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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 ground say excavators are ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: Over 300 Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar arrive in Indonesia's Aceh region after weeks at sea
ACEH BESAR, Indonesia — Two boats carrying more than 300 Rohingya Muslims, including emaciated women and children, arrived at Indonesia’s northernmost province of Aceh on Sunday morning after being ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: Aceh: thousands of people flee religious violence following church attacks
Jakarta (AsiaNews) – Thousands of people have fled their homes, streaming out of Aceh Singkil Regency, Aceh Province, following sectarian violence two days ago. Hundreds of Muslims from the Islamic ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: Hundreds of Rohingya Refugees Disembark in Indonesia’s Aceh Region
More than 500 Rohingya civilians came ashore in Aceh province in western Indonesia yesterday after weeks at sea, the latest in a wave of new Rohingya arrivals from southeastern Bangladesh. According ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: Couple caned for kissing on TikTok in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — A young couple in Indonesia’s conservative Aceh province were publicly caned on Thursday after an Islamic Shariah court convicted them of violating Islamic law by kissing ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: In Indonesia’s Aceh, a once-isolated forest hosts local travelers on bamboo rafts
In the semiautonomous region of Aceh, an Indigenous community has repurposed the bamboo rafts they use to commute downriver to sell tourism services to nearby urban settlements. The forests of Samar ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: Aceh canes four Indonesians 100 strokes each for sex outside marriage
Officials in Indonesia’s staunchly Islamic Aceh province publicly caned two women and two men 100 strokes each for engaging in sex outside of marriage, ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: Prayers and tears mark 20 years since the Indian Ocean tsunami that killed some 230,000 people
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia — People gathered in prayer and visited mass graves in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Thursday to mark 20 years since the massive Indian Ocean tsunami hit the region in one of ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: Nearly 200 Rohingya people land by boat in Indonesia’s Aceh
More than 180 Rohingya Muslims landed in Indonesia’s Aceh province on Monday, officials said, the latest among hundreds who have fled by boat from desperate conditions in Myanmar and in camps in ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: Aceh’s Bitter Lesson, Relearned
Scene of destruction in the aftermath of Cyclone Senyar. Indonesia’s government, at local and national levels, failed to respond adequately to the early warnings of the cyclone’s approach, resulting ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: UNHCR returns to Indonesia's Aceh province to provide shelter assistance
JAKARTA, June 27 (UNHCR) - The government of Indonesia announced on Saturday that the UN refugee agency had been invited to return to Indonesia's Aceh province to assist in providing shelter as part ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » People: Indonesia's Aceh Passes Stoning Bill
Many of the people who survived the devastating 2004 tsunami that deluged the Indonesian province of Aceh found grim solace in the aftermath of the killer wave. The wall of water and earthquake ...