Seven-page liner essay by Arman Dhani, issued with the free download of Dialita's album Dunia Milik Kita (2016), framing it as hearing again voices silenced by 'collective sin' after 1965 and introducing the ten songs and their young arrangers. A guide to the women's choir's repertoire.
Live audio (12:06), 2016, of the Dialita choir of women survivors of 1965 and relatives performing at LBH Jakarta during the Belok Kiri (Turn Left) Festival. Documents survivors' song as public memory work. Description only; no repertoire listed.
Release page for Dialita's free album Dunia Milik Kita (17 Aug 2016, Yes No Wave): ten songs, most written in prison camps (Bukit Duri, Plantungan, Ambarawa, Salemba) or by Lekra composers, arranged by young indie musicians. Documents the choir of women ex-prisoners.
Andrew Weintraub's 2021 study of the Dialita choir from 2018-21 fieldwork with members including Njoto's daughter Irina Dayasih, arguing collective singing is critical remembrance and memory activism where legal routes are blocked. Substantial English-language study.
Tempo feature (20 Aug 2022, Dian Yuliastuti and Seno Joko Suyono) on the launch of Mia Bustam's third memoir, 'Kelindan Asa dan Kenyataan'. It recounts her arrest in Yogyakarta on 23 Nov 1965, 13 years' detention without trial (Vredeburg, Wirogunan, Plantungan, Bulu) for Lekra membership, release in 1978, and her later
Tempo report (20 Nov 2022, Dian Yuliastuti and Seno Joko Suyono) on the Dialita choir winning the 2022 Akademi Jakarta award. Formed 2011 by daughters and women ex-prisoners (including Utati and Mudjiati, Bukit Duri and Plantungan), it sings songs composed in detention, such as 'Salam Harapan' and 'Taman Bunga Plantung
Tempo.co report (11 Dec 2024, Ihsan Reliubun and Reza Maulana) on the Dialita choir at Human Rights Day and Mia Bustam's book launch. Chair Uchikowati's mother Hartati was a Gerwani member; her parents were arrested on 1 Nov 1965 (mother freed 1973). Dialita was founded in 2011 by ex-prisoners from Bukit Duri, Ambarawa
Indonesian Wikipedia article (retrieved 13 Oct 2026) on Dialita ('Di Atas Lima Puluh Tahun'), the Jakarta choir formed 2011 by Uchikowati Fauzia of women ex-prisoners and relatives, trained by Buru ex-prisoner Martin Lapanguli, performing songs composed in prison. Encyclopedic summary.