John Doe Versus ExxonMobil - Part One

Indonesian villagers allege that the oil and gas giant was responsible for human rights abuses in the early 2000s. Now, a lawsuit two decades in the making is finally going to trial.

Aceh, Indonesia - Baharuddin Yusuf was getting a haircut when his life split in half. 

From that day forward, the calendar would be forever changed.

There would be the time “before” and the time “after” he was allegedly tortured by Indonesian soldiers—suspected of being a member of the Free Aceh Movement (GAM), a so-called separatist group fighting a lon…