Scinteia (catalogued 1972): sentence in trial of Suwardiningsih (PKI CC) - text mislabelled
Romanian Communist Party daily Scinteia, catalogued as July 1972 (Nr. 9214) for a report on the sentence in the trial of Suwardiningsih, a PKI Central Committee member. The file's text is a different issue (Nr. 7210, 3 January 1967, Ceausescu's New Year speech); the passage found is only the front-page header and does
Daily World, 9 April 1974: Asian scholars panel on political prisoners in the Philippines and Indonesia
Daily World, 9 April 1974, p. 3: page with several items; the Indonesia-related part is a short report that an Association of Asian Scholars panel on martial law in the Philippines (3 April; Kerkvliet, Stauffer, Manglapus) also raised political prisoners in the Philippines and Indonesia. Other articles cover the Vietna
7th WIDF Congress, International Women's Year, Berlin 1975
Published proceedings of the 7th Congress of the Women's International Democratic Federation (WIDF), Berlin, 26 October 1975: opening and general-secretary addresses (Aruna Asaf Ali, Fanny Edelman), the report on WIDF work since the 1969 Helsinki congress, finance and credentials reports, the Prospective Plan to 1980 a
Neues Deutschland, 1 Feb 1975, p. 15: Paris was the destination for delegates from all over the world
Neues Deutschland, 1 February 1975, p. 15 (anniversary supplement for International Women's Year): retrospective 'Paris war das Reiseziel für Delegierte aus aller Welt' on the 1934 World Women's Congress against Fascism and War in Paris. Among the speakers, 'the delegate Siti' (surname not given) brought greetings from
Daily World, 2 July 1975: Mexico conferees tie women's freedom to economic problems
Page 10 of the Daily World (New York, 2 Jul 1975) with a special report from the UN International Women's Year Conference in Mexico City. Delegates from Italy, Fiji, Norway and Indonesia describe discrimination against women workers under capitalism, including lower pay and unemployment; tensions between US feminists a
Daily World, 3 July 1975: WFTU condemns jailings of Indonesian workers and SOBSI ban
Daily World, 3 July 1975, p. 5: page of mixed US labour news; the Indonesia item (Prague) reports the WFTU condemning the imprisonment of thousands of political prisoners in Indonesian military compounds and demanding that the ban on SOBSI be lifted, calling both violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Daily World, 4 November 1975: PKI leader dies in Nusakambangan camp; 100,000 political prisoners
Daily World, 4 Nov 1975, p. 10: among short news items, a report that Zain Nasution, 50, PKI central committee member and former secretary of its foreign affairs commission, died on 3 October 1975 in Nusakambangan camp after ten years' imprisonment. The PKI estimates at least 100,000 political prisoners face 'slow deat
Daily World, 21 December 1977: Indonesia prisoner release, PKI statement
Daily World, 21 Dec 1977, p. 8: short item that the PKI analysed the Indonesian government's release of 10,000 Communist political prisoners, saying perhaps 60,000-70,000 remain jailed, many since 1965, at least 15,000 died in Palembang and Surabaya camps, and new arrests roughly offset releases. Surrounded by unrelate
Soviet Woman, 30 Sep 1978: 'Meetings, Contacts, Cooperation', Kartini Day in Moscow
Soviet Woman, 30 Sep 1978, pp. 33-36, 'Meetings, Contacts, Cooperation': readers' reminiscences, twin-town Almalyk-Kitwe, Ireland's National Day and an eye-equipment exhibition. Relevant item: Kartini Day gathering in Moscow, where E. W. Djajadiningrat, ambassador's wife, and Ludmila Pakhomova of the USSR-Indonesia Soc
Berliner Zeitung, 22 Jan 1979, p. 2: Women give their voice to peace
Berliner Zeitung, 22 January 1979, p. 2: ADN report 'Frauen geben ihre Stimme dem Frieden' on a WIDF declaration calling for 8 March 1979 to be a mass manifestation for women's rights and peace, ahead of a Moscow world conference in the International Year of the Child. Among those greeted are women in Latin America, So
Neues Deutschland, 22 Jan 1979, p. 2: Women raise their voice for peace and disarmament
Neues Deutschland, 22 January 1979, p. 2: ADN item 'Frauen erheben ihre Stimme für Frieden und Abrüstung' on the WIDF (IDFF) statement for International Women's Day 1979. In a list of greetings to women fighting under repression, the WIDF greets women in Chile, Nicaragua, Uruguay and other Latin American countries 'as
Lubis' Land under the Rainbow: history with sloppiness, errors and bias
Joop Morriën's critical review in De Waarheid (6 June 1979, p.5) of Mochtar Lubis's illustrated history 'Het land onder de regenboog'. He faults its errors and 'virulent anti-communism', says it adopts Suharto's version of 1965, and notes the Madiun 1948 and 1965 killings of communists and Lekra artists' imprisonment.
Daily World, 11 October 1979: 2,000 Indonesian political prisoners released
Daily World, 11 Oct 1979, p. 7: world-news column; the Indonesia item reports that 2,000 political prisoners were released from 'special camps' in Jakarta-reported news, most held since 1965-66, with another 2,000 from Buru to follow. Indonesian democratic sources call it positive but note ex-prisoners lose civil right
Cauldron: Women and Labor No. 2
Tribune (Sydney), 24 Oct 1979, p. 11, 'Cauldron' women's column: planning for the second Women and Labor Conference (Melbourne, May 1980); the Melbourne group's monthly meetings have covered topics including the Indonesian women's movement; plus a note on rising female unemployment. No Gerwani detail.
Neue Zeit, 24 Nov 1979, p. 12: Among the Minangkabau the mothers rule
Neue Zeit, 24 November 1979, p. 12 ('Rund um die Welt'): feature 'Bei den Minangkabau regieren die Mütter' on the matrilineal Minangkabau of West Sumatra (about three million people, around Bukittinggi). It describes matrilineal descent, women's ownership of house and land, men's role as outside representatives, and ad
Soviet Woman, 30 Nov 1979: 'Meetings, Contacts, Cooperation', Kartini centenary in Moscow
Soviet Woman, 30 Nov 1979, pp. 35-38, 'Meetings, Contacts, Cooperation': Soviet youth on their lives, a Soviet-American youth seminar in Tallinn, Canadian children's theatre, a teacher in Ethiopia, and a Moscow gathering for Kartini's birth centenary. Speakers include A. Belenky, Ludmila Pakhomova and Mrs Panggabean of
Woman and the Okto (reader's letter on the NVB congress)
Reader's letter in De Waarheid (15 Feb 1980, p.8) from NVB Groningen delegates, complaining that the report on the NVB's 11th congress omitted Groningen women's role in the Okto and Philips labour actions. It welcomes the coverage of the declaration on Indonesian political prisoners and 'our sister organisation Gerwani
'Don't go - don't go - peace with Indonesia' (Annie Gelok on the Schoonhoven refusers)
De Waarheid feature (19 Aug 1982) in which Annie Gelok recalls NVB women's solidarity with Dutch conscripts who refused service in Indonesia (Schoonhoven refusers, 1949), the Zuiderkruis embarkation, Heiltje de Vos's 'Vrede met Indonesië' banner, and campaigns for Piet van Staveren and Ratio Koster. It touches an IDFF/
Berliner Zeitung, 10 Jan 1985, p. 5: 63 UN states against discrimination of women
Berliner Zeitung, 10 January 1985, p. 5. ADN/BZ brief '63 UNO-Staaten gegen Frauendiskriminierung': according to the UN press office, Indonesia and Jamaica ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, bringing the total to 63 states including all socialist states; the USA, Br
Neue Zeit, 10 Jan 1985, p. 1: Against discrimination of women
Neue Zeit, 10 January 1985, p. 1: a two-sentence "Kurz informiert" item from New York, "Gegen Frauendiskriminierung", reporting that Indonesia and Jamaica have ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, bringing the total to 63 states; the USA, Britain and West Germany a
Neues Deutschland, 10 Jan 1985, p. 5: Two more states ratified convention against discrimination of women
Neues Deutschland, 10 January 1985, p. 5: ADN news item from New York reporting that Indonesia and Jamaica have ratified the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, bringing ratifications to 63, including all socialist states; the USA, Britain and West Germany had not joined. Brie
Neues Deutschland, 23 Jan 1985, p. 6: Convention against discrimination of women
Neues Deutschland, 23 January 1985, p. 6 (Außenpolitik): short commentary by Dietrich Sow[...] 'Konvention gegen Diskriminierung der Frauen'. After Indonesia and Jamaica joined, the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women has been ratified by 63 states. It credits the USSR with the
Potsdam (on the division of Korea)
De Waarheid piece (17 Jun 1985, p.5) on the origin of Korea's division at the 38th parallel after Potsdam and the Korean War. It recalls CPN opposition to Dutch participation and quotes Trees Sunito-Heyligers, who visited Korea in 1951 with a twenty-woman international delegation and wrote 'Wij beschuldigen'. No Indone
Neue Zeit, 24 Jul 1985, p. 6: In future there will be more women than men
Neue Zeit, 24 July 1985, p. 6. ADN report 'Künftig gibt es mehr Frauen als Männer' on the UN report on world population: women will outnumber men by 175 million by the end of the next century. Indonesia is a one-sentence example: according to the UN report, Indonesian women have a working day 20 percent longer than men
People's Daily World, 4 November 1986: Indonesia executes communists
People's Daily World, 4 Nov 1986, p. 7-A: short item on worldwide protests against the execution of nine Communist political prisoners in Indonesia under Suharto, several jailed for years; a PKI representative links the executions to the 45% rupiah devaluation. Readers urged to write to Suharto. Surrounded by Haiti and
Jan Maassen wants to see the Indies refusers together once more
De Waarheid article by Joop Morriën (6 Feb 1988, p.9) on Jan Maassen's plan for a reunion of Dutch conscripts who refused to serve in Indonesia in 1948-49 (Schoonhoven boys), recounting his three years' imprisonment and the arbitrary sentencing. Lawyers Trees Sunito-Heyligers and Clara Enthoven defended refusers by lin
Troop shipments unlawful (review of De Jong)
De Waarheid book review (30 Apr 1988, p.5) of a De Jong volume on Dutch troop shipments to Indonesia, arguing the 1946-47 deployments lacked a constitutional basis and that resistance (Amsterdam strike of Sept 1946, Indonesia refusers, Schoonhoven boys) was more significant than De Jong suggests. Lawyers Trees Sunito-H
De Waarheid obituary-style note (15 Oct 1988, p.7) on Trees Sunito-Heyligers, Dutch lawyer who defended the Schoonhoven refusers and Piet van Staveren and was first chair of the Nederlandse Vrouwen Beweging (NVB) in 1946; her husband chaired Perhimpunan Indonesia. It summarises her defence arguments linking refusal to
Hundreds of Indonesia refusers recalled memories (reunion in Dronten)
De Waarheid report (17 Oct 1988, p.2) on the reunion of hundreds of Dutch Indonesia refusers in Dronten, organised by Jan Maassen, with historian Ger Harmsen speaking and a 'comité eerherstel' formed to explore rehabilitation. Trees Soenito-Heyligers is honoured as defender of many refusers; supporting bodies include t
Neues Deutschland, 21 Apr 1990, p. 11: Everyday life on the women's island
Neues Deutschland, 21/22 April 1990, p. 11 (Reportage): "Alltag auf der Fraueninsel" by Lothar Pilz on Bawean, a small Indonesian island nicknamed "Amazonica" because, with most men migrating to Java, Singapore and Malaysia for work, women outnumber men three or four to one and run daily life. It cites Indonesian journ