1990–1998 Indonesian military operations in Aceh

none September 2025 1990–1998 Indonesian military operations in Aceh IndonesiaAceh.png 300px Location of Aceh in Indonesia the insurgency in Aceh early 1990 – 22 August 1998 Aceh, Indonesia Withdrawal of all Indonesian National Armed Forces personnel from Aceh Indonesia Indonesian National Armed Forces Free Aceh Movement Indonesia SuhartoIndonesia Try SutrisnoIndonesia Sutiyoso Hasan di TiroAbdullah Syafi'i 9,000–12,000 died mostly civilianshttp://www.worldwatch.org/node/3929 Conflict and Peacemaking in Aceh: A Chronology | Worldwatch Institute 10 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190710011732/http://www.worldwatch.org/node/3929 dead The 1990–1998 Indonesian military operations in Aceh, also known as Operation Red Net (id Operasi Jaring Merah) or Military Operation Area (id Daerah Operasi Militer/DOM), was launched in early 1990 until 22 August 1998, against the separatist movement of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Aceh. During that period, the Indonesian National Armed Forces practiced large-scale and systematic human rights abuses against the Acehnese.Rizal Sukma Security operations in Aceh: goals, consequences, and lessons https://books.google.com/books?id=ypG6AAAAIAAJ 12 April 2013 26 February 2004 East-West Center Washington 978-1-932728-04-0 The war was characterised as a "dirty war" involving arbitrary executions, kidnapping, torture, mass rape, disappearances, and the torching of villages.Harriet Martin Kings of Peace Pawns of War: The Untold Story of Peacemaking https://books.google.com/books?id=kSZ5MsHDPGMC 12 April 2013 15 August 2006 Continuum International Publishing Group 978-0-8264-9057-5 Amnesty International called the military operations response as a "shock therapy" for GAM. Amnesty International report INDONESIA: "SHOCK THERAPY": RESTORING ORDER IN ACEH 1989–1993 27 July 1993 https://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ASA21/007/1993/en Amnesty International 11 April 2013 Villages that were suspected of harboring GAM operatives were burnt down and family members of suspected militants were kidnapped and tortured. Between 9,000 and 12,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed between 1989 and 1998 in the operation.http://www.worldwatch.org/node/3929 Conflict and Peacemaking in Aceh: A Chronology | Worldwatch Institute 10 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190710011732/http://www.worldwatch.org/node/3929 dead Document https://www.amnesty.org/en/documents/document/?indexNumber=ASA21%2f007%2f1993&language=en 13 June 2020 www.amnesty.org en This operation ended with the withdrawal of almost all ABRI personnel involved on the orders of Indonesia's new president, BJ Habibie, on 22 August 1998 after the fall of President Suharto and the end of the era of New Order regime. See also Insurgency in Aceh References External links INDONESIA: "SHOCK THERAPY": RESTORING ORDER IN ACEH 1989–1993 Indonesia: The War in Aceh http://www.worldwatch.org/node/3929 Conflict and Peacemaking in Aceh: A Chronology | Worldwatch Institute 10 July 2019 https://web.archive.org/web/20190710011732/http://www.worldwatch.org/node/3929 dead Category:Military operations involving Indonesia Category:1990s in Indonesia Category:20th-century military operations Category:Insurgency in Aceh Category:Dirty wars Category:Political repression in Indonesia Category:Wartime sexual violence in Asia Category:New Order (Indonesia) Category:Post-Suharto era Category:Extrajudicial killings by the Indonesian military Category:Kidnappings in Indonesia Category:Terrorism committed by Indonesia Category:Terrorist incidents in Asia in the 1990s Category:Arson in Indonesia Category:Arson in the 1990s Category:1990s fires in Asia Category:1990s mass murders Category:20th-century mass murders in Indonesia