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TAPOL Bulletin No. 28, June 1978

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TAPOL Bulletin no. 28 (London, June 1978): arms sales and Mondale's visit, 1978 student crackdown (Yogyakarta), W.S. Rendra's arrest, conditions of the 1977 releases, psychotests of detainees, the Latief trial. A letter from an East Java ex-prisoner describes the 'bon' killings of 1966–69 and a Malang women's prison holding ten women tapols since 1968. Gerwani is not named.

Buletin TAPOL no. 28 (London, Juni 1978): penjualan senjata dan kunjungan Mondale, penindasan mahasiswa 1978 (Yogyakarta), penangkapan W.S. Rendra, kondisi tapol yang dibebaskan 1977, psikotes tahanan, sidang Latief. Surat eks-tapol Jawa Timur menggambarkan pembunuhan sistem 'bon' 1966–69 dan penjara perempuan Malang yang menahan sepuluh tapol perempuan sejak 1968. Gerwani tidak disebut.

“p.11 (letter from East Java): 'In Malang there is also a women's prison where ten women tapols have been incarcerated since 1968... completely isolated... almost all of them suffer from beri-beri or heart diseases.'”

People

SuhartoW.S. RendraWalter MondaleYap Thiam HienSudomoAbdul LatiefSawito KartowibowoPoncke PrincenBenedict Anderson

Organisations

TAPOLOperational Command for the Restoration of Security and OrderState Intelligence Coordinating AgencyInternational Committee of the Red CrossInter-Governmental Group on IndonesiaCommunist Party of IndonesiaRailway Workers' UnionInternational PEN

Places

IndonesiaJakartaYogyakartaMalangSurabayaKalisosok PrisonEast JavaBuruEast TimorUnited KingdomUnited States

Topics

arrests and detentionkillings 1965–66memory, testimony and justiceNew Ordertrials (Mahmillub)

Tags

screening and loyalty oaths

Details

Date
1978-06
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 (1978) - TAPOL Bulletin No. 28, June 1978 [VUIR 26383].pdf
OCR / text
Good (0.945) · 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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