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HCONRES 327 108th Congress House

Calling on the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement to immediately declare a ceasefire and halt hostilities in the Indonesian province of Aceh, end all human rights violations, and…

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Official title: Calling on the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement to immediately declare a ceasefire and halt hostilities in the Indonesian province of Aceh, end all human rights violations, and return to negotiations with significant Acehnese civil society and international involvement, and for other purposes.

Introduced: February 25, 2004 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Condemns past and ongoing violations of human rights by all sides in the Indonesian province of Aceh.

Calls on the Government and armed forces of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement (GAM) to declare a ceasefire and return to negotiations.

Calls for an end to martial law and human rights violations.

Calls for immediate access by international humanitarian and human rights organizations and journalists.

Calls for the public release of any surveillance files on Jafar Siddiq Hamzah.

Calls on the Government of Malaysia to refrain from the forcible return of Acehnese asylum seekers to Indonesia, allowing them full access to representatives of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Calls on the President and Secretary of State to: (1) press both sides to the conflict to suspend hostilities, return to negotiations, and cease all human rights violations; (2) increase efforts to assist in the rehabilitation and economic development of Aceh; (3) protest human rights violations and encourage their investigation, including pressing the Government of Indonesia to identify those individuals within the Indonesian armed forces, police, and others who should be prosecuted for human rights crimes; (4) review its bilateral relationship and military assistance to Indonesia; and (5) urge the Indonesian Government and armed forces to refrain from using U.S.-supplied weaponry in Aceh.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 2 Republican 1 Independent 1
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 25, 2004
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Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Feb 3, 2004
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · Nov 21, 2003
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Nov 18, 2003
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 327: Calling on the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement to immediately declare a ceasefire and halt hostilities in the Indonesian province of Aceh, end all human rights violations, and return to negotiations with significant Acehnese civil society and international involvement, and for other purposes.. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-327/
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"H. Con. Res. 327: Calling on the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement to immediately declare a ceasefire and halt hostilities in the Indonesian province of Aceh, end all human rights violations, and return to negotiations with significant Acehnese civil society and international involvement, and for other purposes.." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-327/.
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H. Con. Res. 327, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-327/.
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[H. Con. Res. 327: Calling on the Government of Indonesia and the Free Aceh Movement to immediately declare a ceasefire and halt hostilities in the Indonesian province of Aceh, end all human rights violations, and return to negotiations with significant Acehnese civil society and international involvement, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HCONRES-327/)
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