Tapol

{{Short description|Non-governmental organisation monitoring human rights issues in Indonesia}}

Tapol is a British non-governmental organisation monitoring human rights issues in Indonesia. Tapol is an abbreviation of the Indonesian words for political prisoners (tahanan politik). Based in London, Tapol continues to monitor and report human right issues for Indonesia in subsequent presidential eras of Indonesia's history.

Tapol was established in 1973 by Carmel Budiardjo, a former political prisoner in Indonesia and member of Sukarno's "Old Order" government.[http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/1999/09/12/british-woman-narrates-account-prison-torture.html British woman narrates account of prison torture] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150621084210/http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/1999/09/12/british-woman-narrates-account-prison-torture.html |date=21 June 2015 }}, The Jakarta Post, 12 September 1999

Tapol began its work as the Tapol Bulletin, a British-based bulletin{{Citation | author1=Tapol (Organization) | author2=British Campaign for the Defence of Political Prisoners and Human Rights in Indonesia | title=Tapol bulletin | publication-date=1973 | publisher=TAPOL | url=http://vuir.vu.edu.au/26444/1/TAPOL1_compressed.pdf | issn=1356-1154 }}{{Citation | author1=Tapol (Organization) | title=TAPOL--British campaign for the defense of political prisoners and human rights in Indonesia, United Kingdom | publication-date=1990 | publisher=IDC | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/21673163 | accessdate=26 February 2012 }} that monitored the New Order government of Suharto's measures against alleged members of the Communist Party of Indonesia after the 1965-1966 crisis in Indonesia.{{Citation | author1=Tapol (Organization) | title=Buru | publication-date=1978 | publisher=TAPOL | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/19282807 | accessdate=26 February 2012 }} {{Citation | author1=Tapol (Organization) | title=Treatment of Indonesian political prisoners : forced labour and transmigration | publication-date=1978 | publisher=Tapol | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/6050920 | accessdate=26 February 2012 }}{{Citation | author1=Tapol (Organization) | title=Indonesia : Muslims on trial | publication-date=1987 | publisher=Tapol | isbn=978-0-9506751-4-5 }}[http://intersections.anu.edu.au/issue10/pohlman.html A Fragment of a Story: Gerwani and Tapol Experiences], Intersections: Anne Pohlman, Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context, Issue 10, August 2004

In 1995, Carmel Budiardjo was given the Right Livelihood Award "...for holding the Indonesian government accountable for its actions and upholding the universality of fundamental human rights."