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TAPOL Bulletin No. 5, June 1974

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TAPOL Bulletin no. 5, June 1974 (London campaign for Indonesian political prisoners). Covers mass transfers of tapols to Central Java workcamps (Nusakambangan, Cilacap), British and Australian policy, IGGI aid, press bans and the January 1974 Malari aftermath. A short item, 'Ex-Gerwani Members Also in Trouble' (p.5), reports 52 women in Kampung Helvetia, Medan, exposed in March 1974 as former Gerwani members holding 'yellow' cards, with one arrested; also 'non-involvement certificates'.

TAPOL Bulletin no. 5, Juni 1974 (kampanye London untuk tapol Indonesia). Memuat pemindahan massal tapol ke kamp kerja di Jawa Tengah (Nusakambangan, Cilacap), kebijakan Inggris dan Australia, bantuan IGGI, pemberangusan pers dan buntut Malari Januari 1974. Butir pendek 'Ex-Gerwani Members Also in Trouble' (hlm. 5) melaporkan 52 perempuan di Kampung Helvetia, Medan, terungkap Maret 1974 sebagai bekas anggota Gerwani berkartu 'kuning'; satu ditangkap; juga 'surat bebas G30S'.

“p.5: 'The cases of fifty-two women in Kampong Helvetia, Medan... were spotlighted in March this year after it was discovered that they had been members of the now-banned... Gerwani'; one woman arrested, fate of 51 others unexplained.”

People

Carmel BudiardjoSuhartoSudomoSutopo JuwonoErnst Utrecht

Organisations

TAPOLIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaOperational Command for the Restoration of Security and OrderInter-Governmental Group on IndonesiaAmnesty International

Places

IndonesiaMedanKampung HelvetiaNusakambanganCilacapJakartaUnited KingdomAustralia

Topics

arrests and detentionGerwani organisationNew Ordermemory, testimony and justicepropaganda and media

Tags

forced labourforeign aid and investmentpress freedom

Details

Date
1974-06
Creator
TAPOL
Publication
TAPOL
Document type
periodical issue (testimony, memoir or human-rights report)
Language
English
Perspective
Other
Source role
primary
Country
UK
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
TAPOL Bulletin (VU Research Repository, vuir.vu.edu.au) · source link
Access
open access (Victoria University Institutional Repository) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports/TAPOL Bulletin (1974-1996) - issues on Gerwani and women prisoners (VUIR)/TAPOL (1974) - TAPOL Bulletin No. 5, June 1974 [VUIR 26440].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.957) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports › TAPOL Bulletin (1974-1996) - issues on Gerwani and women prisoners (VUIR)
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