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Insurgency in Aceh. The insurgency in Aceh, officially designated the Rebellion in Aceh (Indonesian: Pemberontakan di Aceh) by the Indonesian government, was a conflict fought by the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) between 1976 and 2005, with the goal of making the province of Aceh independent from Indonesia. The aftermath of a strong military ...
Hasan Tiro. Hasan Muhammad di Tiro (born Hasan Bin Leube Muhammad; 25 September 1925 – 3 June 2010), was the founder of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), an organisation which attempted to separate Aceh from Indonesia from the 1970s. It surrendered its separatist goals and agreed to disarm as agreed to in the Helsinki peace deal of 2005.
Singkil people are an ethnic group of people found in Aceh Singkil Regency and Subulussalam, Aceh province, Indonesia. [ 2] Their closest linguistic relations are the Pakpak people, but the customs and culture of the Singkil people are very different from the Pakpak people. This is because majority of the Singkil people practices Islam, whereas ...
On 28 April 2003, the Indonesian government issued an ultimatum to end the fighting and accept special autonomy for Aceh within two weeks. Free Aceh Movement (GAM) leaders based in Sweden refused the ultimatum, but the United States, Japan, and the European Union urged both sides to avoid armed conflict and resume peace talks in Tokyo. On 16 ...
Aceh Sultanate. The Sultanate of Aceh, officially the Kingdom of Aceh Darussalam (Acehnese: Nanggroe Acèh Darussalam; Jawoë: اچيه دارالسلام ), was a sultanate centered in the modern-day Indonesian province of Aceh. It was a major regional power in the 16th and 17th centuries, before experiencing a long period of decline.
Free Aceh Movement Gerakan Aceh Merdeka Flag Coat of arms Leaders Hasan di Tiro Dates of operation 4 December 1976 – 2005 Active regions City, mountains and forests of Aceh Ideology Acehnese nationalism Separatism Islamic fundamentalism Allies Libya Opponents Indonesia (until 2005) Battles and wars Insurgency in Aceh The Free Aceh Movement was a separatist group seeking independence for the ...
Anthony Reid FBA, FRHistS (born 19 June 1939) is a New Zealand-born historian of Southeast Asia.His doctoral work at Cambridge University examined the contest for power in northern Sumatra, Indonesia in the late 19th century, and he extended this study into a book The Blood of the People on the national and social revolutions in that region 1945–49.
The seat of the Aceh Singkil Regency government is at the port of Singkil on the Sumatra coast. The Regency now covers an area of 1,857.88 km 2 , and had a population of 102,509 at the 2010 Census, [ 2 ] rising to 114,326 at the 2015 Census and to 126,514 at the 2020 Census; [ 3 ] the official estimate as at mid 2023 was 135,435.