Eye on Aceh is an independant research organisation that for several years has been publishing reports on critically important themese from Aceh's past and present. Aiming to encourage debate and discussion among and between Acehnese, Indonesian and foriegn audiences on social, economic and political issues in Aceh. www.acheh-eye.org

A five-country study by international charities ActionAid, PDHRE and HIC-HLRN has revealed how, after the December 2004 tsunami, governments frequently ignored human rights principles and failed to protect survivors from discrimination, land grabbing and violence. The report criticises official relief, compensation and rehousing programmes on a number of counts including forced relocation, shoddy construction, and neglect of the needs of vulnerable groups including women, children and ethnic minorities.

This edition of the Reality Check tackles pressing issues in the two countries hardest hit by the tsunami – Sri Lanka and Indonesia. The papers outline concrete proposals for concerned national governments, foreign aid donors, and non-government organizations and civil society groups involved in post-tsunami relief operations on how they can ensure that assistance really benefit the victims of recent history’s worst tragedy.

After the Tsunami: Human Rights of Vulnerable Populations. The report is based on interviews with hundreds of tsunami survivors, government officials, human rights activists, and aid workers in five tsunami-affected countries (India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, the Maldives and Thailand) by research teams in March and April of 2005. www.hrcberkeley.org

Aceh: Then and Now's author Lesley McCulloch argues that the conflict has benefited the Indonesian military and police, who have run a large number of businesses - including illegal logging, gun running and drug operations - in Aceh. The author demonstrates that the Indonesian military and police have also been responsible for numerous violations of human rights in the province and seem to have acted with virtual impunity. www.minorityrights.org

The Tsunami Evaluation Coalition (TEC) is a unique, sector-wide learning and accountability initiative. Constituted in February 2005 the TEC now has over 50 member agencies from across the humanitarian sector who have been working together during 2005 to: * Promote a sector-wide approach to evaluations of the tsunami response in order to optimise sector-wide learning. * Develop procedures for the future establishment of such an evaluation coordination mechanism that could facilitate this joint approach.

AID/WATCH is a not for profit activist organisation monitoring and campaigning on Australian overseas aid and trade policies and programs. We work to ensure aid-funding reaches the right people, communities and their environments.