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TAPOL Bulletin No. 94, August 1989

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TAPOL Bulletin no. 94 (London, Aug 1989), mostly on East Timor (new arrests, Prabowo-led operations, Bishop Belo's UN letter, asylum seekers), student trials in Yogyakarta, Kedung Ombo, Lampung evictions, forestry and population control. Gerwani is not mentioned. Relevant context: ex-tapols' 'ET' identity cards and 'clean environment' discrimination, prisoners Rewang and Marto Suwandi held past sentence expiry, and criticism of Depo-Provera/Norplant targets imposed on women.

Buletin TAPOL no. 94 (London, Agustus 1989), sebagian besar tentang Timor Timur (penangkapan baru, operasi Prabowo, surat Uskup Belo ke PBB, pencari suaka), pengadilan mahasiswa di Yogyakarta, Kedung Ombo, penggusuran Lampung, kehutanan, dan KB. Gerwani tidak disebut. Konteks relevan: KTP 'ET' eks-tapol dan diskriminasi 'bersih lingkungan', Rewang dan Marto Suwandi ditahan melewati masa hukuman, serta kritik atas target kontrasepsi bagi perempuan.

“Ex-tapols' identity cards carry the code 'ET'; Princen called it 'in effect, a trial for those in question, a verdict... passed without any process in a court of law' (p. 10, 'Discrimination against ex-tapols condemned').”

People

RewangMarto SuwandiPrabowo SubiantoCarlos Filipe Ximenes BeloPoncke PrincenSudomoSuhartoL.B. Moerdani

Organisations

TAPOLCommunist Party of IndonesiaBakorstanasOperational Command for the Restoration of Security and OrderIndonesian National Armed ForcesIndonesian Legal Aid FoundationWorld BankUnited Nations

Places

East TimorJakartaYogyakartaLampungAcehWest New Guinea (Papua)Kedung Ombo

Topics

arrests and detentionNew OrderPKIwomen's rights and emancipationpropaganda and media

Tags

stigmacourt record

Details

Date
1989-08
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.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports/TAPOL Bulletin (1974-1996) - issues on Gerwani and women prisoners (VUIR)/TAPOL (1989) - TAPOL Bulletin No. 94, August 1989 [VUIR 26197].pdf
OCR / text
Fair (0.844) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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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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