We continue to look at the area hardest hit by the Tsunami — Aceh. Over 100,000 of the dead are in Indonesia alone. We’ll speak with an Acehnese refugee whose mother was a woman’s rights activist in ...

IN A world where oppression is commonplace, a persecuted group may feel it has to do something special to get itself noticed. This, presumably, was in the minds of the 14 men who got hold of a heavy ...

(New York)—The Malaysian government is forcibly returning refugees from the war-torn Indonesian province of Aceh back to Indonesia, where their safety is at risk, Human Rights Watch said in a report ...

I am scared to go looking for work in Malaysia in case I am arrested. But I am more scared if I am sent back [to Indonesia] because the military already know my name. —Twenty-seven-year-old Acehnese ...

This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today's press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. 26 August 2003 UNHCR is deeply ...

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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia, August 26 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency has protested against the continuing arrest of Acehnese asylum seekers in Kuala Lumpur, saying it undermines basic human rights and ...

Edward Aspinall, Research Fellow, Australian National University and editor of Inside Indonesia said about The Black Road that, "By showing conflict from the perspective of ordinary villagers and ...