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August 2001

Vol. 13, No. 4 (C)

INDONESIA
THE WAR IN ACEH
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Supplementary Materials

•	Indonesia: Martial Law, Bombing in Aceh Press Release, May 20, 2003
•	Indonesia: Gencatan Senjata Aceh Terancam Eskalasi Kekerasan Press Release, April 23, 2003
•	Indonesia: Aceh Ceasefire Threatened By Escalating Violence Press Release, April 23, 2003

•	Accountability For Human Rights Violations In Aceh Report, March 2002
•	Indonesia: Abuses Mount in Aceh August 20, 2001
More on Aceh

I. Summary
Recommendations

II. Nature of the Conflict

III. Background to the Conflict
The "DOM" Period
Post-Soeharto Violence in Aceh
Failed Efforts at Accountability
Presidential Instruction No.4

IV. Violations by Both Sides: The Killings in Samalanga

V. Abuses by Indonesian Security Forces
Extrajudicial Executions
Torture
Disappearances
Collective Punishment
Restrictions on Freedom of Expression, Assembly, and Association

VI. GAM Abuses
Executions of Alleged Informers and Relatives of Police and Army Personnel
Expulsion of Javanese
Unlawful Detention
Restrictions of Freedom of Expression

VII. The South Aceh Rape Case
The Changed Stories
Defamation and Murder
The Impact of the South Aceh Case

VIII. Failure to Prosecute Human Rights Cases: The RATA Killings

IX. Non-functioning Courts and Restoration of the Rule of the Law

X. THE ACEH CONFLICT AND INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW
Protection of Noncombatants
Protection of the Civilian Population
Designation of Military Objectives
Prohibition Against Indiscriminate and Disproportionate Attacks
The Protection of Civilians from Displacement