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GA-00582 1965-10-10 ANP Radiobulletin rel B

ANP Nieuwsbericht, 10-10-1965 (Indonesia: arrests continue)

ANP news report, 10 October 1965 (Indonesia: arrests continue)

ANP radio bulletin, 10 Oct 1965: arrests continue in Jakarta; among arrested communists are members of Gerwani, 'said to be responsible' for the killing/mutilation of the six generals (garbled in source). Also reports Njoto's reported arrest, soldiers at Hotel Indonesia and 1,500-2,000 arrests in Java in a week. An ear

GA-01658 1965-10-11 Evening Post rel B

Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965)

Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965), opening clipping

Opening clipping of the Evening Post article of 11 Oct 1965: mass arrests of Communists continued in Jakarta, with fears of a retaliatory terror campaign; unofficial estimates of 1,500 detained in a week and 2,000 captured in Java. Gerwani is not mentioned in this fragment.

GA-01659 1965-10-11 Evening Post rel B

Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965)

Fears of a New Surge of Red Terror in Indonesia (Evening Post, 11 October 1965), opening clipping (duplicate)

Opening clipping of the Evening Post article of 11 Oct 1965: mass arrests of Communists continued in Jakarta, with fears of a retaliatory terror campaign; unofficial estimates of 1,500 detained in a week and 2,000 captured in Java. Gerwani is not mentioned in this fragment.

GA-02001 1966-04-20 Sinar Harapan rel B

Sinar Harapan, 20 April 1966, hlm. 1

Sinar Harapan, 20 Apr 1966: PKI cadres in West Irian; one Gerwani figure still detained

Sinar Harapan, 20 Apr 1966, p. 1: Brig. Gen. Bintoro of Kodam Cendrawasih says PKI cadres posted to West Irian were easily 'secured', 93 prisoners sent to Java, and 'only one Gerwani figure named Rukinah' remained detained.

GA-03470 1967-12 Tricontinental Bulletin, no. 21 (Havana) rel B

Tricontinental Bulletin, no. 21 (December 1967): issue catalogued for Indonesian political prisoners incl. Sutanti Aidit

Tricontinental Bulletin no. 21 (Havana, Dec 1967): denunciation of Suharto regime and death sentences

Tricontinental Bulletin no. 21 (Havana, December 1967), organ of OSPAAAL. A passage denouncing the Suharto-Nasution regime says thousands of men and women suffer torture in Indonesian prisons and names those sentenced to death: Njono, Sudisman, Sakirman, Rewang, Latief, Sujono, 'Sutanti, Aidit', Omar Dani. The printed

GA-03471 1967-12 Tricontinental Bulletin, no. 21 (Havana) rel B

Tricontinental Bulletin, no. 21 (December 1967): issue catalogued for Indonesian political prisoners incl. Sutanti Aidit

Tricontinental Bulletin no. 21 (Havana, Dec 1967): denunciation of Suharto regime and death sentences

Tricontinental Bulletin no. 21 (Havana, December 1967), organ of OSPAAAL. A passage denouncing the Suharto-Nasution regime says thousands of men and women suffer torture in Indonesian prisons and names those sentenced to death: Njono, Sudisman, Sakirman, Rewang, Latief, Sujono, 'Sutanti, Aidit', Omar Dani. The printed

GA-02937 1970 rel B licensed

Indonesian Communism since the 1965 Coup

Indonesian Communism since the 1965 Coup (van der Kroef, 1970)

Article by Justus M. van der Kroef (Pacific Affairs, spring 1970) on the PKI underground and army counter-campaign after 1965, from the Blitar and Purwodadi operations to political prisoners and Moscow/Beijing exile factions. Gerwani appears once (p.50): arrests of former Communists 'including members of Gerwani (the P

GA-00267 1978-01-19 Papua New Guinea Post-Courier rel B

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 Jan 1978)

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 January 1978)

Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 19 January 1978, p. 5, feature by George Oliver on the release of 10,000 political prisoners held since the 1965 coup, with PKI members forced to swear loyalty. It describes the Category A, B, C system, the 1965-66 massacres (estimates up to half a million killed), Amnesty International's

GA-00268 1978-01-19 Papua New Guinea Post-Courier rel B

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 Jan 1978)

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 January 1978), clean OCR

Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 19 January 1978, p. 5, clean OCR of George Oliver's feature on the release of 10,000 political prisoners held since the 1965 coup (same article as GA-00267). It covers the official and alternative accounts of 30 September, killings of perhaps half a million, half to three-quarters of a mi

GA-02977 2022 rel B licensed

Dialita: Collective Memories of Former Women Political Prisoners during the New Order Era in Java (Lestariningsih and Sunarti, 2022)

Dialita: Collective Memories of Former Women Political Prisoners in Java (Lestariningsih and Sunarti, 2022)

Memory Studies article (2022) on the Dialita choir of former women political prisoners and relatives as a vehicle for identity and 'cultural reconciliation', drawing on interviews with Uchikowati, Utati and others; co-author wrote a book on Plantungan Gerwani prisoners. Key study.