The Commission on Missing Persons and Victims of Violence...

The Commission on Missing Persons and Victims of Violence said that as of June 18 a total of 176 civilians in 12 districts in Aceh had become victims of "extrajudicial killings" during Indonesia's military offensive against separatist rebels in the province. "Based on data obtained from the field, corpses of these civilians had borne gunshot wounds. This shows that an unlawful execution process has taken place," the report said. It said another 151 civilians in the 12 districts had either been arrested or assaulted while 15 others had gone missing. The Jakarta-based rights group said it based its report on compiled media reports and its own investigations. The report did not name any party responsible for the killings or human rights abuse. But it blamed the government's imposition of martial law as the cause. "The above facts showed that martial law has failed to suppress the death toll of non-combatant civilians," the report said.