Indonesia: May 8, 2005

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The army has maintained a high level of patrols and raids in Aceh, including reports of kidnapping relatives of known rebels (to induce their surrender). The religious and separatist violence in other parts of Indonesia has quieted down, so the army is piling on Aceh, determined to hunt down the several thousand rebels there that comprise the core of the separatist movement.

 

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