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TAPOL Bulletin No. 20, February 1977

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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, Semarang in early December 1976 before a Belgian ambassador's visit, about half then released (mostly over-55s or ill), both tapol doctors transferred, about 300 women plus 40 boy detainees remaining, and tightened family contact. Gerwani not named.

TAPOL Bulletin no. 20, Februari 1977. Utama: pembantaian dan penyiksaan di Timor Timur; juga kerusuhan rumah tahanan Jakarta, bantuan AS dan Belanda, wawancara tapol Sulawesi, 'penghitungan ganda' pembebasan dan surat bebas G30S. Butir 'Plantungan to Close?' (hlm. 4) melaporkan sekitar 100 tapol perempuan dipindahkan ke penjara Bulu, Semarang, awal Desember 1976 sebelum kunjungan dubes Belgia; sekitar separuh kemudian dibebaskan (kebanyakan berusia di atas 55 atau sakit), kedua dokter tapol dipindahkan, tersisa sekitar 300 perempuan dan 40 tahanan anak laki-laki, kontak keluarga diperketat. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“p.4: 'about 100 women tapols were transferred to Bulu Prison in Semarang ... Among those transferred were the two tapol doctors at Plantungan ... there is now no doctor at the camp.'”

People

SudomoJudith HartJan PronkW.F. WertheimJames DunnCarmel Budiardjo

Organisations

TAPOLOperational Command for the Restoration of Security and OrderAmnesty InternationalFretilinInternational Committee of the Red Cross

Places

PlantunganSemarangEast TimorDiliJakartaSulawesiNusakambanganBuru

Events

Plantungan women's detention camp

Topics

Plantungan and women prisonersarrests and detentionkillings 1965–66New Ordermemory, testimony and justice

Tags

prisonsprisoner releases

Details

Date
1977-02
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. 20, February 1977 [VUIR 26407].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.943) · 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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