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Floods, fury and new calls for independence in Aceh

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Thousands gathered at Baiturrahman Grand Mosque in Banda Aceh on August 15, 2026, to commemorate 21 years of peace between Indonesia and the separatist Free Aceh Movement, or GAM. Some participants raised GAM’s red, black and white crescent-star flag and chanted “Free Aceh,” while others lowered Indonesia’s national flag and replaced it with the former […] The post Floods, fury and new calls for independence in Aceh appeared first on Asia Times .

First report: 21 years after disaster helped bring peace to Aceh – has botched Indonesian response to floods reignited calls for independence? — theconversation.com, 1d