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TAPOL Bulletin No. 80, April 1987

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TAPOL Bulletin no. 80 (London, April 1987) on East Timor, the 1987 elections, the Societies Law and ex-tapol rights. A short 'Gerwani members arrested' item reports a woman called 'Mrs Har', said to be a former Gerwani member, arrested with her three daughters in Tanjung Priok (14 Feb 1987), and another alleged Gerwani member interrogated in Metro, Lampung. It also gives screening figures for 1.41 million ex-detainees and a Mbah Suro 1967 massacre account.

Buletin TAPOL no. 80 (London, April 1987) tentang Timor Timur, pemilu 1987, UU Ormas, dan hak eks-tapol. Butir 'Gerwani members arrested' melaporkan 'Ibu Har', disebut bekas anggota Gerwani, ditangkap bersama tiga putrinya di Tanjung Priok (14 Februari 1987), dan seorang perempuan lain yang diduga anggota Gerwani diinterogasi di Metro, Lampung. Memuat juga data penyaringan 1,41 juta bekas tahanan dan kisah pembantaian Mbah Suro 1967.

“'A woman identified only as Mrs Har, said to be a former Gerwani member, was arrested along with her three daughters in Tanjung Priok on 14 February... Gerwani was the leftwing women's organisation that was banned in 1965' (p. 17, 'Gerwani members arrested').”

People

Mrs HarSarwo Edhie WibowoL.B. MoerdaniSuhartoMbah SuroAdnan Buyung Nasution

Organisations

TAPOLIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaPeople's YouthGolkarUnited Development PartyIndonesian Democratic PartyDharma WanitaBP7Indonesian National Armed Forces

Places

Tanjung PriokJakartaMetroLampungCentral JavaEast TimorWest New Guinea (Papua)Blora

Topics

arrests and detentionGerwani organisationNew OrderPKIkillings 1965–66

Tags

election campaign

Details

Date
1987-04
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 (1987) - TAPOL Bulletin No. 80, April 1987 [VUIR 26220].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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