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GA-00370 1975-05-20 Tribune rel A

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons (Tribune, 20 Mei 1975)

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons

Tribune (Sydney), 20 May 1975, p. 7, abridged from the British magazine TAPOL (Mar 1975): thousands of women remain among about 100,000 political prisoners. Describes Gerwani's work, its banning, the sexual slander ('sex-maniacs', mutilation claims) as fuelling the massacres, torture and rape of women tapols, Plantunga

GA-00371 1975-05-20 Tribune rel A

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons (Tribune, 20 Mei 1975)

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons

Tribune (Sydney), 20 May 1975, p. 7, abridged from the British magazine TAPOL (Mar 1975): thousands of women remain among about 100,000 political prisoners. Describes Gerwani's work, its banning, the sexual slander ('sex-maniacs', mutilation claims) as fuelling the massacres, torture and rape of women tapols, Plantunga

GA-02126 1990 Pravda rel B

Pravda, 30 October 1990, No. 303: Indonesia: Strokes to a Tragedy of 35 Years Ago

Pravda, 30 Oct 1990: 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago' (V. Shurygin)

Pravda, 30 October 1990 (No. 303), p. 5: V. Shurygin's retrospective 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago' on the 1965 coup, Suharto's rise and the destruction of the PKI by a Pravda correspondent who was in Indonesia. Gerwani appears once, listed as the PKI's women's organisation alongside SOBSI, BTI, Pemu

GA-02127 1990 Pravda rel B

Pravda, 1990, No. 303: V. Shurygin, 'Indonesia: goresan tragedi 35 tahun lalu'

Pravda, 1990: Shurygin, 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago' (excerpt)

Pravda (Nov/Dec 1990, No. 303) archive.org OCR excerpt of V. Shurygin's retrospective 'Indonesia: strokes to a tragedy of 35 years ago'. Lists Gerwani among PKI-affiliated mass organisations, cites up to 500,000 killed, notes slander turned opinion against communists, and says ~50,000 of 1.4 million ex-prisoners may vo

GA-01636 2002-10-07 Waspada rel A

Waspada, 7 Oktober 2002: peringatan di monumen Sudjono, Bandarbetsy

Waspada, 7 October 2002: Commemoration at the Sudjono monument, Bandar Betsy

Waspada, 7 Oct 2002, p. 11: feature on the 1 Oct 2002 commemoration at the Sudjono monument in Bandarbetsy, retelling the 1965 killing of Peltu Sudjono by BTI squatters joined by Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani and Lekra who 'sang and danced'.

GA-02247 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Bangsawan Karaeng Lira: Mengganyang Keluarga Sendiri

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Bangsawan Karaeng Lira - 'Crushing one's own family'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of Bangsawan Karaeng Lira, 72, who led the mob that destroyed the BTI leader's house in Bontolanrang, Takalar (South Sulawesi), in late 1965. Describes forced labour (irrigation, roads) by detained PKI/BTI members, with a BTI survivor, Kamaruddin Bella, who lost relatives. Gerwani not menti

GA-02249 2012-10-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Beras Erwin dan Bubur Tajin (Penahanan tapol 1965 di Jakarta)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Erwin's rice and tajin porridge (1965 detention in Jakarta)

Tempo piece (1 Oct 2012) on conditions of 1965 political prisoners in Jakarta: torture and tiny rations at Cipinang, Salemba, Kalong HQ and Bukit Duri, with testimony of Eko Wardoyo, Bedjo Untung, Jawito. Includes Gerwani member and journalist Sri Sukatno, jailed years at Bukit Duri, describing electric torture at 'Gan

GA-02269 2012-10-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Pengakuan Anwar Congo

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Anwar Congo's confession

Tempo piece (1 Oct 2012) on how Joshua Oppenheimer met perpetrators, from Matapao plantation workers to Anwar Congo and the Pasukan Kodok / Pemuda Pancasila in Medan. It cites Amir Hasan's pamphlet 'Embun Berdarah' on Teluk Mengkudu, which lists 702 PKI-linked villagers by affiliation, including Gerwani, and records an