Search｜Photos & Images & Videos｜KYODO NEWS IMAGES INC

Aceh governor Yusuf blasts government

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Aceh Gov. Irwandi Yusuf, a former executive member of the now-defunct separatist Free Aceh Movement, speaks in an interview in Jakarta on Aug. 5, 2010, ahead of the fifth anniversary of a cease-fire with the Indonesian government. Yusuf urged the government to follow through on promises in a peace accord reached with the group.

E

Ex-Aceh separatists do vocational training

NORTH ACEH, Indonesia - Former soldiers of the now-defunct separatist Free Aceh Movement take an auto mechanics class in North Aceh on Aug. 9, 2010, as part of a government-led vocational program. Ahead of the fifth anniversary of a cease-fire, the former soldiers are dissatisfied with a chronic shortage of tools in the program and promised meals as well as a lack of signs the government will follow through on promises in a peace accord.

E

Leader of ex-rebel group in Aceh dies at 84

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Teungku Muhammad Hasan di Tiro (file photo taken in January, 2003), the founder of a former rebel group that fought for almost three decades for independence of the once-restive Indonesian province of Aceh, died on June 3 from complications of various illnesses. He was 84. Tiro, a descendent of the last sultan of Aceh and a grandson of Indonesian independence hero Teuku Cik di Tiro, established the now-dissolved Free Aceh Movement, or GAM, on Dec. 4, 1976, to fight for Aceh's independence.

E

Landmark elections under way in Indonesia's Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Irwandi Yusuf, candidate for governor from the former separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), casts his ballot during landmark local elections in Indonesia's once-troubled province of Aceh on Dec. 11.

E

Indonesian military withdraws last troops from Aceh

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia - The last contingent of Indonesian military troops gather at the Northern Aceh port of Lhokseumawe for pullout from the tsunami-devastated Aceh on Dec. 29 as part of a peace deal with the separatist Free Aceh Movement to end the long-running civil conflict in the oil-rich province. The withdrawal comes just two days after the rebels, popularly known as GAM, disbanded their armed wing.

E

Rebels in Indonesia's Aceh begin to disarm, hand over weapons

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - An international monitoring mission member destroys weapons delivered by members of the Free Aceh Movement, GAM, in a ceremony in Banda Aceh on Sept. 15. Rebels began to disarm, handing over weapons to the monitoring mission as part of a peace deal signed with the government last month.

E

Rebels in Indonesia's Aceh begin to disarm, hand over weapons

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Members of the Free Aceh Movement, GAM, begin to disarm Sept. 15, handing over weapons to an international monitoring mission in a ceremony in Banda Aceh as part of a peace deal signed with the government last month.

E

Indonesian gov't, Aceh rebels sign peace agreement

HELSINKI, Finland - Former Finnish President Maarti Ahtisaari (C) and representatives from the Indonesian government and rebels of the Free Aceh Movement fighting for independence in Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh shake hands in Helsinki on Aug. 15 after signing a peace agreement expected to end a long-running civil war.

E

Rebels accused of burning schools, martial law in Aceh slammed

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Pupils at an elementary school look at the ruins of their burnt school building in Banda Aceh, the capital of the restive Indonesian province of Aceh, on May 20. Military and ppolice officers have claimed that almost 200 schools in Aceh were burnt down by the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), which has so far not responded to the allegations.

E

Aceh peace talks in Tokyo end unsuccessfully

TOKYO, Japan - Malik Mahmud, ''prime minister'' of Indonesia's separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), speaks to reporters at a Tokyo hotel on May 19 following the failed two-day peace talks with thee Indonesian government. Indonesia's military attacked several separatist rebel strongholds in Aceh later in the day.

E

(1)Aceh peace talks get under way in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mahmood Malik, leader of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist rebels, arrives at a venue for peace talks with the Indonesian government in Tokyo on May 17. The Indonesian government and GAM signed a peace agreement in December 2002, but the peace process unraveled over the terms of autonomy and differences on disarmament.

E

(2) Aceh peace talks get under way in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Wirjono Sastrohandojo (L), chief delegate of the Indonesian government, arrives at a venue for peace talks with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist rebels in Tokyo on May 17.

E

Indonesia, Aceh rebels sign peace accord

GENEVA, Switzerland - Indonesia's chief negotiator Wiryono Sastrohandoyo (L, front) shakes hands with Zaini Abdullah, chief representative of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels Dec. 9 in Geneva after signing a peace accord to end their 26-year conflict.

E

Indonesia's Aceh deserted on rebel independence day

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia - Streets in some parts of Indonesia's troubled province of Aceh are deserted Dec. 4 as shopkeepers, banks and traditional markets closed their business in response to a general strike called by separatist rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).

E

(1)Preparatory confab on Indonesia's Aceh opens

TOKYO, Japan - A one-day conference on peace and reconstruction in Indonesia's Aceh Province opens Dec. 3 in Tokyo ahead of a peace accord between Jakarta and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels. Japan, the United States, the European Union and the World Bank co-hosted the Preparatory Conference on Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh.

E

Thai, Philippine troops to be sent to Aceh: Indonesia's Hassan

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayudha speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Jakarta on Nov. 27. He said that Thailand and the Philippines are ready to send troops to participate in the peace process in Aceh after a peace accord is signed between the government and rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM).

E

Indonesia, Aceh rebels agree to sign peace accord

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia - Members of the Geneva-based Henry Dunant Center and local leaders in North Aceh Province discuss cease-fire surveillance after the Indonesian government and rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) agreed to sign a peace accord to end their 26-year conflict.

E

Top Aceh rebel commander killed in clash

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Tengku Abdullah Syafi'ie (file photo), top commander of the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM) in Indonesia's Aceh Province, was killed in a clash with members of the Indonesian army's Strategic Reserve Command (KOSTRAD), the Indonesian military and GAM said Jan. 23. Syafi'ie, 50, was killed Jan. 22 along with his wife Fatimah and five other GAM members after they fought with 20 KOSTRAD members.

E

Jakarta, Aceh guerrillas ink peace memorandum

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Photo shows residents of Banda Aceh praying for peace in a large mosque on May 12. Representatives of the Indonesian government and the pro-independence Free Aceh Movement signed a peace memorandum in Geneva the same day aimed at ending more than 23 years of violence and restoring peace in Aceh Province.

E

Acehnese celebrate separatist anniversary

NORTH ACEH, Indonesia - Children in Indonesia's rebellious Aceh Province shout ''Independence'' during a ceremony Dec. 4 marking the 23rd anniversary of the separatist Free Aceh Movement.

E

Armed Acehnese call for independence

ACEH, Indonesia - Free Aceh Movement (GAM) members wearing military-style uniforms and carrying machine guns shout independence slogans Dec. 4 in a town in Indonesia's Aceh Province ahead of a banned flag-raising ceremony on the anniversary of GAM's founding 23 years ago.

E

GAM female members gather for flag-raising

ACEH, Indonesia - Women members of the pro-independence Free Aceh Movement (GAM), wearing military-style camouflage uniforms, gather at a town in Indonesia's Aceh Province to attend the raising of the outlawed independence movement flag on Dec. 4, the anniversary of GAM's founding 23 years ago.

E

Aceh independence group guerrillas march in training

ACEH, Indonesia - Guerrillas of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), an independence group fighting the Indonesian military, march during training in forests near a GAM-controlled area at Pidi in Aceh, a special province of Indonesia. The guerrillas, aged from 18 to 61, were armed U.S.-made and Russian-made automatic rifles. (3rd of 6-photo series).

E

Women join pro-independence gurrillas in Aceh

ACEH, Indonesia - Women join guerrillas of the anti-Indonesia, pro-independence group, the Free Aceh Movement, in Aceh, a special province of Indonesia. Photo shows the women holding rifles and marching. Their reasons for joining the fighters vary. Some accuse Indonesian soldiers of rape and murder. (2nd of 6-photo series)

E

Pro-independence residents rally in Aceh

ACEH, Indonesia - Residents in an area controlled by the anti-Indonesia, pro-independence group, the Free Aceh Movement, in Aceh, a special province of Indonesia, shout out, ''Independence! Independence! Allah is the greatest.'' The photo was taken on the outskirts of Pidi. (4th of 6-photo series)

E

Indonesian soldiers deployed near guerrilla-controlled area

ACEH, Indonesia - Indonesian soldiers arrive at their base in Pidi, Aceh, located near an area controlled by the anti-Indonesia pro-independence group, the Free Aceh Movement. Aceh is a special province of Indonesia. (6th of 6-photo series)

E

Boys join ranks of Aceh independence fighters

ACEH, Indonesia - A young boy takes aim with a rifle while training in an area controlled by the Free Aceh Movement, an anti-Indonesia, pro-independence group fighting the Indonesian military in Aceh, a special province of Indonesia on the northwestern tip of Sumatra. The photo was taken by Koji Harada of Kyodo News, who recently became the first Japanese photojournalist to visit the area since tensions there intensified. (1st of the 6-photo series)

E

Women join pro-independence gurrillas in Aceh

ACEH, Indonesia - Women join guerrillas of the anti-Indonesia, pro-independence group, the Free Aceh Movement, in Aceh, a special province of Indonesia. Photo shows the women holding rifles and marching. Their reasons for joining the fighters vary. Some accuse Indonesian soldiers of rape and murder. (2nd of 6-photo series)

E

Pro-independence residents rally in Aceh

ACEH, Indonesia - Residents in an area controlled by the anti-Indonesia, pro-independence group, the Free Aceh Movement, in Aceh, a special province of Indonesia, shout out, ''Independence! Independence! Allah is the greatest.'' The photo was taken on the outskirts of Pidi. (4th of 6-photo series)

E

Pro-independence residents rally in Aceh

ACEH, Indonesia - Residents in an area controlled by the anti-Indonesia, pro-independence group, the Free Aceh Movement, in Aceh, a special province of Indonesia, shout out, ''Independence! Independence! Allah is the greatest.'' The photo was taken on the outskirts of Pidi. (4th of 6-photo series)

E

Aceh peace talks in Tokyo end unsuccessfully

TOKYO, Japan - Malik Mahmud, ''prime minister'' of Indonesia's separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), speaks to reporters at a Tokyo hotel on May 19 following the failed two-day peace talks with thee Indonesian government. Indonesia's military attacked several separatist rebel strongholds in Aceh later in the day. (Kyodo)

E

Thai, Philippine troops to be sent to Aceh: Indonesia's Hassan

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Indonesian Foreign Minister Hassan Wirayudha speaks in an interview with Kyodo News in Jakarta on Nov. 27. He said that Thailand and the Philippines are ready to send troops to participate in the peace process in Aceh after a peace accord is signed between the government and rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). (Kyodo)

E

(2) Aceh peace talks get under way in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Wirjono Sastrohandojo (L), chief delegate of the Indonesian government, arrives at a venue for peace talks with the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist rebels in Tokyo on May 17. (Kyodo)

E

Rebels accused of burning schools, martial law in Aceh slammed

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Pupils at an elementary school look at the ruins of their burnt school building in Banda Aceh, the capital of the restive Indonesian province of Aceh, on May 20. Military and ppolice officers have claimed that almost 200 schools in Aceh were burnt down by the separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), which has so far not responded to the allegations. (Kyodo)

E

(1)Preparatory confab on Indonesia's Aceh opens

TOKYO, Japan - A one-day conference on peace and reconstruction in Indonesia's Aceh Province opens Dec. 3 in Tokyo ahead of a peace accord between Jakarta and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels. Japan, the United States, the European Union and the World Bank co-hosted the Preparatory Conference on Peace and Reconstruction in Aceh. (Kyodo)

E

Rebels in Indonesia's Aceh begin to disarm, hand over weapons

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Members of the Free Aceh Movement, GAM, begin to disarm Sept. 15, handing over weapons to an international monitoring mission in a ceremony in Banda Aceh as part of a peace deal signed with the government last month. (Kyodo)

E

Rebels in Indonesia's Aceh begin to disarm, hand over weapons

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - An international monitoring mission member destroys weapons delivered by members of the Free Aceh Movement, GAM, in a ceremony in Banda Aceh on Sept. 15. Rebels began to disarm, handing over weapons to the monitoring mission as part of a peace deal signed with the government last month. (Kyodo)

E

Indonesian gov't, Aceh rebels sign peace agreement

HELSINKI, Finland - Former Finnish President Maarti Ahtisaari (C) and representatives from the Indonesian government and rebels of the Free Aceh Movement fighting for independence in Indonesia's northernmost province of Aceh shake hands in Helsinki on Aug. 15 after signing a peace agreement expected to end a long-running civil war. (Kyodo)

E

Aceh governor Yusuf blasts government

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Aceh Gov. Irwandi Yusuf, a former executive member of the now-defunct separatist Free Aceh Movement, speaks in an interview in Jakarta on Aug. 5, 2010, ahead of the fifth anniversary of a cease-fire with the Indonesian government. Yusuf urged the government to follow through on promises in a peace accord reached with the group. (Kyodo)

E

Ex-Aceh separatists do vocational training

NORTH ACEH, Indonesia - Former soldiers of the now-defunct separatist Free Aceh Movement take an auto mechanics class in North Aceh on Aug. 9, 2010, as part of a government-led vocational program. Ahead of the fifth anniversary of a cease-fire, the former soldiers are dissatisfied with a chronic shortage of tools in the program and promised meals as well as a lack of signs the government will follow through on promises in a peace accord. (Kyodo)

E

Leader of ex-rebel group in Aceh dies at 84

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Teungku Muhammad Hasan di Tiro (file photo taken in January, 2003), the founder of a former rebel group that fought for almost three decades for independence of the once-restive Indonesian province of Aceh, died on June 3 from complications of various illnesses. He was 84. Tiro, a descendent of the last sultan of Aceh and a grandson of Indonesian independence hero Teuku Cik di Tiro, established the now-dissolved Free Aceh Movement, or GAM, on Dec. 4, 1976, to fight for Aceh's independence. (Kyodo)

E

Indonesian military withdraws last troops from Aceh

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia - The last contingent of Indonesian military troops gather at the Northern Aceh port of Lhokseumawe for pullout from the tsunami-devastated Aceh on Dec. 29 as part of a peace deal with the separatist Free Aceh Movement to end the long-running civil conflict in the oil-rich province. The withdrawal comes just two days after the rebels, popularly known as GAM, disbanded their armed wing. (Kyodo)

E

Former GAM rebel leader wins Aceh governorship

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Irwandi Yusuf, former leader of the now-defunct separatist Free Aceh Movement, better known by its acronym GAM, speaks in an interview in Banda Aceh, capital of Aceh Province, on Dec. 13. The Aceh Independent Election Commission announced on Dec. 29 that Irwandi Yusuf won a landmark gubernatorial election in the province. (Kyodo)

E

Landmark elections under way in Indonesia's Aceh

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Irwandi Yusuf, candidate for governor from the former separatist Free Aceh Movement (GAM), casts his ballot during landmark local elections in Indonesia's once-troubled province of Aceh on Dec. 11. (Kyodo)

E

(1)Aceh peace talks get under way in Tokyo

TOKYO, Japan - Mahmood Malik, leader of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) separatist rebels, arrives at a venue for peace talks with the Indonesian government in Tokyo on May 17. The Indonesian government and GAM signed a peace agreement in December 2002, but the peace process unraveled over the terms of autonomy and differences on disarmament. (Kyodo)

E

Indonesia, Aceh rebels sign peace accord

GENEVA, Switzerland - Indonesia's chief negotiator Wiryono Sastrohandoyo (L, front) shakes hands with Zaini Abdullah, chief representative of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) rebels Dec. 9 in Geneva after signing a peace accord to end their 26-year conflict. (Kyodo)

E

Indonesia's Aceh deserted on rebel independence day

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia - Streets in some parts of Indonesia's troubled province of Aceh are deserted Dec. 4 as shopkeepers, banks and traditional markets closed their business in response to a general strike called by separatist rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM). (Kyodo)

E

Indonesia, Aceh rebels agree to sign peace accord

LHOKSEUMAWE, Indonesia - Members of the Geneva-based Henry Dunant Center and local leaders in North Aceh Province discuss cease-fire surveillance after the Indonesian government and rebels of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) agreed to sign a peace accord to end their 26-year conflict. (Kyodo)

E

Jakarta, Aceh guerrillas ink peace memorandum

BANDA ACEH, Indonesia - Photo shows residents of Banda Aceh praying for peace in a large mosque on May 12. Representatives of the Indonesian government and the pro-independence Free Aceh Movement signed a peace memorandum in Geneva the same day aimed at ending more than 23 years of violence and restoring peace in Aceh Province.

E

Acehnese women guerrillas join separatist anniversary ceremony

ACEH, Indonesia - Women guerrillas joined thousands of Acehnese people in the celebration of the 23rd anniversary of the separatist Free Aceh Movement, held at Pandrah Jeuneung, a tiny North Aceh village, on Dec. 4, 1999. When an Islamic priest offered a prayer, many of the Acehnese women, including the women soldiers, began crying. (1st of 5-photo series taken by Kyodo News photographer Kota Kyogoku who visited Aceh Province last December).