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World Report 1990: Indonesia and East Timor (Human Rights Watch)

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Human Rights Watch World Report 1990 chapter on Indonesia and East Timor: Aceh and Irian Jaya abuses, execution of four 1965 palace-guard prisoners, 'screening' for 1960s leftists and the Bonar Tigor Naipospos subversion case. Background on continuing New Order repression.

Bab Indonesia dan Timor Timur dalam World Report 1990 Human Rights Watch: pelanggaran di Aceh dan Irian Jaya, eksekusi empat tahanan pengawal istana 1965, 'penelitian khusus' terhadap simpatisan kiri 1960-an dan kasus subversi Bonar Tigor Naipospos. Latar represi Orde Baru yang berlanjut.

People

Bonar Tigor NaiposposPramoedya Ananta ToerYohanes SuronoNorbertus RohayanSatar SuryantoSimon Petrus Sulaiman

Organisations

Human Rights WatchAsia WatchCakrabirawa Regiment

Places

IndonesiaAcehWest New Guinea (Papua)East Timor

Topics

New Orderarrests and detentionmemory, testimony and justice1965 coup and aftermath

Tags

screening and loyalty oaths

Details

Date
1990
Creator
Human Rights Watch
Document type
government record (NGO annual human rights report, country chapter (web text))
Language
English
Perspective
Other
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1980–1998
Source archive
Human Rights Watch · source link
Access
Human Rights Watch website archive, https://www.hrw.org/reports/1990/WR90/ASIA.BOU-05.htm; open access; retrieved 2026-10-13 (as recorded at the top of the saved text). Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
Citation (APA)
Human Rights Watch. (1991). Indonesia and East Timor. In Human Rights Watch world report 1990: An annual review of developments and the Bush administration's policy on human rights worldwide. Human Rights Watch. https://www.hrw.org/reports/1990/WR90/ASIA.BOU-05.htm [publication year inferred: the chapter covers events to December 1990; verify subtitle and date]
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OCR / text
Good (0.967) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.6 US, British and Dutch Government Records
Summary basis
condensed from full annotation

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