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Cipinang Penitentiary Institution is a top-security prison in Jakarta, Indonesia. ==History== The prison was built by the Dutch colonial administration, during the Indonesian National Revival, the prison held Indonesian nationalist leaders such as Mohammed Hatta. Following Indonesian independence, novelist Pramoedya A. Toer was arrested in 1961 and held without trial for nearly a year in Cipinang for criticizing the Sukarno administration's anti-Chinese policies.〔(from the Jakarta Post ) "Author Pramoedya in a coma" April 30, 2006〕 Human rights groups such as Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch alleged that the Suharto administration used Cipinang and other prisons to silence opponents from the Sukarno administration and Irian Jaya.〔(Amnesty International article ); (Human Rights Watch Report )〕 In their annual report for 2005, AI also spoke of routine torture and ill-treatment. The organization said of Cipinang and other prisons:
During the Indonesian occupation of East Timor, East Timorese independence activists, such as Xanana Gusmão (later President of East Timor), were housed in the jail. Others imprisoned at Cipinang for political activity include political dissidents Asep Suryaman〔Amnesty International http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA210011998?open&of=ENG-376〕 Sri Bintang Pamungkas, and labor leader Muchtar Pakpahan.〔(iht.com: But the Pressure for Change May Be Irreversible : Jakarta Faces a Long Slog To Establish Democracy ) ''International Herald Tribune'', May 27, 1998.〕 After Suharto's resignation in 1998, new President Jusuf Habibie released Pamungkas, Pakpahan, and Gusmão.〔(iht.com: But the Pressure for Change May Be Irreversible : Jakarta Faces a Long Slog To Establish Democracy ) ''International Herald Tribune'', May 27, 1998. See also: Rights and Democracy "Muchtar Pakpahan, leading Indonesian political prisoner, is released from prison" http://www.dd-rd.ca/site/media/index.php?id=437&subsection=news〕 Abu Bakar Bashir, the spiritual leader of Islamist terrorist group, Jemaah Islamiyah, was imprisoned in Cipinang. He was released after serving 26 months for conspiracy relating to the 2002 Bali bombing. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cipinang Penitentiary Institution」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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