HUMAN RIGHTS IN INDONESIA: A REVIEW OF THE SITUATION WITH RESPECT TO THE LONG-TERM POLITICAL DETAINEES HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS FIRST SESSION OCTOBER 18, 1977 Printed for the use of the Committee on International Relations LAW LIBRARY U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 98-578 WASHINGTON: 1977 DEC 20 1977 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CLEMENT J. ZABLOCKI, Wisconsin, Chairman L. H. FOUNTAIN, North Carolina BENJAMIN S. ROSENTHAL, New York STEPHEN J. SOLARZ, New York HELEN S. MEYNER, New Jersey DON BONKER, Washington GERRY E. STUDDS, Massachusetts ANDY IRELAND, Florida DONALD J. PEASE, Ohio ANTHONY C. BEILENSON, California E (KIKA) DE LA GARZA, Texas JOHN J. CAVANAUGH, Nebraska WILLIAM S. BROOMFIELD, Michigan JOHN H. BUCHANAN, JR., Alabama BENJAMIN A. GILMAN, New York ROBERT J. LAGOMARSINO, California CONTENTS WITNESSES Huang Wen-hsien, head of Asia research, International Secretariat of David Hinkley, coordinator for Indonesia, Amnesty International U.S.A., APPENDIX 1. Excerpt from "Indonesia: An Amnesty International Report" (Amnesty International Publications, 1977) introduction__ 2. Letter from His Excellency Roesmin Nurjadin, Indonesian Ambassador to the United States to Subcommittee Chairman Fraser dated October 17, 1977, concerning the hearing... 3. October 1977 issue of Indonesian News and Views, published by the Information Division of the Embassy of Indonesia... (III) Page 2 6 19 31 33 35 INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS Documents available from the Committee on International Relations or from the Government Printing Office Human Rights in Haiti. November 18, 1975. (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in Chile. December 9, 1975. (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Chile: The Status of Human Rights and Its Relationship to U.S. Economic Assistance Programs. April 29 and May 5, 1976. (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Psychiatric Abuse of Political Prisoners in the Soviet Union: Testimony by Leonid Plyushch. March 30, 1976. (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in Indonesia and the Philippines. December 18 and May 3, 1976. (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Religious Persecution in the Soviet Union. June 24 and 30, 1976. (Joint hearings before the Subcommittee on International Political and Military Affairs and the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in Iran. August 3 and September 8, 1976. (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in Nicaragua, Guatemala, and El Salvador. June 8 and 9, 1976. (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in India. June 23, 28, 29; September 16 and 23, 1976. (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in Uruguay and Paraguay. June 17; July 27, 28; and August 4, 1976. (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Namibia: The United Nations and U.S. Policy. August 24 and 27, 1976. (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in Argentina. September 28 and 29, 1976. (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in North Korea. September 9, 1976. (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) The Recent Presidential Elections in El Salvador: Implications for U.S. Foreign Policy. March 9 and 17, 1977. (Joint hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations and the Subcommittee on Inter-American Affairs.) Human Rights in East Timor and the Question of the Use of U.S. Equipment by the Indonesian Armed Forces. March 23, 1977. (Joint hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations and the Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs.) Human Rights in Cambodia. May 3, 1977. (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Review of the United Nations 33d Commission on Human Rights. May 19, 1977. (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in the International Community and in U.S. Foreign Policy, 1945-76. July 24, 1977 (Report of the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) The Status of Human Rights in Selected Countries and the U.S. Response. July 25, 1977. (Report of the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in East Timor. June 28 and July 19, 1977. (Hearings before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) Human Rights in Taiwan. June 14, 1977. (Hearing before the Subcommittee on International Organizations.) |