GA-00268 1978-01-19 relevance B public
After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 Jan 1978)
After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 January 1978), clean OCR
Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 19 January 1978, p. 5, clean OCR of George Oliver's feature on the release of 10,000 political prisoners held since the 1965 coup (same article as GA-00267). It covers the official and alternative accounts of 30 September, killings of perhaps half a million, half to three-quarters of a million arrests, Categories A, B and C, Amnesty International and US pressure. Category B prisoners are described as PKI members or those of organisations such as the Gerwani women's movement.
Post-Courier Papua Nugini, 19 Januari 1978, hlm. 5, OCR bersih tulisan George Oliver tentang pembebasan 10.000 tahanan politik sejak 1965 (artikel sama dengan GA-00267). Memuat versi resmi dan alternatif peristiwa 30 September, pembunuhan hingga sekitar setengah juta, penangkapan setengah hingga tiga perempat juta, Golongan A, B, C, serta tekanan Amnesty International dan AS. Tahanan Golongan B digambarkan anggota PKI atau organisasi seperti gerakan wanita Gerwani.
“'Most prisoners in Category B were members of the PKI or one of its associated organisations such as the Gerwani women's movement and Pemuda Rakyat' (p. 5).”
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