International Reporting Project Photo: 'Widows of Aceh' by Jacqueline Koch

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home > fellows' stories > fall 2000 > indonesia

Photo Essay: Struggle in Aceh

by Jacqueline Koch IRP Fellow, Fall 2000

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Demonstrators

Demonstrators in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, rally for a referendum for independence, part of a 25-year movement in the northern area on the island of Sumatra.

 

A young woman trains to be a soldier for the Free Aceh Movement, or GAM. Many women are recruited to gather intelligence for the movement

Female soldier

 

Muhammad Nazar

Muhammad Nazar, chairman of SIRA, speaks to supporters at a rally in Banda Aceh. After he spoke, authorities placed him under detention.

 

Cut Nur Asyikin, left, one of the leaders of the pro-referendum movement in Aceh, speaks to supporters at a rally.

 Rally

 

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