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GA-00368 1970-01-21 Tribune rel A

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far' (Tribune, 21 Januari 1970)

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far'

Tribune (Sydney), 21 Jan 1970, p. 8: extract from Hong Kong's Eastern Horizon of letters by an Indonesian writing as 'Barbro Karabuda' on the 1965-66 massacre and prisoners (official 86,000 detainees; torture; Army extortion). The writer finds Tanti Aidit in Bukit Duri women's prison in Jakarta with Aidit's mother-in-l

GA-00369 1970-01-21 Tribune rel A

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far' (Tribune, 21 Januari 1970)

The forgotten massacre: 'More killed than in Vietnam so far'

Tribune (Sydney), 21 Jan 1970, p. 8: extract from Hong Kong's Eastern Horizon of letters by an Indonesian writing as 'Barbro Karabuda' on the 1965-66 massacre and prisoners (official 86,000 detainees; torture; Army extortion). The writer finds Tanti Aidit in Bukit Duri women's prison in Jakarta with Aidit's mother-in-l

GA-00499 1970-06-22 Algemeen Handelsblad rel B

Soekarno, grondlegger van Indonesië (Sukarno, pendiri Indonesia)

Sukarno, founder of Indonesia

Algemeen Handelsblad obituary-profile of Sukarno (1970-06-22), covering his life, Guided Democracy, Nasakom, and the 30 September 1965 events, which it blames on palace guards and communist groups, followed by an anti-communist reaction costing 'tens of thousands' of lives. A photo caption states General Yani was murde

GA-00735 1970-06-22 De Tijd rel C

Grootheidswaanzin (Megalomania)

Megalomania: retrospective on Sukarno after his death

De Tijd retrospective on Sukarno's megalomania (22 Jun 1970, after his death): his second marriage to Hartini in 1954 provoked opposition from the monogamy-minded women's movement, then the 1965 coup, Suharto's rise, the March 1966 transfer of powers and the PKI ban. Gerwani is not named.

GA-00736 1970-06-22 De Tijd rel C

Grootheidswaanzin (Megalomania)

Megalomania: retrospective on Sukarno after his death (second copy)

De Tijd retrospective on Sukarno's megalomania (22 Jun 1970, after his death): his second marriage to Hartini in 1954 provoked opposition from the monogamy-minded women's movement, then the 1965 coup, Suharto's rise, the March 1966 transfer of powers and the PKI ban. Gerwani is not named. Duplicate of GA-00735.

GA-00922 1970-08-05 De Waarheid rel A

Nederlandse Vrouwen Beweging protesteert tegen bezoek Suharto

Dutch Women's Movement protests Suharto's visit: letter to ministers

De Waarheid, 5 Aug 1970, p. 1: full text of the NVB executive's letter to Dutch ministers protesting President Suharto's planned state visit. It accuses his regime of causing hundreds of thousands of deaths, rejecting clemency, and holding at least 125,000 prisoners and exiles, among them many members of the 'million-m

GA-00923 1970-08-18 De Waarheid rel A

Sandwichactie in Den Haag tegen bezoek Suharto: 'Vrijheid voor de vrouwen van Gerwani'

Sandwich-board action in The Hague against Suharto visit: 'Freedom for the women of Gerwani'

De Waarheid, 18 Aug 1970, p. 1: report that a dozen women demonstrated with sandwich boards in The Hague against Suharto's planned visit, carrying signs 'Freedom for the women of Gerwani' and 'Suharto unwanted', distributing the NVB letter and later protesting at the Indonesian embassy.

GA-00924 1970-08-19 De Waarheid rel A

Rotterdamse vrouwen betoogden tegen Suharto-bezoek

Rotterdam women demonstrated against Suharto's visit

De Waarheid, 19 Aug 1970, p. 1: report that Rotterdam women demonstrated on the Lijnbaan and at the Beurs against General Suharto's state visit, with signs demanding release of political prisoners in Indonesia and especially members of Gerwani, handing out the NVB letter. Port workers also telegraphed Minister Luns.

GA-00745 1970-08-29 De Volkskrant rel B

De revolutie gaat aan Indonesië voorbij: Soeharto meester van de chaos (The revolution passes Indonesia by: interview with Ernst Utrecht)

The revolution passes Indonesia by: interview with Ernst Utrecht

Second half of a De Volkskrant interview (29 Aug 1970) with Prof. Ernst Utrecht on his book on Indonesia ahead of Suharto's Dutch visit. Utrecht says the Jakarta branches of Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat "wanted to take part and did take part" in the 1965 coup, that the PKI leadership said these were independent organisati

GA-00925 1970-09-04 De Waarheid rel A

Haagse vrouwen demonstreerden (tegen Suharto-bezoek)

The Hague women demonstrated against Suharto's visit

De Waarheid, 4 Sep 1970, p. 1: report that NVB members in The Hague carried sandwich boards for several days against Suharto's visit ('The women of Gerwani must be free', 'Not a cent for the generals'), handing out thousands of pamphlets until police took the women in at 3:30 pm on 3 September, amid public applause.

GA-03348 1970-12-31 The Straits Times rel B

Rape case may fully restore rule of law (Hugh Mabbett on the Sum Kuning case)

Rape case may fully restore rule of law: the Sum Kuning case (Hugh Mabbett, Straits Times, 1970)

The Straits Times, 31 December 1970, p. 10, by Hugh Mabbett: Yogyakarta court acquits 17-year-old egg seller Sum Kuning (Sumarijem), who reported rape by youths from powerful families and was charged with a false report. Police tortured a noodle seller, Trimo, and threatened her with electric torture and an accusation

GA-00296 1971-01-02 The Canberra Times rel A

Indonesian girl's ordeal: Victim of 'classic conspiracy case' (Canberra Times, 2 Januari 1971)

Indonesian Girl's Ordeal: Victim of 'Classic Conspiracy Case' (Canberra Times, 2 January 1971)

Canberra Times, 2 Jan 1971, p. 8 (Hugh Mabbett): reports the Sum Kuning case in Yogyakarta, where a 17-year-old egg seller was raped, then tortured by police and charged with a false report. Police tried to tar her with an accusation that in 1965, aged about 12, she was a Gerwani member; the court exposed the fabricati

GA-00297 1971-01-02 The Canberra Times rel A

Indonesian girl's ordeal: Victim of 'classic conspiracy case' (Canberra Times, 2 Januari 1971)

Indonesian Girl's Ordeal: Victim of 'Classic Conspiracy Case' (Canberra Times, 2 January 1971), duplicate

Canberra Times, 2 Jan 1971, p. 8 (Hugh Mabbett): reports the Sum Kuning case in Yogyakarta, where a 17-year-old egg seller was raped, then tortured by police and charged with a false report. Police tried to tar her with an accusation that in 1965, aged about 12, she was a Gerwani member; the court exposed the fabricati

GA-03548 1971-01-07 Eastern Sun rel C licensed

Eastern Sun, 7 January 1971: PKI did not lead '65 coup - Red in court

Eastern Sun, 7 Jan 1971: PKI did not lead '65 coup - Red in court

Eastern Sun (Singapore), 7 Jan 1971 (lead snippet only). Reports that an Indonesian Communist leader, Sukatno, former chairman of an organisation (cut off), said at his trial that it is wrong to accuse the PKI of masterminding the 1965 coup. No woman or Gerwani member is named; the catalogue's 'Sri Sukatno' hit is unve

GA-00298 1971-01-13 The Canberra Times rel A

Indonesia girl admits torture (Canberra Times, 13 Januari 1971)

Indonesia Girl Admits Torture (Canberra Times, 13 January 1971)

Canberra Times, 13 Jan 1971, p. 7 (AAP-Reuter): at the trial of Sukatno, ex-chairman of the Communist youth organisation, Gerwani member Emmy Marjani, 24, now under arrest, testifies she gouged a general's eyes on 30 Sep 1965 and saw friends mutilate another, claiming she was paid one million rupiah. Repeats the Lubang

GA-00299 1971-01-13 The Canberra Times rel A

Indonesia girl admits torture (Canberra Times, 13 Januari 1971)

Indonesia Girl Admits Torture (Canberra Times, 13 January 1971), duplicate

Canberra Times, 13 Jan 1971, p. 7 (AAP-Reuter): at the trial of Sukatno, ex-chairman of the Communist youth organisation, Gerwani member Emmy Marjani, 24, now under arrest, testifies she gouged a general's eyes on 30 Sep 1965 and saw friends mutilate another, claiming she was paid one million rupiah. Repeats the Lubang

GA-02029 1971-01-13 Eastern Sun rel B

Eastern Sun, 13 January 1971: Young woman tells court she gouged general's eyes

Eastern Sun, 13 Jan 1971: young woman tells court she gouged general's eyes

Eastern Sun, 13 Jan 1971 (lead only). A young woman told a special court she gouged an army general's eyes with a knife before he was shot, on the eve of the 1965 coup. A confession-style Lubang Buaya claim of the kind that fed the sexual-slander narrative, here from a trial under the New Order.

GA-02046 1971-01-13 The Straits Times rel B

The Straits Times, 13 January 1971: Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife

Straits Times, 13 Jan 1971: day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife

Straits Times, 13 Jan 1971 (lead only). Same story as the Eastern Sun item: a young woman told a special court she gouged an army general's eyes with a knife before he was shot, on the eve of the 1965 coup. A Lubang Buaya-style testimony from a New Order trial.

GA-03345 1971-01-13 The Straits Times rel A

Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife (Emmy Marjam testimony)

Day woman gouged general's eyes with a knife: Emmy Marjam testimony (Straits Times, 1971)

The Straits Times, 13 January 1971, p. 2: at the special-court trial of Pemuda Rakjat chairman Sukatno, witness Emmy Marjam, 24, a Gerwani member now under arrest, testifies that she gouged a general's eyes with a knife and saw friends mutilate another's genitals at Lubang Buaya after training from 26 Sept. Reported as

GA-00577 1971-08-19 Amigoe di Curacao rel C

Kannibalen vrijgesproken (Cannibals acquitted)

Cannibals acquitted

Amigoe di Curaçao, 19 Aug 1971, on a Papua New Guinea court acquitting seven men of cannibalism. Not about Indonesia: 'Gerwani Turbiam' is only a defendant's name, as the translator notes. A false hit for Gerwani research.

GA-00926 1971-09-07 De Waarheid rel A

Vrouwenbeweging nodig (Truus Divendal over Gerwani en Indonesië)

Women's movement needed: Truus Divendal on Gerwani and Indonesia

De Waarheid, 7 Sep 1971, p. 4: report on the NVB's speech by Truus Divendal arguing a women's movement is still needed. She reports fundraising for the South Vietnamese NLF and addresses Indonesia: Gerwani, which earlier played a large role in eliminating illiteracy, now has thousands of members imprisoned; the NVB dem

GA-00927 1971-11-01 De Waarheid rel B

Resolutie (slot NVB-congres 1971)

Resolution closing the NVB congress of 1971: lift the ban on Gerwani

De Waarheid, 1 Nov 1971, p. 6: report on the close of the NVB's 25th-anniversary congress, which adopted a resolution on education, equal rights and government policy and urged support for the Vietnamese NLF. The congress also demanded lifting of the ban on Gerwani and freedom for Angela Davis; G. van der Laan succeede

GA-01503 1971-12-17 Ottawa Citizen rel C licensed

Embassy coffee morning to commemorate the Indonesian Women's Movement (Ottawa Citizen, 17 Desember 1971)

Embassy coffee morning to commemorate the Indonesian Women's Movement (Ottawa Citizen, 17 December 1971)

Ottawa Citizen, 17 Dec 1971, p.31 (women's page): a short social note that Mrs. I. Darmo Bandoro will hold a coffee morning on Wednesday 29 Dec at 11 a.m. at the Indonesian embassy to commemorate the Indonesian Women's Movement (the Mother's Day anniversary). The remainder is unrelated (toy torture kits, Christmas safe

GA-02227 1972-01-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Soal Pertapolan (Soal tapol)

Tempo, 1972: The political prisoner problem

Tempo article (online archive, dated 1972) on the political prisoner (tapol) problem: Archbishop Leo Soekoto urges society to help, Amnesty and the Red Cross press Jakarta, Buru resettlement of about 5,000 Group B prisoners is presented as the best option, and officials still see ex-PKI as a threat. No Gerwani content.

GA-03421 1972-03-07 Neues Deutschland rel C licensed

Neues Deutschland, 7 March 1972, S. 6: Indonesiens Probleme der Familienplanung

Neues Deutschland, 7 Mar 1972, p. 6: Indonesia's family-planning problems

Neues Deutschland, 7 March 1972, p. 6: report 'Indonesiens Probleme der Familienplanung' by Jakarta correspondent Frieder Reinhold on population growth (125 million) and the 1971–76 family-planning plan. It notes that nearly half of women aged 10–14 in the (unrecovered) area surveyed have married and that twenty-year-o

GA-00588 1972-06-21 ANP Radiobulletin rel C

ANP Nieuwsbericht, 21-06-1972 (Women to Buru)

ANP news report, 21 June 1972 (Women to Buru)

ANP radio bulletin, 21 June 1972: 700 Indonesian women and their children will join husbands detained on Buru, where 10,000 alleged communist men have been held for three years. Suharto allowed family reunification, limited to one child per woman; more groups to follow. Gerwani not named but relevant to the fate of pol

GA-01489 1972-08-16 Edmonton Journal rel C licensed

Women's studies column, with note on Indonesian women's movement and polygamy (Edmonton Journal, 16 Agustus 1972)

Women's studies column, with note on Indonesian women's movement and polygamy (Edmonton Journal, 1972)

Edmonton Journal, 16 Aug 1972, p.20: a column on Women's Studies reviewing the essay collection Woman in Sexist Society. A short passage on non-Western women's status notes that Indonesian women's active economic role, and that the Indonesian women's movement's major goals were abolition of polygamy and divorce by repu

GA-02228 1972-09-30 Tempo rel C licensed

Laput G30S/PKI (Laporan utama G30S/PKI)

Tempo, 30 September 1972: Cover story G30S/PKI (editor's note)

Short Tempo editor's note (30 Sept 1972) introducing a cover story on alleged underground G30S/PKI activity, with reporters in Central Java and an interview with Jakarta commander Poniman. It describes the editorial process only; the report itself is not included. No Gerwani content.

GA-00187 1973-03-21 Abadi rel B

Abadi, 21 Maret 1973, hlm. 2: Saling curiga di RRI Mataram

Abadi, 21 March 1973, p. 2: Mutual Suspicion at RRI Mataram

Harian Abadi, 21 Mar 1973, p. 2: anonymous allegation that people 'involved in G30S/PKI' remain at RRI Mataram, including 'a woman M., a former Gerwani member'; New Order stigma persisting in workplaces.