FCO 15/1941: Political Detainees in Indonesia (1974-75)
British Foreign and Commonwealth Office file FCO 15/1941 (1974-75), 'Political detainees in Indonesia': ministerial letters on the National Peace Council and TAPOL campaigns, Research Department notes on Carmel Budiardjo, UN human-rights briefing, ICRC/Buru material and TAPOL Bulletin extracts. Gerwani features in the TAPOL extracts: Sulami, described as Gerwani secretary, awaits trial; Amnah, a Gerwani leader, was sentenced to life at Tebingtinggi (March 1974); 52 ex-Gerwani women at Kampung Helvetia, Medan, were exposed; Plantungan women's camp conditions are reported.
Berkas Foreign and Commonwealth Office Inggris FCO 15/1941 (1974-75), 'Political detainees in Indonesia': surat menteri tentang kampanye National Peace Council dan TAPOL, catatan Research Department tentang Carmel Budiardjo, bahan UN, ICRC/Buru, dan kutipan Buletin TAPOL. Gerwani muncul dalam kutipan TAPOL: Sulami, disebut sekretaris Gerwani, menunggu diadili; Amnah, pemimpin Gerwani, divonis seumur hidup di Tebingtinggi (Maret 1974); 52 bekas anggota Gerwani di Kampung Helvetia, Medan, terungkap; kondisi kamp perempuan Plantungan dilaporkan.
“TAPOL extract: the next political trial will be that of Miss Sulami, Secretary-General of the now-banned women's organisation Gerwani, to be tried with three other women described as 'Gerwani figures'.”
TAPOL Bulletin no. 6, August 1974. Covers the Hariman Siregar (Malari) trial, tapol forced labour on the Cilacap oil pipeline and Nusakambangan cement works, prison conditions, Australian and British military links and trials of 1965 detainees. It reports on Plantungan women's camp (food, commander Major Prayoga, death
shared: Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and Order, TAPOL, Suharto, Sudomo
TAPOL Bulletin no. 7, October 1974. Covers the Indonesian Defence Department's attack on TAPOL, the Hariman Siregar trial, admissions on tapol forced labour, 'C' category releases and re-arrests, non-involvement certificates, civil-service purges (teachers and PLN staff dismissed) and plans for October Week in Britain.
shared: Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and Order, TAPOL, Sulami, Sudomo
TAPOL Bulletin no. 8, January 1975. Leads on Papuan mass killings and the Indonesian ban on the word 'tapol'; also Buru unrest and health conditions, the British Foreign Office meeting with religious leaders, non-involvement certificates, 'C' category releases, Hariman Siregar's six-year sentence and Carmel Budiardjo's
shared: Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and Order, TAPOL, Amnesty International, Sulami
British FCO file FCO 15/2701 (1980), 'Political detainees in Indonesia': Amnesty International's April 1980 letter and memorandum to the UK government before the IGGI meeting, on release of B-category prisoners, restrictions on ex-detainees, missing persons and unfair A-category trials, plus TAPOL Bulletin extracts (No
shared: Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and Order, TAPOL, Amnesty International, UK Foreign Office
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
shared: Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and Order, TAPOL, Amnesty International, International Committee of the Red Cross
TAPOL Bulletin no. 29 (London, August 1978): assessment of the 1977–78 prisoner releases, resettlement camps, ILO criticism, Wertheim on Suharto and the Latief trial, ex-tapol discrimination, and trials. Page 11 reports that Dr Tanti Aidit, widow of D.N. Aidit and a Gerwani member who ran a Gerwani clinic, is to be tri
shared: Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and Order, TAPOL, Amnesty International, Suharto
TAPOL Bulletin no. 20, February 1977. Leads on East Timor massacres and torture; also a Jakarta detention-centre riot, US and Dutch aid, a Sulawesi tapol interview, 'double counting' of releases and non-involvement certificates. Item 'Plantungan to Close?' (p.4) reports about 100 women tapols moved to Bulu Prison, Sema
shared: Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and Order, TAPOL, Amnesty International, International Committee of the Red Cross
TAPOL Bulletin no. 25, December 1977 (London). Focuses on the 20 December releases from Buru and Tanjung Kasau, new 'resettlement' labour camps, the Amnesty report and Sudomo interview, the Sawito trial, student protests, and press reports (Newsweek, Economist, Age, Asahi, De Telegraf, FEER) on Buru. Page 11 rebuts Jen
shared: Operational Command for the Restoration of Security and Order, TAPOL, Amnesty International, International Committee of the Red Cross