GA-03591 1973-10-12 relevance B public
Walliser Bote, 12 October 1973: Ostpolitische Zusammenhänge (Amnesty torture report, Sri Ambar)
Swiss press, 12 Oct 1973: Amnesty torture campaign, Sri Ambar hung by her wrists
Swiss newspaper page (Walliser Bote, 12 Oct 1973) of agency news, mostly German Ostpolitik and Swiss matters. A short item on Amnesty International's anti-torture campaign says that the Indonesian woman Sri Ambar was beaten naked and hung by her wrists for a whole night; the catalogue identifies her as Sri Ambar Rukmiati.
Halaman surat kabar Swiss (Walliser Bote, 12 Oktober 1973) berisi berita kantor, terutama Ostpolitik Jerman dan urusan Swiss. Berita pendek tentang kampanye antipenyiksaan Amnesty International menyebut perempuan Indonesia Sri Ambar dipukuli dalam keadaan telanjang dan digantung pada pergelangan tangan semalaman; katalog mengidentifikasinya sebagai Sri Ambar Rukmiati.
“Unter anderem sei die Indonesierin Sri Ambar völlig entkleidet geschlagen und nackt eine ganze Nacht lang an ihren Handgelenken aufgehängt worden.”
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- 1973-10-12
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- Walliser Bote
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- newspaper article
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- German
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- Western mainstream press
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- primary
- Country
- Switzerland
- Period
- 1967–1979
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- e-newspaperarchives.ch (Switzerland) · source link
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- open access (e-newspaperarchives.ch); article PDF not available, OCR text only Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Swiss press (1959-1965) - wire reports on Gerwani (e-newspaperarchives.ch)/Walliser Bote (1973-10-12) - Ostpolitische Zusammenhaenge (Amnesty torture report, Sri Ambar) [e-newspaperarchives WAB19731012-01.2.10].txt
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Swiss press (1959-1965) - wire reports on Gerwani (e-newspaperarchives.ch)
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