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2 itemsTopic: New Order ✕Event: Mass releases of political prisoners ✕Year: 1979 ✕
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GA-01532 1979-08-12 The Observer rel A licensed

Prisoners of Conscience (The Observer, 12 Agustus 1979)

Prisoners of Conscience (The Observer, 12 August 1979)

The Observer, 12 Aug 1979, p.8, 'Prisoners of Conscience': Amnesty International notes up to 20,000 untried political prisoners remain in Indonesia and takes up four women active in Gerwani, arrested 1966 and tried nine years later: Sulami (20 years), Sudjinah (18), Sri Ambar Rukmiati and Suharti Harsono (15 each). It

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