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GA-01526 1965-11-07 The Hindustan Times rel A licensed

Soekarno will act against Reds (The Hindustan Times, 7 November 1965)

Sukarno will act against Reds (The Hindustan Times, 7 November 1965)

The Hindustan Times, 7 Nov 1965 (Reuter, Bogor, 6 Nov): Sukarno promises action against the PKI while the army hunts its members; Subandrio reports Sukarno scolding Njoto for the party's 'childish disease'. The armed forces bulletin says nine Gerwani 'suicide members' were killed by paratroopers when they blocked the r

GA-01493 1977-06 Kinesis rel A licensed

Women round the World: Indonesian Women (Kinesis, Juni 1977)

Women round the World: Indonesian Women (Kinesis, June 1977)

Kinesis (Vancouver feminist paper), June 1977, p.10, 'Women round the World': a section on Indonesian women. It says Gerwani, the largest women's organisation (over one million members), was banned for alleged complicity in the 1965 coup and blamed for atrocities; many members suffered torture and sexual abuse in inter