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GA-02338 1977-12-21 Daily World rel C licensed

Indonesia prisoner release, PKI statement

Daily World, 21 December 1977: Indonesia prisoner release, PKI statement

Daily World, 21 Dec 1977, p. 8: short item that the PKI analysed the Indonesian government's release of 10,000 Communist political prisoners, saying perhaps 60,000-70,000 remain jailed, many since 1965, at least 15,000 died in Palembang and Surabaya camps, and new arrests roughly offset releases. Surrounded by unrelate

GA-02339 1979-10-11 Daily World rel C licensed

2000 Indonesian political prisoners released

Daily World, 11 October 1979: 2,000 Indonesian political prisoners released

Daily World, 11 Oct 1979, p. 7: world-news column; the Indonesia item reports that 2,000 political prisoners were released from 'special camps' in Jakarta-reported news, most held since 1965-66, with another 2,000 from Buru to follow. Indonesian democratic sources call it positive but note ex-prisoners lose civil right