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GA-00686 1953-05-27 De Nieuwsgier rel B

Pleidooi Affandi Ridhwan (Plea of Affandi Ridhwan)

Plea of Affandi Ridhwan at his Bandung trial

De Nieuwsgier, 27 May 1953: at Affandi Ridhwan's trial in Bandung for cooperation with Darul Islam, he argues he acted with central government approval, asking why he should be punished if Leimena contacted RMS bands and 'Mrs Salawati Daoed' negotiated with Kahar Muzakkar's bands. Salawati Daud appears only as a preced

GA-03558 1966-02-15 Délmagyarország rel B

Délmagyarország (15 Feb 1966)

Hungarian press, Feb 1966: Njono trial, defence counsel Mrs Sunito

Hungarian regional daily, 15 February 1966: snippet from a report on the Njono trial noting that eleven people sit in the dock (or on the bench) and that Mrs Sunito acts as counsel (Trees Sunito per the log). Only a search snippet and permalink were saved; the sentence is fragmentary and its exact meaning is uncertain.

GA-03563 1966-02-15 Észak-Magyarország rel B

Észak-Magyarország (15 Feb 1966)

Hungarian press, Feb 1966: Njono trial, defence counsel Mrs Sunito

Hungarian regional daily, 15 February 1966: snippet from a report on the trial of PKI leader Njono, stating he is a member of the party's central committee and that his defence is handled by Mrs Sunito (Trees Sunito per the log). Only a search snippet and permalink were saved; the page text was not retrieved.

GA-03573 1966-02-15 Somogyi Neplap (Somogy Megyei Hirlap) rel B

Njono trial, defence counsel Mrs Sunito (Somogyi Neplap, 15 Feb 1966)

Hungarian press, Feb 1966: Njono trial, defence counsel Mrs Sunito

Search snippet from the Hungarian daily Somogyi Neplap (15 February 1966, no. 38) on the Mahmillub trial of a PKI Central Committee member (Njono): 'his defence is provided by Mrs Sunito'. Only a fragment; page OCR not retrieved. The link to Trees Soenito Heyligers, earlier WIDF delegate, is per the sweep log.

GA-00285 1966-02-21 The Canberra Times rel B

INDONESIAN PLOT: Tribunal verdict on Njono due today (Canberra Times, 21 Februari 1966)

Indonesian Plot: Tribunal Verdict on Njono Due Today (Canberra Times, 21 February 1966)

Canberra Times, 21 Feb 1966, p. 6 (AAP-Reuter): the military tribunal trying PKI leader Njono is due to give its verdict; prosecution demanded death. His government-appointed woman lawyer, Mrs Trees Sunito, had 32 hours to prepare. Foreign press barred; Chinese agency criticism of the trial noted. Gerwani not named.

GA-00286 1966-02-21 The Canberra Times rel B

INDONESIAN PLOT: Tribunal verdict on Njono due today (Canberra Times, 21 Februari 1966)

Indonesian Plot: Tribunal Verdict on Njono Due Today (Canberra Times, 21 February 1966), duplicate

Canberra Times, 21 Feb 1966, p. 6 (AAP-Reuter): the military tribunal trying PKI leader Njono is due to give its verdict; prosecution demanded death. His government-appointed woman lawyer, Mrs Trees Sunito, had 32 hours to prepare. Foreign press barred; Chinese agency criticism of the trial noted. Gerwani not named.

GA-03559 1966-02-22 Delmagyarorszag, no. 44 rel B

Delmagyarorszag, 22 February 1966: Njono trial, defence counsel Mrs Sunito

Hungarian press, Feb 1966: Njono trial, defence counsel Mrs Sunito

Hungarian daily Delmagyarorszag (22 February 1966), search snippet only: reports that Mrs Sunito 'takes the oath' as defence counsel for Njono in Djakarta on Monday evening (the PKI leader's Mahmillub trial). The sweep identifies her as Trees Sunito, a woman lawyer. Page OCR not retrieved.

GA-03561 1966-02-22 Dunántúli Napló rel B

Dunántúli Napló (22 Feb 1966)

Hungarian press, Feb 1966: Njono trial, defence counsel Mrs Sunito

Hungarian regional daily, 22 February 1966: a snippet from a report on the trial of Njono, noting that the case was referred to a special military court and that Mrs Sunito, Njono's defence counsel, filed a petition for clemency. Mrs Sunito is Trees Sunito per the log; only the snippet and permalink were saved, so the

GA-03564 1966-02-22 Eszak-Magyarorszag rel B

Njono trial, defence counsel Mrs Sunito (Eszak-Magyarorszag, 22 Feb 1966)

Hungarian press, Feb 1966: Njono trial, defence counsel Mrs Sunito

Search snippet from the Hungarian daily Eszak-Magyarorszag (22 February 1966, no. 44) reporting that, in the case of PKI leader Njono, the matter was referred to the special military court and that Mrs Sunito, Njono's defence lawyer, submitted a clemency petition. Only a fragment; page OCR not retrieved. Identifying he

GA-00482 1966-02-25 Algemeen Dagblad rel B

Untung bekent moord op zes generaals (Untung mengaku membunuh enam jenderal)

Untung confesses to murder of six generals

Algemeen Dagblad (1966-02-25) on Lt.-Col. Untung's trial before the special military tribunal: he now admits that 'taking away' the six generals meant killing, denies PKI membership and claims he acted against a 'council of generals'. Notes Trees Sunito refused to defend him and sought clemency for the condemned Njono.

GA-00916 1966-11-07 De Waarheid rel A

Levendige discussie (20 jaar NVB)

Lively discussion: twenty years of the Dutch Women's Movement

De Waarheid, 7 Nov 1966, p. 3: report on the NVB's 20th-anniversary congress and gathering in Amsterdam. Chair Heiltje de Vos recalls NVB solidarity with Indonesia and proudly notes that first NVB chair Trees Sunito-Heyligers recently defended PKI leader Njono before the generals' military tribunal in Jakarta. Greeting

GA-03548 1971-01-07 Eastern Sun rel C licensed

Eastern Sun, 7 January 1971: PKI did not lead '65 coup - Red in court

Eastern Sun, 7 Jan 1971: PKI did not lead '65 coup - Red in court

Eastern Sun (Singapore), 7 Jan 1971 (lead snippet only). Reports that an Indonesian Communist leader, Sukatno, former chairman of an organisation (cut off), said at his trial that it is wrong to accuse the PKI of masterminding the 1965 coup. No woman or Gerwani member is named; the catalogue's 'Sri Sukatno' hit is unve

GA-00926 1971-09-07 De Waarheid rel A

Vrouwenbeweging nodig (Truus Divendal over Gerwani en Indonesië)

Women's movement needed: Truus Divendal on Gerwani and Indonesia

De Waarheid, 7 Sep 1971, p. 4: report on the NVB's speech by Truus Divendal arguing a women's movement is still needed. She reports fundraising for the South Vietnamese NLF and addresses Indonesia: Gerwani, which earlier played a large role in eliminating illiteracy, now has thousands of members imprisoned; the NVB dem

GA-03569 1972-07 Scinteia rel C

Scinteia (catalogued as 1972-07, Nr. 9214): sentence in trial of Suwardiningsih (PKI CC)

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

GA-03570 1972-07 Scinteia rel C

Scinteia (catalogued as 1972-07, Nr. 9214): sentence in trial of Suwardiningsih (PKI CC)

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

GA-02558 1974 rel A licensed

Indonesia: Political Detainees in Indonesia (FCO 15/1941, 1974-75)

FCO 15/1941: Political Detainees in Indonesia (1974-75)

British Foreign and Commonwealth Office file FCO 15/1941 (1974-75), 'Political detainees in Indonesia': ministerial letters on the National Peace Council and TAPOL campaigns, Research Department notes on Carmel Budiardjo, UN human-rights briefing, ICRC/Buru material and TAPOL Bulletin extracts. Gerwani features in the

GA-02698 1974-10 TAPOL rel A

TAPOL Bulletin No. 7, October 1974

TAPOL Bulletin no. 7, October 1974. Covers the Indonesian Defence Department's attack on TAPOL, the Hariman Siregar trial, admissions on tapol forced labour, 'C' category releases and re-arrests, non-involvement certificates, civil-service purges (teachers and PLN staff dismissed) and plans for October Week in Britain.

GA-02700 1975-01 TAPOL rel A

TAPOL Bulletin No. 8, January 1975

TAPOL Bulletin no. 8, January 1975. Leads on Papuan mass killings and the Indonesian ban on the word 'tapol'; also Buru unrest and health conditions, the British Foreign Office meeting with religious leaders, non-involvement certificates, 'C' category releases, Hariman Siregar's six-year sentence and Carmel Budiardjo's

GA-00928 1975-04-23 De Waarheid rel A

Nieuwe slachtoffers van Suharto: levenslang voor secretaris Indonesische vrouwenbeweging

New victims of Suharto: life sentence demanded for secretary of Indonesian women's movement

De Waarheid, 23 Apr 1975, p. 4: report that life imprisonment was demanded in Jakarta against Sulami, secretary of Gerwani, and twenty years for three other women, on charges of undermining authority, raising money for families of imprisoned or killed patriots, and involvement in preparing the PKI's 1965 'uprising'. Th

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-00931 1975-06-12 De Waarheid rel A

Tribunaal onnist leidster Gerwani (Balikpapan)

Tribunal sentences Gerwani leader (Balikpapan)

De Waarheid, 12 Jun 1975, p. 1: short report that a tribunal in Balikpapan (East Kalimantan) sentenced Sutinah Wiryosutejo, a leader of the women's organisation Gerwani, to twenty years' imprisonment, ten years after Suharto's coup, on charges of 'participation in the 1965 coup' that the paper calls false. OCR partly g

GA-00932 1975-06-21 De Waarheid rel A

Blad Vrouwenbeweging hekelt proces in Indonesië: NVB eist vrijheid Gerwani-vrouwen

Women's movement magazine condemns Indonesian trial: NVB demands freedom for Gerwani women

De Waarheid, 21 Jun 1975, p. 5: report that the NVB monthly 'Vrouwen' urges protest against the heavy sentences passed in late April on four Gerwani members. It recalls the 1965 coup, bloodbath and camps, ten years of deteriorating living conditions and foreign aid through the IGGI (up to 880 million dollars a year). T

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-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