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Indonesia Murders Long Term Political Prisoners
Loaded on July 15, 1990
published in Prison Legal News
July, 1990, page 7
On the 16th of February, 1990 four prisoners: Sater Suryanto, Johannes Surono, Simon Solainman and Norbertus Rohayan, were taken from their cell in Cipinang prison in Jakarta (capital of Indonesia) and taken to an uninhabited island in Jakarta Bay where they were shot dead by a platoon of the Police …
Filed under:
Political Prisoners,
Excessive Force,
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Prisoners-International,
Death Penalty.
Location:
Indonesia.
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