Aceh Activists Rally for Independence
From Times Wire Reports
With a peace process a shambles and violence escalating, about 50,000 people rallied in Indonesia’s Aceh province to demand independence. Demonstrators who gathered in the provincial capital, Banda Aceh, called on the international community to intervene in the separatist conflict, which has been raging since 1975 and has claimed thousands of lives. Independence activists said at least 50 people have been killed leading up to the rally. Police and hospital officials said 30 people were killed.
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