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HELSINKI, Sep 20 2006 (IPS) - “Amid all the destruction and loss the mood was high. People were making bricks, digging fishponds, building fishing boats. And people were sitting in coffee shops late ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Politics: The Local and International Dimensions of Aceh’s Rohingya Crisis
Rohingya women at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, March 2018. Credit: UN Women/Allison Joyce Subscribe for ads-free reading A harrowing scenario is currently playing itself out in Aceh, ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Politics: Illegal gold mining continues in Indonesia’s Aceh despite government crackdown pledge
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 » Politics: POLITICS-INDONESIA: Aceh Savours Tsunami’s Gift of Peace
BANGKOK, Dec 12 2006 (IPS) - As it approaches the second anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami, the Indonesian province of Aech, which took the worst beating, is basking in a spirit of hope that ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Politics: Couple caned for kissing on TikTok in Indonesia's conservative Aceh province
BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AP) — 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 » Politics: 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 » Politics: Indonesia, Aceh Rebels to Sign Deal to End 30 Years of Strife
JAKARTA, Indonesia, July 18 -- The Indonesian government and Aceh separatists will sign a formal peace accord next month in an effort to end a 30-year conflict that has killed about 15,000 people, ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Politics: In Aceh, Aid Groups Seek a Niche
CALANG, Indonesia, Jan. 10 -- In the effort to provide health services to this devastated town, the Germans got here first. Their organization, Cap Anamur, reached Calang less than three hours before ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Politics: Pastor Sentenced to Two Years in Prison in Indonesia
A Christian pastor has been sentenced to prison for two years for violating Indonesia’s law against blasphemy and hate speech in a case that has drawn scrutiny over the speed of his… Continue Reading ...
News Indonesia » Aceh » Politics: Indonesia sentences Christian pastor 2 years in prison under Islamic blasphemy law
A Christian pastor has been sentenced to prison for two years for violating Indonesia’s law against blasphemy and hate speech in a case that has drawn scrutiny over the speed of his arrest and trial.