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TAPOL Bulletin No. 8, January 1975

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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 German tour. Gerwani: p.6 reports that Sulami, Secretary-General of banned Gerwani, will be tried next in Jakarta with three other unnamed women 'Gerwani figures'.

TAPOL Bulletin no. 8, Januari 1975. Memuat pembunuhan massal di Papua dan larangan resmi kata 'tapol'; juga kerusuhan dan kondisi kesehatan di Buru, pertemuan pemuka agama dengan Kementerian Luar Negeri Inggris, surat bebas G30S, pembebasan golongan C, vonis enam tahun Hariman Siregar dan tur Jerman Carmel Budiardjo. Gerwani: hlm. 6 melaporkan Sulami, Sekretaris Jenderal Gerwani terlarang, akan diadili di Jakarta bersama tiga perempuan lain 'tokoh Gerwani' yang tak disebut namanya.

“p.6: 'the next political trial in Jakarta in connection with the October 1965 affair will be that of Miss Sulami who was Secretary-General of the now-banned women's organization, Gerwani. She will be tried together with three other women, also described as "Gerwani figures".'”

People

SulamiCarmel BudiardjoHariman SiregarYap Thiam HienAdnan Buyung NasutionSumrahadiSudomoAli SaidLord Soper

Organisations

TAPOLIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaOperational Command for the Restoration of Security and OrderFree Papua MovementAmnesty International

Places

IndonesiaJakartaBuruWest New Guinea (Papua)BiakNusakambanganWest GermanyUnited Kingdom

Topics

arrests and detentiontrials (Mahmillub)Gerwani organisationNew Orderkillings 1965–66memory, testimony and justice

Tags

prisoner releases

Details

Date
1975-01
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
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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 (1975) - TAPOL Bulletin No. 8, January 1975 [VUIR 26437].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.935) · 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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