Lesley McCulloch freed

Wednesday, February 19, 2003 - 11:00

BY PIP HINMAN

Lesley McCulloch was freed from prison in Aceh on February 9. McCulloch, along with US nurse Joy-Lee Sadler, was arrested at a military check-point and held for five months. McCulloch was charged with violating her visa.

McCulloch, an Australia-based academic, is respected for her research on the Indonesian military's war on the Acehnese people. The military arrested the women because it wanted its crimes to go unreported, but it miscalculated badly. The arrests sparked an outpouring of support across the globe and placed Jakarta's brutal war in Aceh under the spotlight.

McCulloch will be speaking at forums in Melbourne and Sydney in March. For more information see < http://www.asia-A HREF="mailto:pacific-action.org"><pacific-action.org> or contact Action in Solidarity with Asia and the Pacific on 0412 139 968.

From Green Left Weekly, February 19, 2003.

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