UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office file FCO 24/1701 (1973), a TNA volume on political detainees in Indonesia. It holds briefing notes, minutes and parliamentary questions on the 1973 State Visit, the Budiardjo case and Amnesty International's campaign, plus a bound copy of Amnesty's 1973 'Indonesia Special'. In that re
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
Tempo review (7 Mar 2011) by Martin Aleida of Putu Oka Sukanta's documentary 'Plantungan', screened at GoetheHaus, finding it under-researched. It features former Plantungan prisoners Siti Suratih, Suci Danarti, Pujiati, Mujiati and Sp. Tican and rebuts the Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI film's slander of women; Aleida adds Ta
PhD dissertation (University of Michigan, 2012) by Andrew Conroe: an ethnography of former political prisoners (eks-tapol) and their children and grandchildren in Yogyakarta, centred on the group Fopperham, on memory, silence and uncertain family histories. Gerwani appears through family accounts and events: Bu Marni,
Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Plantungan camp (Kendal) for women Group B political prisoners, opened 1971 in a former leprosarium. Names Gerwani activists and others held there: Sumiyarsi Siwirini ('Lubang Buaya doctor'), Siti Suratih, Mia Bustam, Pujiati, C.H. Sumarmiyati, Mujiati. Covers conditions, 'santi aji' in
Opinion piece by M. Imam Aziz in Tempo (1 Oct 2012) summarising Komnas HAM's findings of nine crimes against humanity in 1965 (500,000 to 3 million killed, 1.8 million detained, Plantungan named for women) and proposing a non-judicial path: presidential apology, victim recovery, comparing ICC, South African and Austral
Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on Operasi Kalong (Jakarta, from Aug 1966) and Trisula (Blitar, 1968), Kopkamtib interrogation and torture sites (Gunung Sahari II, Plantungan, Jalan Gandhi, Kemaro, Moncongloe), with torture methods (electric shock, stingray whip, 'ayat kursi'). It lists other intelligence task forces, one at
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.
Tempo feature (20 Aug 2022, Dian Yuliastuti and Seno Joko Suyono) on the launch of Mia Bustam's third memoir, 'Kelindan Asa dan Kenyataan'. It recounts her arrest in Yogyakarta on 23 Nov 1965, 13 years' detention without trial (Vredeburg, Wirogunan, Plantungan, Bulu) for Lekra membership, release in 1978, and her later
Tempo feature (20 Aug 2022) by Seno Joko Suyono and Nurdin Kalim on the paintings and embroidery of Mia Bustam, former wife of the painter S. Sudjojono. Her children recall her Lekra activity, the loss of a self-portrait when the Lekra secretariat was raided in 1965, and works made in Wirogunan prison (1966-71) and at
Tempo report (2 Oct 2022, Dini Pramita and Dody Hidayat) on forced labour and memory of 1965 political prisoners. Yosephina Endang Lestari recalls Plantungan women's camp (sewing unit, Santiaji Pancasila, poor health); Ita F. Nadia describes its five aims including re-domestication of women. Hersri Setiawan (Buru) and
Tempo report (20 Nov 2022, Dian Yuliastuti and Seno Joko Suyono) on the Dialita choir winning the 2022 Akademi Jakarta award. Formed 2011 by daughters and women ex-prisoners (including Utati and Mudjiati, Bukit Duri and Plantungan), it sings songs composed in detention, such as 'Salam Harapan' and 'Taman Bunga Plantung
Tempo.co report (10 Dec 2024, Istiqomatul Hayati and Ihsan Reliubun) on the launch of Mia Bustam's fourth memoir, 'Mutiara Kisah Masa Lalu' (Ultimus, 7 Dec 2024), completing her tetralogy. It gives her biography, arrest on 23 Nov 1965, 13 years' detention (including Plantungan) as a Lekra member, and her children's acc
Tempo.co report (10 Dec 2024, Istiqomatul Hayati and Ihsan Reliubun) on Mia Bustam's four memoirs: 'Sudjojono dan Aku' (written from 1985, on her marriage and divorce, edited by Hersri Setiawan), 'Dari Kamp ke Kamp' (13 years' detention), 'Kelindan Asa dan Kenyataan' and 'Mutiara Kisah Masa Lalu'. Her children explain
Tempo.co report (11 Dec 2024, Ihsan Reliubun and Reza Maulana) on the Dialita choir at Human Rights Day and Mia Bustam's book launch. Chair Uchikowati's mother Hartati was a Gerwani member; her parents were arrested on 1 Nov 1965 (mother freed 1973). Dialita was founded in 2011 by ex-prisoners from Bukit Duri, Ambarawa
Nancy Florida's annotated English translation (Indonesia, Oct 2025) of Sarbinatun's testimony: Lekra dancer and IPPI president, married at 17 to a PKI Special Bureau man, tortured in Solo and Semarang, held at Plantungan until 1979 and accused as Gerwani though never a member.
Michal Bielecki's 2025 analysis of 'Selamatan Anak Cucu Sumilah', a participatory performance (30 Nov 2018, UGM) with the Kipper forum of women ex-prisoners, commemorating Maria Goreti Sumilah, arrested at fourteen by mistake and held at Plantungan. Memorialisation through performance.