Death toll skyrocketing – first foreign aid workers arrive in Aceh

30 December 2004

Update December 30th, 2004, 4 pm MET

According to latest BBC information, the confirmed death toll for Indonesia has skyrocketed to almost 80,000.

The Vice President calculated that the reconstruction costs would amount to 1 billion US Dollar. 150 million US Dollar were needed for immediate relief operations.

President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has suggested to the UN Secretary General that the United Nations host an aid conference for all states affected by the disaster. So far, apart from Kofi ... read more

Posted on 02:19 PM in Aceh, Disasters, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Environment & Climate
Tags: Aceh, Germany, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), humanitarian aid, Indonesia, military, government, tsunami, USA

Civil emergency in Aceh ended

29 December 2004

Tsunami Catastrophe in Aceh – Update 29/12/04, 2 p.m. (MET)

Today, December 29th, 2004, the Indonesian Vice President Jusuf Kalla has revoked the status of civil emergency for Aceh. According to information of the Indonesian online news service Kompas Cyber Media (KCM), the Central Government also took over the government authority in the troubled province.

After the breakdown of the peace negotiations between the Central Government and the Free Aceh Movement in May 2003, martial law had been ... read more

Posted on 02:03 PM in Aceh, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications, Regional Conflicts
Tags: Aceh, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), humanitarian aid, Indonesia, conflict resolution, military, regional conflicts, tsunami

(Deutsch) Friedenshoffnungen über Trümmern

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Posted on 02:15 PM in Aceh, Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, disasters, conflict resolution, military, regional conflicts, tsunami, independence

More than 27,000 dead and the death toll still rising – Tsunami in Indonesia

28 December 2004

by Alex Flor

The earth quake that struck on Sunday was the biggest of its kind during the last 40 years. Its epicentre was located 150 km off the South-western coastline of the Indonesian province of Aceh. The tidal wave which was triggered by the quake took the life of tens of thousands in the coastal regions of twelve Asian and African states.

The death toll is still rising by the hour. On Sunday, the day of the ... read more

Posted on 10:53 AM in Aceh, Indonesia, Information and Analysis, Publications
Tags: Aceh, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), humanitarian aid, Indonesia, disasters, conflict resolution, military, tsunami

Neither Wolf, nor Lamb

Forum Asia, July 2004

Embracing Civil Society in the Aceh Conflict

Shane Barter

This book is an introduction to the complicated story of Aceh. It has no underlying thesis, but it does have a goal; undermine the lamb and the wolf. After all, there can be no peace between the lamb and the wolf, whereas in Aceh, peace is a necessary goal for all actors. In order to undermine this story, we intend to hold all actors responsible to ... read more

Posted on 03:33 PM in Aceh, History & Overview, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, human rights, military, regional conflicts, civil society

Indonesia: Impunity must be brought to an end – conflicts must be solved by peaceful means

24th January 2004

United Evangelical Mission, Wuppertal Watch Indonesia!, Berlin Diakonisches Werk der EKD, Referat Menschenrechte, Stuttgart

Aide-Mémoire to the German delegation 60th Session of the UN Commission on Human Rights 15th March to 23rd April 2004

by United Evangelical Mission Communion of Churches in three Continents Postfach 20 19 63, 42219 Wuppertal Fon.: +49(0)202 – 8 90 04-0, Fax: +49(0)202 – 8 90 04-79 Watch Indonesia! Planufer 92d, 10967 Berlin, Fon/Fax: +49(0)30-69817938 watchindonesia@watchindonesia.org and Diakonisches Werk der ... read more

Posted on 10:32 AM in joint position papers, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications
Tags: 1965, Aceh, intelligence service, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, international tribunal, conflict resolution, human rights, military, New Order, East Timor, Papua, criminal prosecution, Tanjung Priok, transitional justice

(Deutsch) Indonesien: Sorge um die zivilen Opfer in Aceh

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Posted on 02:39 PM in Aceh, Human Rights, Indonesia, Publications, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, refugees, peace process, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, Komnas HAM, human rights, military

(Deutsch) Embedded in Aceh

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Posted on 12:23 PM in Aceh, Indonesia, Press Freedom, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, human rights, military, press freedom, regional conflicts

(Deutsch) Repräsentatives Abbild

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Posted on 03:22 PM in "In the Spotlight", Aceh, Indonesia, Publications, Society & Religion
Tags: Aceh, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, military

(Deutsch) Indonesien: Panzer von Bord der ›Hoyerswerda‹

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Posted on 08:24 PM in Aceh, Indonesia, Publications, Regional Conflicts, Watch Indonesia! in the Media
Tags: Aceh, Government of Germany, Gerakan Aceh Merdeka (GAM), Indonesia, regional conflicts, security sector, arms trade