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TAPOL Bulletin No. 37, January 1980 (Indonesia's Political Trials)

TAPOL Bulletin No. 37, January 1980: Indonesia's Political Trials

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TAPOL Bulletin no. 37 (London, January 1980): editorial on the end of KOPKAMTIB's release plan, plus Julie Southwood's long study of 1,014 political trials since 1966. It notes the 1965 Lubang Buaya claim that communist women castrated the generals, and the 1975 subversion trial of Gerwani's Sulami and Sudjinah, with Sri Ambar and Suharti Harsono (20, 18, 15, 15 years). Dr Tanti Aidit is listed among the last 105 released.

Buletin TAPOL no. 37 (London, Januari 1980): tajuk tentang berakhirnya program pembebasan KOPKAMTIB, serta studi panjang Julie Southwood atas 1.014 pengadilan politik sejak 1966. Memuat tuduhan Lubang Buaya bahwa perempuan komunis mengebiri para jenderal, dan sidang subversi 1975 terhadap Sulami dan Sudjinah (Gerwani), Sri Ambar, serta Suharti Harsono (20, 18, 15, 15 tahun). dr. Tanti Aidit termasuk 105 tapol terakhir yang dibebaskan.

“p.13: 'In February 1975 four women who were leading members of women's trade union and peasant groups were tried under the Anti-Subversion Act... Sulami was also accused of having recruited women to go to Lubang Buaya to help with cooking and sewing'; fn.73 names Sulami and Sudjinah of Gerwani.”

People

SulamiSudjinahSri Ambar RukmiatiSuharti HarsonoSoetanti AiditJulie SouthwoodPramoedya Ananta ToerAbdul LatiefSudismanNjonoSubandrioYap Thiam HienSuhartoSudomoYoga SugamaSjam KamaruzamanD.N. Aidit

Organisations

TAPOLIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationIndonesian Peasants' FrontOperational Command for the Restoration of Security and OrderExtraordinary Military TribunalAmnesty International

Places

IndonesiaJakartaLubang BuayaHalim Perdanakusuma Air Force BaseBuruKalimantanUnited Kingdom

Topics

trials (Mahmillub)Lubang Buaya and sexual slanderarrests and detentionpropaganda and mediaGerwani organisation1965 coup and aftermath

Tags

court recordatrocity rumours

Details

Date
1980-01
Creator
TAPOL
Publication
TAPOL
Document type
periodical issue (testimony, memoir or human-rights report)
Language
English
Perspective
Other
Source role
primary
Country
UK
Period
1980–1998
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.
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01 Primary Sources/1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports/TAPOL Bulletin (1974-1996) - issues on Gerwani and women prisoners (VUIR)/TAPOL (1980) - TAPOL Bulletin No. 37, January 1980 [VUIR 26347].pdf
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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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