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Indonesian Army Frees Jailed U.S. reporter William Nessen

HeadlineAug 04, 2003

And this news from Indonesia: U.S. freelance journalist William Nessen has been freed from an Indonesian jail after spending a month imprisoned. The journalist who wrote regularly for the San Francisco Chronicle was sentenced to time served. He was arrested after he spent months traveling with and reporting on the Aceh separatist movement. Nessen was arrested shortly after Indonesia imposed martial law on Aceh.

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