LHOKSEUMAWE, Aceh — Syukri A-Wahap still bears scars from the two days he spent tied to a chair at a military checkpoint here in northern Indonesia in 2003. Indonesian soldiers who suspected he was aiding separatist rebels used their guns to try and beat a confession out of him. With the butt of an SS1 rifle they cracked his skull and busted his
Indonesians Sue ExxonMobil In US Court Over Alleged Human Rights Abuses
A group of men sit outside a claptrap coffee shop near ExxonMobil’s facility in Lhokseumawe. Ibrahim Ismail, the man in orange, used to work as a contractor for the company. He says few of its profits have gone back to the community, particularly as production has slowed. (Sara Schonhardt/GlobalPost) LHOKSEUMAWE, Aceh — Syukri A-Wahap still […]