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Bali Post, 16 April 1999: 'Diteliti, kekejaman Soeharto tahun 1965–1966'

Bali Post, 16 April 1999: Suharto's 1965-66 atrocities to be investigated

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Bali Post, 16 Apr 1999, p. 1: founding of the YPKP 65 foundation (15 Apr 1999, YLBHI, Jakarta), chaired by Sulami, ex-Gerwani member imprisoned 20 years, with Pramoedya; research on killing sites and aim to hold Suharto accountable.

Bali Post, 16 April 1999, hlm. 1: pendirian Yayasan Penelitian Korban Pembunuhan 1965/1966 (YPKP 65) (15 April 1999, YLBHI, Jakarta) diketuai Sulami, bekas anggota Gerwani yang dipenjara 20 tahun, bersama Pramoedya; penelitian lokasi pembunuhan dan tujuan menuntut pertanggungjawaban Suharto.

People

SulamiPramoedya Ananta ToerRibka TjiptaningSumini Martono

Organisations

Foundation for Research on the Victims of the 1965–66 KillingsIndonesian Legal Aid FoundationIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)

Places

JakartaBlora

Topics

memory, testimony and justicekillings 1965–66arrests and detentionbiography

Tags

mass gravesimpunity

Details

Date
1999-04-16
Creator
Bali Post
Publication
Bali Post
Document type
newspaper article (Newspaper page (Bali provincial daily, front page, 1999 election campaign))
Language
Indonesian
Perspective
Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
Source role
primary
Country
Indonesia
Period
1999–present
Source archive
Monumen Pers Nasional SIDAK · source link
Access
Monumen Pers Nasional (MPN) SIDAK digital newspaper archive (free access; CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 per site), single page image, MPN SIDAK id 180966; downloaded 2026-10-15/16 via the Claude desktop browser after a 'Gerwani' keyword search. Freely viewable at source but reuse terms apply or are unrecorded: link to the source; host the file only after checking rights.
Citation (APA)
Bali Post. (1999, April 16). Bali Post [Daily], p. 1. Denpasar.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Later Indonesian press (1977-2021) - pages mentioning Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)/Bali Post (1992-2002) - pages mentioning Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)/Bali Post (1999-04-16) - p. 01, Gerwani hit [MPN SIDAK 180966].jpg
OCR / text
Fair (0.863) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Later Indonesian press (1977-2021) - pages mentioning Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)/Bali Post (1992-2002) - pages mentioning Gerwani (MPN SIDAK)
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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