Text

A Reign of Terror : Human Rights Violations in Aceh 1998 - 2000

---

This report is intended to give an informed overview of the current situation in the province of Aceh, Indonesia, where secessionist struggle has led to the systematic use of state violence in the region over a period of around 20 years. The report aims to give an insight into the causes and consequences of the on-going conflict in Aceh, during which time the civilian population has borne the brunt of human rights violations perpetrated here. A major report on the grave human rights situation in Aceh has been published by TAPOL. It documents the escalation in human rights violations since the army announced the lifting of Aceh 's designation as a 'military operations area' in August 1998. Among its many recommendations is a call on the Indonesian armed forces and the Free Aceh Movement to end the violence and agree to a ceasefire. Entitled 'A Reign of Terror: Human Rights Violations in Aceh, 1998 - 2000 ',the Report focuses primarily on the human rights situation in Aceh following the lifting of DOM in August 1998. From 1989 until 1998, Aceh was designated a military operations area, giving the armed forces free rein to inflict massive human rights abuses on the people of Aceh. Following the downfall of Suharto in May 1998, Aceh was awash with complaints about the terrible things that had happened, killings, torture, disappearances, the raping of women and dozens of subversion trials. The revelations shocked the whole country. Civil society, with women taking the lead, called for DOM to be lifted and for the perpetrators of the abuses to be brought to justice. In August 1998. the armed forces commander-in-chief General Wiranto wr.s forced to come to Banda Aceh, to offer his apologies and announce the lifting of DOM. But nothing changed; in fact, military terror has reached a new level of ferocity. While it was estimated by Amnesty International, in a report published in 1993, that at least two thousand people killed in the three years from 1989, there were no fewer than 215 deaths in the first ten weeks of 2000. with reports of more deaths pouring in every day.

---

Availability

KP.1.00091

KP.1 IND r

My Library

Available

Detail Information

Series Title

-

Call Number

KP.1 IND r

Publisher

Surrey : TAPOL (The Indonesian Human Rights Campaign)., 2000

Collation

ii, 30 p. : ill. ; 30 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

0950675127

Classification

KP.1

Content Type

-

Media Type

-

Carrier Type

-

Edition

-

Subject(s)

Hak asasi manusia
Aceh
Politik dan pemerintahan

Specific Detail Info

-

Statement of Responsibility

-

Other version/related

File Attachment

Comments

---

You must be logged in to post a comment