ACEH

Independent: Summary executions become routine in Aceh as Jakarta's generals break their promises
The handsome young army captain with the elegant moustache lit another cigarette and placed it between his perfect white teeth. "You must understand," he said, languidly blowing a smoke ring into the air. "We want to protect human rights. We don't want to kill the wrong people."
Two miles down the road, the village of Seunade has just experienced the Indonesian military's interpretation of protecting human rights.
On Friday, three men were gunned down on a bridge as they walked home after harvesting rice in the paddy fields. The following day soldiers returned and dragged two men out of their houses, shooting them dead in front of their terrified families.

"Und die USA, Japan, Australien und die EU senden munter weitere Truppen und Geld nach Indonesien. Alle diese Länder stellen sich gerne als Hüter der Menschenrechte dar, unterstützen aber weiterhin weltweit Regimes die ebendiese Rechte mit Füssen treten solange sie ihren Interessen dienen. Die ganze Heuchelei ist zum Kotzen aber dafür können wir am Abend mit einem guten Gewissen einschlafen"

ZMAG: People Are Going To Be Slaughtered
Delivering the 25th annual Menzies lecture last October, Foreign Minister Alexander Downer declared that "bit by bit, leaders of governments that suppress human rights are being made to feel uncomfortable, however much they bluster and hide behind sovereignty arguments".

ZMAG: All In The Timing
Indonesia invades Aceh
Timing is everything, as they say. The day before East Timor celebrated the anniversary of its independence from Indonesia, the Jakarta government launched an all-out attack on another independence movement, this time in Aceh, a northern Sumatran province rich in oil and natural gas. The 30-50,000 Indonesian troops, covered by warships and fighter jets, constitute the largest military operation since, yes, the invasion of East Timor in 1975. Their overarching mission has been clearly defined by General Endriartono Sutarto: "You must chase and wipe out GAM [the Free Aceh Movement]...you are trained to kill, so wipe them out." (1)

ZMAG: Aceh
In trying to justify the actions of the Indonesian Military (TNI) in Indonesia's westernmost province of Aceh, Indonesia's foreign minister Hassan Wirayuda says that nothing less than the future of the state is at stake. Wirayuda may be right, but not in the way that he thinks.
The behavior of the TNI in Aceh has, by all accounts, been appalling since it started its most recent campaign. The reports published here and elsewhere are disturbing enough.