1990–1998 Indonesian military operations in Aceh | |||||
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Part of the insurgency in Aceh | |||||
Location of Aceh in Indonesia | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
Indonesia | Free Aceh Movement | ||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||
Suharto | Hasan di Tiro |
The 1990–1998 Indonesian military operations in Aceh, also known as Operation Red Net ( Indonesian: Operasi Jaring Merah) or Military Operation Area ( Indonesian: 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 army practiced large-scale and systematic human rights abuses against the Acehnese. [1] The war was characterised as a "dirty war" involving arbitrary executions, kidnapping, torture, mass rape, disappearances, and the torching of villages. [2] Amnesty International called the military operations response as a "shock therapy" for GAM. [3] Villages that were suspected of harboring GAM operatives were burnt down and family members of suspected militants were kidnapped and tortured. [3] Between 9,000 and 12,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed between 1989 and 1998 in the operation. [4] [5]
1990–1998 Indonesian military operations in Aceh | |||||
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Part of the insurgency in Aceh | |||||
Location of Aceh in Indonesia | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
Indonesia | Free Aceh Movement | ||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||
Suharto | Hasan di Tiro |
The 1990–1998 Indonesian military operations in Aceh, also known as Operation Red Net ( Indonesian: Operasi Jaring Merah) or Military Operation Area ( Indonesian: 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 army practiced large-scale and systematic human rights abuses against the Acehnese. [1] The war was characterised as a "dirty war" involving arbitrary executions, kidnapping, torture, mass rape, disappearances, and the torching of villages. [2] Amnesty International called the military operations response as a "shock therapy" for GAM. [3] Villages that were suspected of harboring GAM operatives were burnt down and family members of suspected militants were kidnapped and tortured. [3] Between 9,000 and 12,000 people, mostly civilians, were killed between 1989 and 1998 in the operation. [4] [5]