenous communities seek recognition of their forest rights

News channel or source: https://news.mongabay.com/2023/07/in-indonesias-aceh-indigenous-communities-seek-recognition-of-their-forest-rights/

Published on: Friday 28 July 2023

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Indonesian government is set to recognize community claims to ancestral forests in Aceh province, on the island of Sumatra, for the first time ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: 'Everything Destroyed' as Indonesia's Aceh Grapples With Disease After Floods

News channel or source: https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-12-07/everything-destroyed-as-indonesias-aceh-grapples-with-disease-after-floods

Published on: Saturday 06 December 2025

'Everything Destroyed' as Indonesia's Aceh Grapples With Disease After Floods By Ajeng Ulfiana and Yudhistira ACEH TAMIANG, Indonesia, Dec 7 (Reuters) - Hit by deadly floods, Indonesians in the region ...

News Indonesia » Aceh » Government: Indonesian government must repeal caning bylaws in Aceh

News channel or source: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/press-release/2011/05/indonesian-government-must-repeal-caning-bylaws-aceh/

Published on: Sunday 22 May 2011

The Indonesian government must end the use of caning as a form of punishment and repeal the laws that allow it in Aceh province, Amnesty International said today after at least 21 people were publicly ...

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