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GA-00347 1962-04-11 Tribune rel B

Indo-Viet TU declaration (Tribune, 11 April 1962)

Indo-Viet TU declaration

Tribune (Sydney), 11 Apr 1962, p. 8: Indonesian (SOBSI) and Vietnamese trade unions issue a joint declaration of solidarity against American and Dutch imperialism after talks with a visiting SOBSI delegation of Hartono, Sukirno and Sri Ambar. Vietnamese side hails Indonesia's West Irian decision. Gerwani not named.

GA-00348 1962-04-11 Tribune rel B

Indo-Viet TU declaration (Tribune, 11 April 1962)

Indo-Viet TU declaration

Tribune (Sydney), 11 Apr 1962, p. 8: Indonesian (SOBSI) and Vietnamese trade unions issue a joint declaration of solidarity against American and Dutch imperialism after talks with a visiting SOBSI delegation of Hartono, Sukirno and Sri Ambar. Vietnamese side hails Indonesia's West Irian decision. Gerwani not named.

GA-03513 1964-05-16 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao (16 May 1964), p. 4: delegates at the international women workers' conference

Renmin Ribao, 16 May 1964: delegates at the international women workers' conference (Sri Ambar)

People's Daily, 16 May 1964, p. 4: report that Chinese, Indonesian and other delegates at an international women workers' conference upheld an anti-imperialist line against the Soviet delegate and 'Saiyang'. The excerpt quotes Sri Ambar, head of the Indonesian delegation, welcoming efforts for working-class unity and o

GA-03514 1964-05-16 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao (16 May 1964), p. 4: delegates at the international women workers' conference

Renmin Ribao, 16 May 1964: delegates at the international women workers' conference (Sri Ambar)

People's Daily, 16 May 1964, p. 4: report that Chinese, Indonesian and other delegates at an international women workers' conference upheld an anti-imperialist line against the Soviet delegate and 'Saiyang'. The excerpt quotes Sri Ambar, head of the Indonesian delegation, welcoming efforts for working-class unity and o

GA-03515 1964-05-25 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao (25 May 1964), p. 3: a group of foreign trade union delegates arrive in Beijing

Renmin Ribao, 25 May 1964: SOBSI women workers' delegation led by Sri Ambar arrives in Beijing

People's Daily, 25 May 1964, p. 3, a Xinhua report of 24 May: a SOBSI women workers' delegation led by Sri Ambar, SOBSI national council member and head of its women workers' department, arrives in Beijing with other foreign union delegates. Only an excerpt was retrieved. Sri Ambar Rukmiati is identified via the catalo

GA-03516 1964-05-25 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily) rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao (25 May 1964), p. 3: a group of foreign trade union delegates arrive in Beijing

Renmin Ribao, 25 May 1964: SOBSI women workers' delegation led by Sri Ambar arrives in Beijing

People's Daily, 25 May 1964, p. 3, a Xinhua report of 24 May: a SOBSI women workers' delegation led by Sri Ambar, SOBSI national council member and head of its women workers' department, arrives in Beijing with other foreign union delegates. Only an excerpt was retrieved. Sri Ambar Rukmiati is identified via the catalo

GA-03517 1964-05-27 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), p. 3 rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao, 27 May 1964, p. 3: Capital's women workers welcome delegates to the international conference on women workers (Sri Ambar)

Renmin Ribao, 27 May 1964: Beijing women workers welcome delegates to the international women workers' conference

People's Daily page 3, 27 May 1964 (excerpt only): hundreds of women workers in Beijing held a get-together for visiting delegates from Indonesia, Japan and British Guiana after an international trade-union conference on women workers' problems. The Indonesian delegation is the SOBSI women workers' delegation headed by

GA-03518 1964-05-27 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), p. 3 rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao, 27 May 1964, p. 3: Capital's women workers welcome delegates to the international conference on women workers (Sri Ambar)

Renmin Ribao, 27 May 1964: Beijing women workers welcome delegates to the international women workers' conference

People's Daily page 3, 27 May 1964 (excerpt only): hundreds of women workers in Beijing held a get-together for visiting delegates from Indonesia, Japan and British Guiana after an international trade-union conference on women workers' problems. The Indonesian delegation is the SOBSI women workers' delegation headed by

GA-03519 1964-05-29 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), p. 3 rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao, 29 May 1964, p. 3: 陈副总理分别接见外国工会代表和乌拉圭诗人 (Vice-Premier Chen Yi receives foreign trade-union delegates and a Uruguayan poet)

Renmin Ribao, 29 May 1964: Vice-Premier Chen Yi receives foreign trade-union delegates (SOBSI women's delegation)

People's Daily, 29 May 1964, p. 3, Xinhua report of 28 May: Vice-Premier Chen Yi received the SOBSI women workers' delegation led by Sri Ambar, visiting China after an international trade-union conference on women workers, and spoke cordially with all members. The sweep identifies her as Sri Ambar Rukmiati (the excerpt

GA-03520 1964-05-29 Renmin Ribao (People's Daily), p. 3 rel B licensed

Renmin Ribao, 29 May 1964, p. 3: 陈副总理分别接见外国工会代表和乌拉圭诗人 (Vice-Premier Chen Yi receives foreign trade-union delegates and a Uruguayan poet)

Renmin Ribao, 29 May 1964: Vice-Premier Chen Yi receives foreign trade-union delegates (SOBSI women's delegation)

People's Daily, 29 May 1964, p. 3, Xinhua report of 28 May: Vice-Premier Chen Yi received the SOBSI women workers' delegation led by Sri Ambar, visiting China after an international trade-union conference on women workers, and spoke cordially with all members. The sweep identifies her as Sri Ambar Rukmiati (the excerpt

GA-00929 1975-04-25 De Waarheid rel A

Vrouwen – levenslang (Joop Morriën)

Women - life imprisonment (Joop Morrien on the trial of Gerwani and PKI women)

De Waarheid, 25 Apr 1975, article by Joop Morrien on nearly ten years of Suharto's dictatorship. It reports the military tribunal trial of Gerwani and PKI women Sulami, Sudjinah, Sri Ambar Rukmiati and Suharti Harsono, who went underground after 1965 and were arrested in late 1966; life is demanded for Sulami and 20 ye

GA-00370 1975-05-20 Tribune rel A

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons (Tribune, 20 Mei 1975)

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons

Tribune (Sydney), 20 May 1975, p. 7, abridged from the British magazine TAPOL (Mar 1975): thousands of women remain among about 100,000 political prisoners. Describes Gerwani's work, its banning, the sexual slander ('sex-maniacs', mutilation claims) as fuelling the massacres, torture and rape of women tapols, Plantunga

GA-00371 1975-05-20 Tribune rel A

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons (Tribune, 20 Mei 1975)

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons

Tribune (Sydney), 20 May 1975, p. 7, abridged from the British magazine TAPOL (Mar 1975): thousands of women remain among about 100,000 political prisoners. Describes Gerwani's work, its banning, the sexual slander ('sex-maniacs', mutilation claims) as fuelling the massacres, torture and rape of women tapols, Plantunga

GA-00930 1975-06-02 De Waarheid rel A

Vrijlating Indonesische vrouwen geëist

Release of Indonesian women demanded: Women's Action Day 1975 protest letter

De Waarheid, 2 Jun 1975, p. 1: report that the NVB's Women's Action Day '75 sent a protest letter to the Suharto regime (copy to minister Pronk) demanding release of four Gerwani women: life imprisonment demanded against Sulami, secretary of Gerwani, and 20 years each against Sri Ambar Rukmijati, Sudjinah and Suharti H

GA-00933 1975-06-21 De Waarheid rel A

Blad Vrouwenbeweging hekelt proces in Indonesië: NVB eist vrijheid Gerwani-vrouwen (volledige krantenpagina, 21-6-1975)

NVB demands freedom for Gerwani women (full newspaper page, 21 Jun 1975)

Full De Waarheid page, 21 Jun 1975 (p. 5), mostly unrelated (Mokum 700 festival, EEC steel output, farmers' protests). The relevant article reports the NVB's call to protest the Jakarta trial of four Gerwani women: life demanded for Sulami (about 50), 20 years for Suharti Harsono, Sri Ambar Rukmijati and Sudjinah, accu

GA-00934 1975-06-21 De Waarheid rel A

Proces (vier Gerwani-vrouwen in Djakarta)

Trial (four Gerwani women in Jakarta)

De Waarheid, 21 Jun 1975, p. 5: boxed text on the Jakarta trial of four Gerwani women: life demanded against Gerwani secretary Sulami (aged 50) for helping reorganise the PKI after 1965; with Suharti Harsono, Sri Ambar Rukmijati and Sudjinah accused of typing and passing on pamphlets, forging ID papers and aiding priso

GA-00935 1975-06-21 De Waarheid rel A

Protesten (NVB-oproep voor vier Gerwani-vrouwen)

Protests (NVB appeal for four Gerwani women)

De Waarheid, 21 Jun 1975, p. 5: boxed NVB appeal to protest the sentences on four Gerwani women, noting Sri Ambar and Sudjinah were officials of the banned SOBSI and that all four are internationally known for women's and union work. Calls for halting financial aid to the Suharto regime, restoring democratic rights and

GA-00936 1975-06-21 De Waarheid rel B

Stop steun aan Suharto-regiem

Stop support for the Suharto regime

De Waarheid, 21 Jun 1975, p. 5: boxed text 'Stop support for the Suharto regime' from the NVB monthly 'Vrouwen': the IGGI group (US, Japan, West Germany, Netherlands) gives up to 880 million dollars yearly to the regime; its April meeting was postponed amid confusion over Indochina; Suharto fears liberation victories.

GA-00937 1975-07-11 De Waarheid rel A

Berkhouwer (mede namens socialisten) maakt het bont

Berkhouwer (also for socialists) goes too far

De Waarheid, 11 Jul 1975, p. 1: report that the four women tried in Jakarta (aged 50-60, arrested 1966, nine years' detention not deducted) rejected all charges; Sri Ambar had earlier refused to testify at the 1967 trial of PKI leader Sudisman unless she could show her torture injuries. The verdict notes no sign of rem

GA-00938 1975-07-11 De Waarheid rel A

Moedige houding voor tribunaal: 'Geen berouw van activiteiten' - zware vonnissen tegen Indonesische vrouwen

Brave stance before tribunal: 'No regret for activities': heavy sentences against Indonesian women

De Waarheid, 11 Jul 1975, p. 1: report that the Jakarta tribunal sentenced four women: Sulami, secretary of the banned Gerwani, to twenty years; Sudjinah, editor of the organisation's paper, 18 years; Sri Ambar, SOBSI board member, and Suharti, BTI board member, 15 years each. Headlined as courageous conduct before the

GA-00939 1975-07-12 De Waarheid rel A

Berkhouwer (mede namens socialisten) maakt het bont (herplaatsing 12-7-1975)

Berkhouwer (also for socialists) goes too far (reprint 12 Jul 1975)

De Waarheid, 12 Jul 1975, p. 1: report that the four women tried in Jakarta (aged 50-60, arrested 1966, nine years' detention not deducted) rejected all charges; Sri Ambar had earlier refused to testify at the 1967 trial of PKI leader Sudisman unless she could show her torture injuries. The verdict notes no sign of rem

GA-00940 1975-07-12 De Waarheid rel A

Moedige houding voor tribunaal: 'Geen berouw van activiteiten' - zware vonnissen tegen Indonesische vrouwen (herplaatsing 12-7-1975)

Brave stance before tribunal: heavy sentences against Indonesian women (reprint 12 Jul 1975)

De Waarheid, 12 Jul 1975, p. 1: reprint of the report that the Jakarta tribunal sentenced four women: Sulami, secretary of the banned Gerwani, to twenty years; Sudjinah, editor of the organisation's paper, 18 years; Sri Ambar (SOBSI board) and Suharti (BTI board) 15 years each. Headlined 'courageous conduct before the

GA-02332 1975-07-26 Daily World rel A licensed

Women leaders jailed by Indonesian junta

Daily World, 26 July 1975: Women leaders jailed by Indonesian junta

Daily World (New York), 26 July 1975, p. 9: Foreign Department report that a Jakarta court on 16 June 1975 sentenced four women after a five-month trial: Sulami (general secretary of the Indonesian Women's Movement, 20 years), Sudjinah (magazine editor, 18), Sri Ambar (SOBSI women's section, 15) and Suharti Alimarkaban

GA-00942 1975-09-20 De Waarheid rel A

Vrouwen, moeders (Waarover Suharto's afgezanten zwegen)

Women, mothers (what Suharto's envoys kept silent about)

De Waarheid, 20 Sep 1975, p. 3: article asking what the Indonesian parliamentary delegation did not mention: Plantungan women's camp in Central Java (386 women), Bukit Duri and Semarang prisons, and named women prisoners: Umi Sardjono, chair of the underground Gerwani, vice-chairs Salawati Daud and Mudigdio, Maasje Siw

GA-00947 1978-03-09 De Waarheid rel A

NVB op Internationale Vrouwendag: geen steun voor Suharto (Van Heutsz-monument omhuld)

NVB on International Women's Day: no support for Suharto (Van Heutsz monument wrapped)

De Waarheid, 9 Mar 1978, p. 1: report that NVB women on International Women's Day wrapped the Van Heutsz monument in Amsterdam in white cloth marked 'Gerwani'. The item summarises Gerwani's pre-1965 work (clinics, crèches, kindergartens, courses, anti-polygamy campaigns) and the 1975 trials: Sulami life, Suharti, Sudji

GA-00950 1979-03-24 De Waarheid rel A

Kliniek (Gerwani-polikliniek 1958, Tanti Aidit)

Clinic (Gerwani polyclinic 1958, Tanti Aidit)

De Waarheid, 24 Mar 1979, p. 8: sidebar on the clinic Gerwani opened on International Women's Day, 8 March 1958, a polyclinic and advice bureau for women in its building (destroyed in 1965), run by Tanti Aidit, now 12 years in pre-trial detention. Annie van Ommeren recalls the 1975 trial of Sulami (life), Suharti Harso

GA-00951 1979-04-04 De Waarheid rel B

'IGGI-hulp is heulen met Suharto-beulen' (picket Amstelhotel)

'IGGI aid is howling with Suharto's hangmen' (picket Amstel Hotel)

De Waarheid, 4 Apr 1979, p. 1: report on a picket line at Amsterdam's Amstel Hotel against the IGGI conference where donors and Suharto regime ministers set aid for the year; organisations including CPN, PPR, PvdA Amsterdam, Komitee Indonesie, ANJV and NVB carried boards demanding 'Sulami, Suharti, Sudjinah, Sri Ambar,

GA-00956 1980-03-06 De Waarheid rel A

Proces gaat niet door (Tanti Aidit)

Trial will not go ahead (Tanti Aidit)

Short De Waarheid item (6 Mar 1980, p.9): the planned trial of Tanti Aidit after twelve years' detention will not go ahead. It argues she had nothing to do with the 'CIA-organised coup' and her only offence was Gerwani board membership, naming Suharti, Sudjinah and Shri Ambar as fellow Gerwani women who also paid.