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Indonesia girl admits torture (Canberra Times, 13 Januari 1971)

Indonesia Girl Admits Torture (Canberra Times, 13 January 1971), duplicate

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Canberra Times, 13 Jan 1971, p. 7 (AAP-Reuter): at the trial of Sukatno, ex-chairman of the Communist youth organisation, Gerwani member Emmy Marjani, 24, now under arrest, testifies she gouged a general's eyes on 30 Sep 1965 and saw friends mutilate another, claiming she was paid one million rupiah. Repeats the Lubang Buaya torture narrative via court testimony.

Canberra Times, 13 Januari 1971, hlm. 7 (AAP-Reuter): pada sidang Sukatno, bekas ketua organisasi pemuda komunis, anggota Gerwani Emmy Marjani (24), yang ditahan, bersaksi mencungkil mata seorang jenderal pada 30 September 1965 dan melihat kawan-kawannya memutilasi jenderal lain, serta dibayar satu juta rupiah. Mengulang narasi penyiksaan Lubang Buaya lewat kesaksian pengadilan.

“She said she had also seen her friends mutilating the sexual organs of another general... Marjani, a member of the banned Communist women's organisation Gerwani... said she had been paid one million rupiahs. (p. 7)”

People

Emmy MarjaniSukatnoAhmad Yani

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)People's YouthCommunist Party of Indonesia

Places

JakartaIndonesia

Topics

Lubang Buaya and sexual slandertrials (Mahmillub)arrests and detentionpropaganda and media

Tags

eyewitness accountatrocity rumours

Details

Date
1971-01-13
Creator
The Canberra Times
Publication
The Canberra Times
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
English
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Australia
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
Trove · source link
Access
open access (Trove) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)/The Canberra Times (1971-01-13) - Indonesia Girl Admits Torture [Trove 110448565].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.909) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)
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