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Hearing Id:

HRG-1977-HIR-0032

Title:

Human Rights in Indonesia: A Review of the Situation with Respect to the Long-Term Political Detainees

Hearing Date:

Oct. 18, 1977

Committee:

Committee on International Relations. House; Subcommittee on International Organizations. Committee on International Relations. House

Sudoc Number:

Y4.In8/16:In2

Length:

42 pp.

Legacy CIS Number:

78-H461-5

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Congress Session

95 - 1

Summary

Hearing before the Subcom on International Organizations to consider the status of Indonesian political prisoners indefinitely detained without trial because of their alleged involvement in the unsuccessful communist-led coup in 1965.

Appendices (p. 31-36) include submitted correspondence and article.

Content Notation

Human rights in Indonesia, political detainees status

Subjects

Civil liberties; Political prisoners

Descriptors

Subcom on International Organizations. House; Indonesia

Testimony

WITNESS PANEL:

Date:

October 18, 1977

Collation:

p. 2-19.

Witness:

WEN-HSIEN , Huang , head, Asia research, Amnesty Intl.

Witness:

HINKLEY , David , member, bd of dirs, US section.

Statements And Discussion:

Background on political imprisonment in Indonesia following attempted coup; difficulties of estimating number of detainees or verifying Indonesian Government claimed prisoner releases and prison condition improvements.

Testimony Subjects:

Amnesty International

WITNESS PANEL:

Date:

October 18, 1977

Collation:

p. 19-29.

Witness:

OAKLEY , Robert B. , Dep Asst Sec, Bur of East Asian and Pacific Aff, State Dept.

Statements And Discussion:

Viewed favorable trend toward Indonesian prisons increased access by internationally recognized humanitarian organizations, including International Committee of the Red Cross.

Testimony Subjects:

International Committee to the Red Cross; Department of State

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