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To: Jacob Snyder who wrote (99362)	5/28/2003 11:38:15 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Amnesty International 2003 report: Indonesia: In Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam (NAD) and Papua provinces (formerly known as Aceh and Irian Jaya respectively), the human rights situation remained grave, with hundreds of reported cases of extrajudicial execution, "disappearance", torture and unlawful arrest. Akbar Tanjung, leader of Golkar, one of the main political parties, was among those sentenced to terms of imprisonment for corruption. Despite his conviction, he did not relinquish his post as party leader or speaker of parliament. Example: Hasan Basri, a 50-year-old man from Krueng Sabee Sub-district, West Aceh District, was held in military detention for five months. He was tortured, including by being threatened with death and forced to witness the execution of another prisoner. He was thought to have been detained because the military suspected that two of his children belonged to GAM. Lawyers who tried to gain access to him were threatened with death. Muzakkir and Nanang Mamija were each sentenced to one year in prison in October for "insulting the President" after defacing a picture of her during a demonstration in Jakarta. Ricky Tamba and Frederik were held for two days in connection with the same demonstration. Musliadi, head of the West Aceh Student and Youth Action Coalition (Kagempar), was detained by six men in plain clothes at the organization's office in Banda Aceh, the provincial capital of NAD, in November. His body was found floating in a river 70 kilometres outside Banda Aceh four days later. It had bruises on the legs, back and chest and a stab wound at the back of the head.