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GA-02009 1966-11-18 Sinar Harapan rel A

Sinar Harapan, 18 November 1966

Sinar Harapan, 18 Nov 1966: Gerwani leader Suwarti to be tried by South Sumatra Mahmillub

Sinar Harapan, 18 November 1966. Antara report that Suwarti, a Gerwani leader and PKI Central Committee member arrested in Palembang in May 1966 forming a shadow regional committee, will be tried by the South Sumatra Mahmillub; the first woman 'Gestapu/PKI' figure before the court.

GA-03627 1974-08-15 Cable 1974STATE178603, State to AmEmbassy Jakarta rel A

US State Department cable 1974 STATE 178603: congressional inquiry on the status of Dr Sutanti Aidit

US State Department cable, 15 Aug 1974: congressional inquiry on the status of Dr Sutanti Aidit

Declassified US State Department cable (15 August 1974, Kissinger to Embassy Jakarta) relaying a Congressional inquiry. Senator Hubert Humphrey has forwarded a constituent's letter asking the status of Dr Sutanti Aidit, 'apparently imprisoned since 1967'; the embassy is asked for details by 18 August. The same cable as

GA-03628 1974-08-15 Cable 1974STATE178603, State to AmEmbassy Jakarta rel A

US State Department cable 1974 STATE 178603: congressional inquiry on the status of Dr Sutanti Aidit

US State Department cable, 15 Aug 1974: congressional inquiry on the status of Dr Sutanti Aidit

Declassified US State Department cable (15 August 1974, Kissinger to Embassy Jakarta) relaying a Congressional inquiry. Senator Hubert Humphrey has forwarded a constituent's letter asking the status of Dr Sutanti Aidit, 'apparently imprisoned since 1967'; the embassy is asked for details by 18 August. The same cable as

GA-02706 1977-04 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 21, April 1977

TAPOL Bulletin no. 21, April 1977 (London). Covers the ICRC mission to seven Indonesian detention sites, Carter and human rights, East Timor testimony, Kopkamtib detention legality, official denials and the May elections. It prints a smuggled letter from a Salemba tapol to the Red Cross describing starvation, beri-beri

GA-02714 1981-09 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 47, September 1981

TAPOL Bulletin no. 47 (London, September 1981): East Timor offensive and the East Timor assembly's report, West Papuan refugees, Pramoedya's re-arrest, the new Procedural Code, and rape and lesbianism cases. Its new 'Spotlight on a Prisoner' profiles Suwardiningsih, the only woman full member of the PKI Central Committ

GA-02272 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Sebuah Kamp di Tengah Sungai (Pulau Kemaro, Palembang)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: A camp in the middle of the river (Pulau Kemaro, Palembang)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on Pulau Kemaro, Palembang, used as a military concentration camp in the 1960s-70s; Komnas HAM heard of about 30,000 killed or disappeared in South Sumatra. Testimony of Suwandi and Mochtar Effendy on torture, starvation and mass killing in Sept-Oct 1966 when prisoners dropped to 17. Gerwani i

GA-02277 2012-10-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Tak Hanya di Pulau Buru (Operasi Kalong dan Trisula)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Not only on Buru Island (Operations Kalong and Trisula)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on Operasi Kalong (Jakarta, from Aug 1966) and Trisula (Blitar, 1968), Kopkamtib interrogation and torture sites (Gunung Sahari II, Plantungan, Jalan Gandhi, Kemaro, Moncongloe), with torture methods (electric shock, stingray whip, 'ayat kursi'). It lists other intelligence task forces, one at