Aceh: News and Analysis
- Reintegration / Natural Resources: Tony Hotland and Nani Afrida, “Let Us Manage Aceh’s Natural Resources, Say Local Leaders,” The Jakarta Post, 15 June 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Reconstruction: M. Taufiqurrahman, “House Dismayed by Slow Aceh Reconstruction,” The Jakarta Post, 14 June 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Reconstruction: Nani Afrida, “Aceh Gets 8,000 Shelters from Donors to Replace Tents,” The Jakarta Post, 14 June 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Reconstruction: Muamar Vebry, “Helping Survivors Without Land,” The Jakarta Post, 14 June 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Conflict Resolution: Nani Afrida, “Give Aceh Full Autonomy, Democracy Network Says,” The Jakarta Post, 14 June 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Conflict Resolution: M. Taufiqurrahman and Nani Afrida, “NGOs Sense Backroom Dealing in Aceh Bill Talks,” The Jakarta Post, 3 June 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Conflict Resolution: “Direct Elections in Aceh Awaiting Passage of Administration Bill,” ANTARA News, 13 June 2006, http://www.antara.co.id/en/seenws/?id=14294
- Conflict Resolution: Nani Afrida, “GAM Allows Members to Run in Election,” The Jakarta Post, 2 June 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Conflict Resolution: “Monitors in Indonesia’s Aceh to Extend Mission,” ABC Asia Pacific News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) 12 May 2006, http://abcasiapacific.com/news/stories_to/1637550.htm
- Conflict Resolution: Human Rights Watch, “Indonesia: Aceh Rights Court Must Address Past Abuse,” News Release, 26 May 2006, http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/05/26/indone13463.htm
- Conflict Resolution: Tiarma Siboro, “Law to ‘Ensure Impunity’ for Aceh Criminals,” The Jakarta Post, 24 May 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Conflict Resolution: “Aceh Set to Elect Governor in August,” The Jakarta Post, 10 May 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Social Impacts: “Some 40,000 Orphans in Aceh Abandoned,” Bernama (Malaysian National News Agency), 5 May 2006, http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news.php?id=195377
- Reconstruction / Corruption: Peter Gelling, “Oxfam Says 22 Will Face Discipline in Fraud,” International Herald Tribune, 4 May 2006, http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/05/04/news/oxfam.php
- Monitoring & Peacemaking: Pieter Feith, “The Aceh Monitoring Mission Experience,” Paper presented at Seminar “Beyond the Tsunami from Recovery to Peace,” Jakarta, 3 May 2006, http://www.aceh-mm.org/download/english/The%20AMM%20Experience.pdf
- Refugees: Eva-Lotta E. Hedman, “The Right to Return: IDPs in Aceh,” Forced Migration Review, No. 25 (May 2006), p. 70, http://www.fmreview.org/FMRpdfs/FMR25/FMR25full.pdf (with a longer version also online at http://www.fmreview.org/pdf/hedman.pdf
- Conflict Resolution: “Aceh Bill Delay Can Be a Blessing for Ex-Rebels,” Yahoo UK & Ireland News, 30 April 2006, http://uk.news.yahoo.com/30042006/325/aceh-bill-delay-blessing-ex-rebels.html
- Reconstruction: Rendi Akhmad Witular, “BRR to Open Bidding for Projects in Aceh, Nias,” Jakarta Post, 25 April 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Conflict Resolution: Nancy-Amelia Collins, “Indonesia Says Aceh Elections to Be Held in August,” Voice of America News, 24 April 2006, http://voanews.com/english/2006-04-24-voa12.cfm?renderforprint=1
- Post-Tsunami Emergency / Corruption: “Rp 354 Billion in Aceh Funds Unaccounted for, BPK Says,”Jakarta Post, 20 April 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Environment: Nani Afrida, “Aceh Jaya Residents Demand Revocation of Logging Permits,” Jakarta Post, 18 April 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Reconstruction / Corruption: “Update on Housing Reconstruction in Aceh, Indonesia” (Save the Children Alliance press release), ReliefWeb, 18 April 2006, http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/EKOI-6NZ4SC?OpenDocument
- Reconstruction / Corruption: Michael Sheridan, “Massive Fraud Hits Tsunami Aid,” The Sunday Times (UK), 16 April 2006, http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2089-2136598,00.html
- Reconstruction: Tb. Arie Rukmantara, “Oxfam Affirms Commitment to Aceh,” The Jakarta Post, 18 April 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com/detailnational.asp?fileid=20060417.G03&irec=4
- Reconstruction: “Tsunami Victims Reject Aid,” The Advertiser (Adelaide, Australia), 15 April 2006, http://www.theadvertiser.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,18815645,00.html
- Conflict Resolution: Damien Kingsbury, “The Trouble with Territory’s Future,” The Australian, 15 April 2006, http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/printpage/0,5942,18814644,00.html
- Environment: “Govt Dismisses Criticism of Aceh Forest Concessions,” Jakarta Post, 8 April 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com
- Reintegration: World Bank, GAM Reintegration Needs Assessment: Enhancing Peace through Community-Level Development Planning, March 2006, http://www.conflictanddevelopment.org
- Corruption: Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Agency for Aceh and Nias (BRR) and World Bank, Trucking and Illegal Payments in Aceh, April 2006, http://www.conflictanddevelopment.org
- Conflict Trends: World Bank/DSF, “Aceh Conflict Monitoring Update,” 1st-31st March 2006, http://www.conflictanddevelopment.org
- Reconstruction: “Aceh Aid Homes Unfit,” The Age (Australia), 30 March 2006, http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/aceh-aid-homes-unfit/2006/03/29/1143441216169.html
- Conflict Resolution: International Crisis Group, Aceh: Now for the Hard Part, Asia Briefing No. 48 (Jakarta and Brussels: 29 March 2006), http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?id=4049&l=1
- Conflict Resolution: “Half of Acehnese Still Fear Security Arrest—Survey”, Reuters AlertNet, 28 March 2006, http://www.alertnet.org/printable.htm?URL=/thenews/newsdesk/JAK54385.htm
- Reconstruction: Shawn Donnan, “Oxfam to Probe Tsunami Spending in Aceh,” Financial Times, 15 March 2006, http://news.ft.com/cms/s/0883ba30-b444-11da-bd61-0000779e2340.html
- Reconstruction: Mark Forbes, “Tsunami Agencies Accused of Lying,” Sydney Morning Herald, 9 March 2006, http://smh.com.au/news/world/tsunami-agencies-accused-of-lying/2006/03/08/1141701573943.html
- Reconstruction: Duncan Wilson, “BRR Warns it May Take Over Unfinished Contracts,” Jakarta Post, 8 March 2006, http://www.thejakartapost.com/yesterdaydetail.asp?fileid=20060308.A02
- Human Rights / Corporate Accountability: Slobodan Lekic, “Exxon to Appeal Aceh Torture Case Ruling,” Associated Press, 9 March 2006, re-posted at: http://www.laborrights.org/press/ExxonMobil/exxonappeal_abcnews_030906.htm
- Human Rights / Corporate Accountability: “Exxon to Face Suit by Villagers Over Abuse Claims,” Bloomberg News , 3 March 2006, re-posted at: http://www.laborrights.org/press/ExxonMobil/bloomberg_030306.htm
- Reconstruction: Eye on Aceh and Aid Watch, A People’s Agenda? Post-Tsunami Aid in Aceh, February 2006, http://www.acheh-eye.org/data_files/english_format/ngo/ngo_eye_on_acheh_007_2006.pdf
- Environment: Robert Foster, et al., Tsunami and Earthquake Damage to Coral Reefs of Aceh, Indonesia (Pacific Palisades, Cal.: Reef Check Foundation, January 2006), http://www.reefcheck.org/PDFs/reefcheck_aceh_jan2006_web.pdf
- Conflict Resolution: International Crisis Group, Aceh: So Far, So Good, Asia Briefing No. 44 (Jakarta and Brussels: 13 December 2005), http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=3831
- Conflict Resolution: International Crisis Group, Aceh: A New Chance for Peace, Asia Briefing No. 40 (Jakarta and Brussels: 15 August 2005), http://www.crisisgroup.org/home/index.cfm?l=1&id=3615
- Conflict Resolution: “Memorandum of Understanding Between the Government of the Republic of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement,” 15 August 2005 (text available at Crisis Management Initiative, www.cmi.fi/?content=aceh_project)
- Conflict Resolution: Patrick Barron, Samuel Clark, and Muslahuddin Daud, Conflict and Recovery in Aceh: An Assessment of Conflict Dynamics and Options for Supporting the Peace Process (World Bank, August 2005), http://web.worldbank.org/
- Environment: WWF and Greenomics Indonesia, Timber for Aceh (March 2005), http://www.greenomics.org/docs/report_gi_wwf_english.pdf
- Background: Lesley McCulloch, Aceh: Then and Now (London: Minority Rights Group International, 2005), http://www.minorityrights.org/ admin/Download/pdf/MRGAcehReport.pdf
- Background: Rizal Sukma, Security Operations in Aceh: Goals, Consequences and Lessons, Policy Studies No. 3 (Washington, DC: East-West Center, 2004), http://www.eastwestcenter.org/stored/pdfs/PS003.pdf
- Background: Kirsten E. Schulze, The Free Aceh Movement (GAM): Anatomy of a Separatist Organization, Policy Studies No. 2 (Washington, DC: East-West Center, 2004), http://www.eastwestcenter.org/reurl.asp?url=stored/pdfs/PS002%2Epdf
- Environment: Down to Earth, Aceh: Logging a Conflict Zone (London: 2004), http://www.acheh-eye.org/data_files/english_format/ ngo/ngo_eye_on_acheh-eng/ngo_eye_on_acheh_data-eng_003-2004.pdf