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GA-03335 1963-02-06 Berita Harian rel B

SOBSI, Partindo dan Gerwani bantah Kerajaan Singapura (Indonesian left-wing parties protest)

SOBSI, Partindo and Gerwani protest to Singapore government (Berita Harian, 1963)

Berita Harian, 6 February 1963, p. 3: SOBSI, Partindo and Gerwani send a protest to the Singapore government over the previous week's arrests of left-wing figures (Operation Coldstore); SOBSI blames the British and Tunku Abdul Rahman. The clipping is damaged and ends abruptly; Gerwani is only one of three protesting bo

GA-03349 1963-02-06 The Straits Times rel B

Sobsi protest to Singapore Government over mass arrests (Arrests: Indonesian groups protest)

SOBSI protest to Singapore government over mass arrests (Straits Times, 1963)

The Straits Times, 6 February 1963, p. 10, Reuters: SOBSI cables the Singapore government protesting the mass arrests of left-wing people the previous weekend and demanding release of detainees; Partindo and the Gerwani Women's Movement 'have also protested'. Brief mention of Gerwani among Indonesian left organisations

GA-02017 1965-11-15 Berita Harian rel B

Berita Harian, 15 November 1965: Wanita Komunis ditahan di Sumatra Utara

Berita Harian, 15 Nov 1965: communist woman detained in North Sumatra

Berita Harian, 15 Nov 1965 (UPI/Antara, lead only). North Sumatra authorities detained a woman, said to be a Gerwani member, accused of attempting a murder and bearing a 'secret mark' on her thigh. The 'secret mark' trope echoes slander about Gerwani women.

GA-02018 1965-12-09 Berita Harian rel B

Berita Harian, 9 Disember 1965: Wanita yang dipenjarakan (Kurnipi, UPI)

Berita Harian, 9 Dec 1965: imprisoned woman (UPI photographer's scene)

Berita Harian, 9 Dec 1965 (UPI photographer Kurnipi, lead only). First-person scene with an imprisoned woman crying that her children are at home and asking why she is held and for how long. Matched on Gerwani; the lead does not name her organisation.

GA-02027 1967-12-13 Eastern Sun rel B

Eastern Sun, 13 December 1967: Detained Communists build their own prisons

Eastern Sun, 13 Dec 1967: detained communists build their own prisons

Eastern Sun, 13 Dec 1967 (by Soeharjono, lead only). Thousands of detained Communists are building brick-and-bamboo prisons because of acute prison-space shortage and lack of funds to feed some 60,000 rounded up after the coup. Lead does not mention Gerwani; matched on a query about Aidit's wife.

GA-02021 1968-10-07 Berita Harian rel B

Berita Harian, 7 Oktober 1968: Puan Hartini tidak ditahan

Berita Harian, 7 Oct 1968: Hartini not detained

Berita Harian, 7 Oct 1968 (Reuters, lead only). Presidential secretary Col. Sutikno denied that Hartini, Sukarno's second wife, had been detained or recently questioned; the last interrogation was about 18 months earlier. Matched on Gerwani though lead does not mention it.

GA-02028 1968-10-07 Eastern Sun rel B

Eastern Sun, 7 October 1968: Hartini not detained, says Sutikno

Eastern Sun, 7 Oct 1968: Hartini not detained, says Sutikno

Eastern Sun, 7 Oct 1968 (Reuters, lead only). Presidential secretary Col. Sutikno denied that Hartini, Sukarno's second wife, was detained or recently interrogated; the last questioning was about 18 months earlier. Matched on Gerwani though the lead does not mention it.

GA-03348 1970-12-31 The Straits Times rel B

Rape case may fully restore rule of law (Hugh Mabbett on the Sum Kuning case)

Rape case may fully restore rule of law: the Sum Kuning case (Hugh Mabbett, Straits Times, 1970)

The Straits Times, 31 December 1970, p. 10, by Hugh Mabbett: Yogyakarta court acquits 17-year-old egg seller Sum Kuning (Sumarijem), who reported rape by youths from powerful families and was charged with a false report. Police tortured a noodle seller, Trimo, and threatened her with electric torture and an accusation