GA-02728 2017 relevance A public
Kamp Plantungan, Saksi Derita Tahanan Politik Gerwani yang Membekas Hingga Saat Ini (KBR/YPKP 1965, 2017)
Plantungan Camp, Witness to Gerwani Political Prisoners' Suffering (KBR/YPKP 1965, 2017)
KBR radio feature (reposted by YPKP 1965, 9 Jan 2017) following ex-prisoners Sumilah and Debora Oni to the Plantungan camp site with Komnas Perempuan; they recount being accused as Gerwani, stripped and beaten, and their prison itineraries. Survivor testimony on Plantungan.
Fitur radio KBR (dimuat ulang YPKP 1965, 9 Jan 2017) mengikuti mantan tahanan Sumilah dan Debora Oni ke bekas kamp Plantungan bersama Komnas Perempuan; mereka menuturkan dituduh Gerwani, ditelanjangi dan dipukuli, serta perjalanan penjara mereka. Kesaksian penyintas tentang Plantungan.
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- Date
- 2017
- Creator
- YPKP 1965
- Document type
- web article (web news feature reposted by a survivors' organization (radio documentary transcript with survivor testimony, KBR 'Saga' programme, via YPKP 1965 'Kliping'))
- Language
- Indonesian; Javanese
- Perspective
- Journalism/commentary (post-1998)
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Indonesia
- Period
- 1999–present
- Source archive
- ypkp1965.org · source link
- Access
- YPKP 1965 website (ypkp1965.org), post of 9 January 2017 in categories Berita / Kisah Tapol / Kliping: https://ypkp1965.org/blog/2017/01/09/kamp-platungan-saksi-derita-tahanan-politik-gerwani-yang-membekas-hingga-saat-ini/ . Open access. Retrieved 2026-10-13. Original KBR Program Saga broadcast and the Tribun republication not located; worth retrieving from kbr.id for citation of the original. Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- Satriawan, Y. (2017, January 9). Kamp Plantungan: Saksi derita tahanan politik Gerwani yang membekas hingga saat ini [Plantungan camp: Witness to the suffering of Gerwani political prisoners that lingers to this day] [Reposted radio feature; originally produced for Program Saga, Kantor Berita Radio (KBR)]. YPKP 1965. https://ypkp1965.org/blog/2017/01/09/kamp-platungan-saksi-derita-tahanan-politik-gerwani-yang-membekas-hingga-saat-ini/
- File
- 01 Primary Sources/1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports/YPKP 1965 (2017) - Kamp Plantungan, Saksi Derita Tahanan Politik Gerwani yang Membekas Hingga Saat Ini.txt
- OCR / text
- Good (0.956) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
- Collection
- 01 Primary Sources › 1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports
- Summary basis
- condensed from full annotation
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