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Aceh's brutal conflict
BBC News, Monday, 22 April, 2002, 01:49 GMT 02:49 UK

VIOLENCE overshadows Indonesia's north-west province of Aceh, where an independence movement has been fighting to break free from Jakarta's rule since 1976. Last year almost 2,000 people died in the conflict, and more than 300 have died this year already. Lesley McCulloch, a lecturer in Asian Studies at the University of Tasmania, Australia, sent BBC News Online a personal account of a recent visit, and explains why she thinks Indonesia's policies are wrong.
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