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GA-00178 1951-09-21 Abadi rel A

Abadi, 21 September 1951, hlm. 2: Alasan penahanan S.K. Trimurti

Abadi, 21 September 1951, p. 2: Reasons for S.K. Trimurti's Detention

Abadi, 21 Sept 1951, p. 2: Attorney General's spokesman tells Gerwis that Trimurti is held over seized 'important letters'; the legal basis is unexplained, detention length tied to her 'confessions', she is moved to Cipinang without visits.

GA-01432 1952-06-13 Harian Rakjat rel A

Panitya Korban Razzia Agustus Jawa Timur, sekretaris Sulami (Harian Rakjat, 13 Juni 1952, hlm. 2)

East Java Committee for Victims of the August Razzia, secretary Sulami (Harian Rakjat, 13 June 1952)

Harian Rakjat, 13 June 1952. On p. 2 an open letter from the East Java Committee for Victims of the August Razzia (chair Ny. Harsono, secretary Sulami) presses the central government to clarify the status of detainees from the August 1951 mass arrests and free them before Idul Fitri, citing the humiliation and sufferin

GA-01443 1952-08-21 Harian Rakjat rel A

Panitia Korban Razzia (Sulami) menemui PM Wilopo soal tahanan Jawa Timur (Harian Rakjat, 21 Agustus 1952, hlm. 1)

Razzia Victims Committee (Sulami) meets PM Wilopo on East Java detainees (Harian Rakjat, 21 August 1952)

Harian Rakjat, 21 Aug 1952, p. 1: the central Razzia Victims Committee and its East Java branch, including Sulami, Suwarinah and Ny. Taha (central: Ny. Suprapto), met PM Wilopo and the defence minister about the detainees of the August 1952 razzia (Tanggerang camp, exile to Malang). Both ministers denied knowing of any

GA-01701 1965-12-14 Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Pusat Pemberitaan Angkatan Bersendjata, Intisari Berita, 14 Desember 1965

Armed Forces Information Centre, Intisari Berita, 14 December 1965: Sukarno rejects stories of mutilation at Lubang B...

Armed Forces Information Centre bulletin, 14 Desember 1965. Reports Sukarno's address (13 Dec) rejecting press stories of genital mutilation and eye-gouging at Lubang Buaya; 18 Gerwani among 228 detained in Wonosobo; a Gerwani leader beaten by her own members.

GA-00229 1967-01-05 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Januari 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 January 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 5 Januari 1967. Two items on Gerwani women: prosecutor Tamzir announces trials of A, B, C category prisoners as a New Year gift, including 'ex-Gerwani figures' in the Bukit Duri women's prison; and underground activity.

GA-02235 1999-08-29 Tempo rel A licensed

"Saya Punya Obsesi Membongkar Pembunuhan G30S" (Wawancara Sulami)

Tempo, 29 August 1999: Interview with Sulami - 'I have an obsession to expose the G30S killings'

Tempo interview (29 Aug 1999) with Sulami, former Deputy Secretary-General II of Gerwani, with a short biography: arrested 12 Feb 1967 on Amir Machmud's order, tried 1975, released 1984, torture by rattan between fingers and threats of rape; founded the 1965-66 victims research foundation. She denies any Gerwani role a

GA-02930 2004 rel A

Tahun yang Tak Pernah Berakhir: Memahami Pengalaman Korban 65 (Roosa, Ratih dan Farid, eds., 2004)

The Year That Never Ended: Understanding the Experiences of 1965 Victims (Roosa, Ratih and Farid, eds., 2004)

2004 Elsam/ISSI/TRuK volume distilling an oral history project of 260 victims, with essays including on women political prisoners (Josepha Sukartiningsih), rape in Central Java, survival strategies and Blitar Selatan. Introduction defends oral history against the Lubang Buaya myth.

GA-02255 2012-10-01 Tempo rel A licensed

Gulag Tepi Sungai Lampir (Kamp Plantungan)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Gulag on the bank of the Lampir river (Plantungan camp)

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Plantungan camp (Kendal) for women Group B political prisoners, opened 1971 in a former leprosarium. Names Gerwani activists and others held there: Sumiyarsi Siwirini ('Lubang Buaya doctor'), Siti Suratih, Mia Bustam, Pujiati, C.H. Sumarmiyati, Mujiati. Covers conditions, 'santi aji' in

GA-02283 2018-12-28 Tempo rel A licensed

Mengintip Isi Buku Gerwani yang Disita TNI karena Dituduh PKI

Tempo.co, 28 December 2018: A look inside the Gerwani book seized by the TNI as 'PKI'

Tempo.co report (28 Dec 2018) on the seizure by TNI and police in Kediri of 19 books from a bookshop owner, including Amurwani Dwi Lestariningsih's 'Gerwani: Kisah Tapol Wanita dari Kamp Plantungan' (Gramedia 2011), which describes torture and sexual violence against women prisoners. The owner says the books are mainst

GA-03018 2020 rel A

Narasi Sulami versus Narasi Orde Baru (Rahayu, IndoPROGRESS, 2020)

Sulami's narrative versus the New Order narrative (Rahayu, 2020)

Ruth Indiah Rahayu's 2020 essay introducing Sulami's unpublished two-volume prison novel Menanti Rembulan Ndadari, written in the 1970s, with Sulami's biography (arrested 6 Oct 1967) and the conditions of writing in Bukit Duri and Tangerang, set against New Order narratives.

GA-02294 2021-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Nyanyian Tanda Bahaya (Umi Sardjono di penjara Bukit Duri)

Tempo, 2 October 2021: Song of the alarm (Umi Sardjono in Bukit Duri prison)

Tempo feature (2 Oct 2021, Riky Ferdianto and Mustafa Silalahi) on Umi Sardjono in Bukit Duri prison (detained 20 Oct 1965, solitary cell as category A, 'Senayan cluster' with Dahliar, Mudigdio, Salawati Daud, Kartinah Kurdi). Witnesses Mudjiati, Utati, Nani Nurani Affandi describe forced confessions of Lubang Buaya da