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GA-00385 1965-10-29 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 29 Oktober 1965

Berita Yudha, 29 October 1965

Berita Yudha, 29 Oktober 1965. Kodam Bukit Barisan report 'Digerebeg di Siantar' claims a Gerwani woman 'trained at Lubang Buaya' was found in a raid in Pematang Siantar, repeating eye-gouging claims.

GA-01313 1965-11-03 Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden rel A

Anti-communistisch (Anti-communist)

Anti-communist

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 3 November 1965: reports a 100,000-strong demonstration at the Chinese consulate in Medan demanding Subandrio's resignation, and, per Antara, that the PKI's women's organisation Gerwani has been expelled from the Indonesian women's congress (Kowani), chaired by Mrs Hurustiati Subandrio, the

GA-03328 1965-11-15 Berita Harian rel A

Wanita Komunis ditahan di Sumatra Utara (Communist woman detained in North Sumatra)

Communist woman detained in North Sumatra (Berita Harian, 1965)

Berita Harian, 15 November 1965, p. 3 (clipping lacks its headline), Antara via Medan: a Gerwani member is detained near an Islamic scholar's house; police say a 'secret mark' was found on her thigh and she confessed she was assigned to kill the cleric. A typical 1965 propaganda item on Gerwani as assassins and 'marked

GA-02077 1965-12-07 Pest Megyei Hirlap rel A

Pest Megyei Hírlap, 7 Desember 1965, hlm. 56 (Tahanan di Sumatra Utara dan Pati)

Pest Megyei Hírlap, 7 Dec 1965: detainees in North Sumatra and Pati

Pest Megyei Hirlap (Hungarian), 7 Dec 1965, p. 56: brief Jakarta item on mass arrests after the 30 September Movement: 10,500 people, mostly plantation workers, held in North Sumatra and 10,333 arrested around Pati, Central Java, all described as members of the peasant front, People's Youth, Gerwani or other left organ

GA-00191 1966-01-06 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 Januari 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 January 1966

Angkatan Bersendjata, 6 Jan 1966. Antara claims PKI leaders 'admitted' Gerwani and Pemuda Rakyat were physically trained in North Sumatra before 1 October; two Pekalongan women 'known as Gerwani' forced to recite the shahada; Soetiman's 'confession'.

GA-00413 1966-07-30 Berita Yudha rel A

Berita Yudha, 30 Juli 1966

Berita Yudha, 30 July 1966

Berita Yudha, 30 Juli 1966. Interview with Mahmillub spokesman Ali Said: trials of Latief and PKI leaders in regions, and under the sub-heading 'Orang Gerwani juga' Gerwani people will also be tried.

GA-00240 1967-11-21 Angkatan Bersendjata rel A

Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 November 1967

Angkatan Bersendjata, 21 November 1967. 'Operasi Tjakra' in North Sumatra: 215 PKI members arrested for an alleged 'Gerakan 12 Nopember'; Pemuda Rakyat, BTI and Gerwani members at Tanjung Morawa and 'women members of Gerwani' among those arrested.

GA-02023 1974-02-12 Berita Harian rel A

Berita Harian, 12 Februari 1974: Bekas pengerusi GERWANI dipenjara

Berita Harian, 12 Feb 1974: former Gerwani chair jailed for life in Tebing Tinggi

Berita Harian, 12 Feb 1974 (AP, lead only). A court in Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra, sentenced Amnah, a former leader of the Indonesian women's movement (Gerwani), to life imprisonment for involvement in the PKI's 1965 coup attempt.

GA-03327 1974-02-12 Berita Harian rel A

Bekas pengerusi GERWANI dipenjara (Former Gerwani chair jailed)

Former Gerwani chair jailed (Berita Harian, 1974)

Berita Harian, 12 February 1974, p. 3, AP: a court in Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra, sentences Mrs Amnah, former Gerwani chair, to life imprisonment for involvement in the PKI's failed 1965 'power seizure' (per Radio Jakarta); Maryo, ex-chair of the BTI, gets 20 years. Shows continuing New Order trials of Gerwani leader

GA-02697 1974-08 TAPOL rel A

TAPOL Bulletin No. 6, August 1974

TAPOL Bulletin no. 6, August 1974. Covers the Hariman Siregar (Malari) trial, tapol forced labour on the Cilacap oil pipeline and Nusakambangan cement works, prison conditions, Australian and British military links and trials of 1965 detainees. It reports on Plantungan women's camp (food, commander Major Prayoga, death