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Tricontinental Bulletin, no. 21 (December 1967): issue catalogued for Indonesian political prisoners incl. Sutanti Aidit

Tricontinental Bulletin no. 21 (Havana, Dec 1967): denunciation of Suharto regime and death sentences

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Tricontinental Bulletin no. 21 (Havana, December 1967), organ of OSPAAAL. A passage denouncing the Suharto-Nasution regime says thousands of men and women suffer torture in Indonesian prisons and names those sentenced to death: Njono, Sudisman, Sakirman, Rewang, Latief, Sujono, 'Sutanti, Aidit', Omar Dani. The printed 'Sutanti, Aidit' is probably Sutanti Aidit (identification uncertain); Gerwani is not named.

Tricontinental Bulletin no. 21 (Havana, Desember 1967), organ OSPAAAL. Sebuah bagian yang mengecam rezim Suharto-Nasution menyebut ribuan lelaki dan perempuan disiksa di penjara Indonesia dan menyebut yang dijatuhi hukuman mati: Njono, Sudisman, Sakirman, Rewang, Latief, Sujono, 'Sutanti, Aidit', Omar Dani. 'Sutanti, Aidit' kemungkinan Sutanti Aidit (identifikasi belum pasti); Gerwani tidak disebut.

“At present, thousands of men and women endure inhuman tortures and humiliations in the Indonesian dungeons ... including: Njono, Sudisman, Sakirman, Rewang, Latief, Sujono, Sutanti, Aidit, Omar Dani”

People

Soetanti AiditNjonoSudismanSakirmanRewangAbdul LatiefSujonoOmar DhaniSuhartoA.H. Nasution

Organisations

OSPAAAL (Tricontinental)National Liberation Front of South Vietnam

Places

HavanaCubaIndonesiaKalimantanJavaSulawesi

Topics

Afro-Asian solidarityarrests and detentionpeace and anti-imperialismpropaganda and media

Tags

solidaritytorture

Details

Date
1967-12
Publication
Tricontinental Bulletin, no. 21 (Havana)
Document type
bulletin issue (text companion of Tricontinental Bulletin (1967-12) - No. 21, Indonesian political prisoners incl. Sutanti Aidit [archive.org].pdf)
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Cuba
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
Internet Archive (full-text search) · source link
Access
open access (Internet Archive) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/International press (1949-2000) - newspaper and magazine articles on Gerwani (ProQuest, Gale)/Tricontinental Bulletin (1967-12) - No. 21, Indonesian political prisoners incl. Sutanti Aidit [archive.org].txt
OCR / text
Fair · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › International press (1949-2000) - newspaper and magazine articles on Gerwani (ProQuest, Gale)
Summary basis
first 60k chars read + all Gerwani/member passages of the full text

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