Carmel Budiardjo

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Carmel Budiardjo (1973)

Carmel Budiardjo , née Brickman (born June 18, 1925 in London ; † July 10, 2021 there ), was a British human rights activist and founder of the Indonesian human rights organization Tapol . In 1995 she received the Alternative Nobel Prize ( Right Livelihood Award ).

Life

Carmel Budiardjo came from a Jewish family in London. It was influenced by their anti-fascist convictions in their left political orientation. In 1946 she graduated from the University of London with a bachelor's degree in economics. She then worked in Prague for the International Union of Students , where she met Suwondo 'Bud' Budiardjo, an Indonesian government employee. After they married in 1950, they moved to Indonesia in 1951. Carmel Budiardjo received Indonesian citizenship in 1954. She first worked as a translator for Antara , the Indonesian news agency, then as an economist for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After studying at the University of Indonesia 's School of Economics , she lectured at Padjadjaran University in Bandung and Res Publica University (later Trisakti ) in Jakarta . She was also the speechwriter for President Sukarno in the days leading up to the September 30th Movement's attempted coup in 1965.

After General Suharto came to power in 1966, Budiardjo's husband was arrested and held for twelve years. Carmel Budiardjo was arrested in 1968 and remained in prison for three years until she was deported to England in 1971.

She then founded the Tapol campaign , which works for political prisoners in Indonesia. The name Tapol is derived from the Indonesian tahanan politik , which means "political prisoner". The organization became known when it released information about military activities and human rights violations in East Timor , which was occupied by Indonesia in 1975 and annexed in 1976 . The Tapol Bulletin was an important source of information on the human rights situation in Indonesia during Suharto's reign of the Orde Baru ("New Order") .

In 1995 Budiardjo received the Alternative Nobel Prize ( Right Livelihood Award ) on the proposal of the International Federation for East Timor . In 2009 she was awarded the Insígnia of the Ordem de Timor-Leste .

She died on July 10, 2021 at the age of 96.

Works

Carmel Budiardjo was also the author of several books on human rights and politics in Indonesia.

  • Carmel Budiardjo: The Abuse of Human Rights in Indonesia. In: WA Veenhoven (Ed.): Case studies on human rights and fundamental freedoms: a world survey. Volume 3, Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague 1976.
  • Carmel Budiardjo, Liem Soei Liong: The War against East Timor. Zed Books, London 1984, ISBN 0-86232-228-6 .
  • Carmel Budiardjo, Liem Soei Liong: West Papua: The Obliteration of a People. revised Edition. TAPOL, the Indonesian Human Rights Campaign, Thornton Heath, UK 1988.
  • Carmel Budiardjo: Surviving Indonesia's Gulag: A Western Woman Tells Her Story. Cassell, London 1996, ISBN 0-304-33562-2 .

Web links

Commons : Carmel Budiardjo  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Carmel Budiardjo, pendiri TAPOL dan pejuang HAM dari kasus 1965, Aceh, Timor Leste serta Papua, tutup usia. In: BBC. July 11, 2021, accessed July 11, 2021 (Indonesian).
  2. ↑ About Us | Tapol. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Rights activist says genocide continues in Indonesia , JWeekly , Saturday, October 26, 1996.
  4. ^ Hans Krabbendam, Giles Scott-Smith (Ed.): The Cultural Cold War in Western Europe, 1945-60. Routledge, 2004, p. 117. (books.google.com)
  5. ↑ Paul Francis Magnelia: The International Union of Students. Peninsula Lithograph Company, 1967, p. 75. (books.google.com)
  6. ↑ Kenneth F. Phillips: Development Policy and Law Seminar, 1973–1974. Volume 3, Earl Warren Legal Institute, University of California, School of Law, 1974, pp. I. (books.google.com)
  7. ↑ Carmel Budiardjo: Surviving Indonesia's Gulag: A Western Woman Tells Her Story. Cassell 1996, p. 130. (books.google.com)
  8. ↑ British woman narrates account of prison torture. In: The Jakarta Post . September 12, 1999, archived from the original on July 5, 2015 ; accessed on July 13, 2021 .
  9. ↑ Sukarno Plot: British Woman Hero. In: Glasgow Herald . news.google.com, December 14, 1965, accessed July 13, 2021 .
  10. ↑ I'll campaign for Timor until I die. In: The Independent (independent.co.uk). October 25, 1998, accessed July 13, 2021 .
  11. ↑ What is the TNI's Aceh agenda? In: Inside Indonesia. 76, Oct-Dec 2003. insideindonesia.org
  12. ↑ Carmel Budiardjo. In: The Right Livelihood Award. Accessed April 30, 2019 .
  13. ↑ Decreto Presidente 25/2009 de 30 de Agosto , accessed on July 12, 2021.
  14. ↑ Carmel Budiardjo: rights defender who shone a light on Papua. In: rnz.co.nz. July 12, 2021, accessed July 13, 2021 .
  15. ↑ Cerita Anak Pendiri Tapol Carmel Budiardjo: Dia Bukan Tipe Ibu Tradisional. In: kompas.com. July 12, 2021, accessed July 13, 2021 (Indonesian).
personal data
SURNAME Budiardjo, Carmel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Brickman, Carmel (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British human rights activist and founder of the human rights organization Tapol
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH London
DATE OF DEATH July 10, 2021
PLACE OF DEATH London