Declaration
Founding of the Free Aceh Movement, 1976
Hasan di Tiro declared Aceh-Sumatra's independence, launching a decades-long insurgency.
What happened
On 4 December 1976, Hasan di Tiro declared the Free Aceh Movement and issued a Declaration of Independence for Aceh-Sumatra; the Indonesian government responded with mass arrests and killings of GAM members.[1]
Sources for this page
Each number marks a specific claim. Notes give the source, its locator and how it relates to the claim.
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Claim: On 4 December 1976, Hasan di Tiro declared the Aceh-Sumatra National Liberation Front, better known as the Free Aceh Movement (Gerakan Aceh Merdeka, GAM), issuing a Declaration of Independence for Aceh-Sumatra; the Indonesian government responded with the mass arrest and killing of GAM members, and an insurgency continued over subsequent decades.
- Hasan Tiro (Wikipedia) link, Founding of GAM section. Source record