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TAPOL Bulletin No. 19, January 1977

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TAPOL Bulletin no. 19, January 1977. Leads on 'release equals transmigration': Sudomo's 1 Dec 1976 release of 2,500 B-category tapols into 'transmigration centres' and Buru. Reports that women tapols at Plantungan (since 1971) were moved to Bulu prison, Semarang, apparently for transfer to a 'hard-core' women's camp at Bantir, Ambarawa, just before a Belgian ambassador's visit. Also Yap Thiam Hien and Sitor Situmorang interviews, Budiardjo's US visa denial and the trial of PKI woman leader Siti Sundari Abdurachman. Gerwani not named.

TAPOL Bulletin no. 19, Januari 1977. Utama: 'pembebasan sama dengan transmigrasi': Sudomo pada 1 Des 1976 membebaskan 2.500 tapol golongan B ke 'pusat transmigrasi' dan Buru. Melaporkan tapol perempuan Plantungan (sejak 1971) dipindahkan ke penjara Bulu, Semarang, tampaknya untuk dipindahkan ke kamp perempuan 'keras kepala' di Bantir, Ambarawa, tepat sebelum kunjungan dubes Belgia. Juga wawancara Yap Thiam Hien dan Sitor Situmorang, penolakan visa AS bagi Budiardjo dan sidang pemimpin perempuan PKI Siti Sundari Abdurachman. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“p.3: 'a number of women tapols who have been at the Plantungan labour camp since 1971 have been moved to the Bulu Prison for women in Semarang ... in preparation for their transfer to another camp for "hard-core" women in Bantir, Ambarawa.'”

People

Sundari AbdulrachmanSudomoYap Thiam HienSitor SitumorangCarmel BudiardjoPramoedya Ananta ToerSudismanJusuf Muda Dalam

Organisations

TAPOLOperational Command for the Restoration of Security and OrderCommunist Party of IndonesiaAmnesty InternationalConsultative Body for Indonesian Citizenship

Places

PlantunganSemarangAmbarawaBantirBuruJakartaLampungBandar Lampung (Tanjungkarang)

Events

Plantungan women's detention camp

Topics

Plantungan and women prisonersarrests and detentiontrials (Mahmillub)memory, testimony and justiceNew OrderPKI

Tags

prisoner releasestransmigrationprisonsscreening and loyalty oaths

Details

Date
1977-01
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
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 (1977) - TAPOL Bulletin No. 19, January 1977 [VUIR 26410].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.955) · 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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