THESE weeks the True Partners of Indonesian Women is considering steps it will take over the arrest of women activists in Banda Aceh. Three members of the Womens Network for Peace in Aceh were arrested by the police in mid-February on charges of breaking the Islamic Syariah law.

Nursyamsiah, Sarimawati, and Eni Marwat were deep in discussion outside their rooms at the Sultan Hotel at the end of a seminar in Banda Aceh when a joint team of Wilayatu