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GA-03339 1965-10-07 Berita Harian rel A

Kemarahan memunchak terhadap PKI kerana pembunohan2 (Anger mounts against the PKI)

Anger mounts against the PKI over the killings (Berita Harian, 1965)

Berita Harian, 7 October 1965, p. 1: Sukarno's first cabinet meeting after 30 September; Nahdlatul Ulama demands a PKI ban and claims rebels armed Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani and SOBSI, and that Pemuda Rakyat and Gerwani members trained at 'Sarang Buaya' (Lubang Buaya). Also press and rally restrictions in Sumatra and an ar

GA-03351 1965-10-07 The Straits Times rel B

More arrests, slaughter of civilians by Communists in Central Java

More arrests, slaughter of civilians by Communists in Central Java (Straits Times, 1965)

The Straits Times, 7 October 1965, p. 1: Radio Jakarta says communists slaughtered civilians in Central Java; Yogyakarta retaken and Col. Katamso's family reportedly killed; fierce fighting at Klaten and Cirebon, where rebels included armed People's Youth Front and Gerwani members; 200 armed communists captured. Gerwan

GA-02191 1965-10-30 Suara Merdeka rel A

Suara Merdeka, 30 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2

Suara Merdeka, 30 October 1965, p. 2: Pekanbaru crowds raze PKI and mass-organisation offices

Suara Merdeka (Semarang), 30 Oktober 1965, hlm. 2. After a rally in Pekanbaru crowds razed all offices of the PKI, SOBSI, Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani, Baperki and BTI within a day; members were 'rescued' from crowds by state organs, some injured.

GA-03344 1965-11-03 The Straits Budget rel B

Indonesian Army says wholesale slaughter of civilians in east Java

Indonesian Army says wholesale slaughter of civilians in east Java (Straits Budget, 1965)

The Straits Budget (Singapore), 3 November 1965, p. 15, UPI/Antara: the army declares a state of war in Central Java and gives figures for civilians it says communists massacred (e.g. 62 bodies in three mass graves at Banyuwangi, 104 killed), while observers note the incidents all occurred after the coup. Nothing on Ge

GA-02076 1965-11-07 Nograd rel A

Nógrád, 7 November 1965, hlm. 19 (Tentara membunuh perempuan komunis demonstran di Solo)

Nógrád, 7 Nov 1965: army kills communist women demonstrators in Solo

Page of Hungarian county daily Nograd, 7 Nov 1965, with an MTI Djakarta dispatch: the army press office says paratroopers 'were forced to take the lives' of Gerwani women who blocked a military column in Solo (Surakarta), Central Java; the communique does not state numbers. Also Pravda's Jakarta report on the banning o

GA-02135 1965-11-07 Somogyi Neplap rel A

Somogyi Néplap, 7 November 1965: 'Sukarno mengecam anti-komunisme; sembilan wanita dibunuh tentara di Jawa Tengah'

Somogyi Néplap, 7 Nov 1965: Sukarno condemns anti-communism; nine women killed by army in Central Java

Somogyi Neplap (Hungary), 7 Nov 1965, p. 2: MTI/AFP dispatch from Bogor on Sukarno's cabinet meeting, where he condemned anti-communist revenge and upheld NASAKOM. States an army press communiqué that soldiers fired on marching Gerwani women in Solo, Central Java, killing nine. Also notes de facto bans on the PKI and t

GA-02166 1965-11-07 Szolnok Megyei Neplap rel A

Szolnok Megyei Néplap, 7 November 1965: Indonesia - Gerwani women killed in Solo

Szolnok Megyei Néplap, 7 Nov 1965: Indonesia, Gerwani women killed in Solo

Hungarian provincial daily Szolnok Megyei Néplap, 7 Nov 1965, world-politics page. Its Indonesia item reports an official army communiqué claiming that in Solo (Central Java) paratroopers 'were forced to take the lives' of Gerwani women who blocked the road before an armoured column; it does not say how they were kille

GA-03336 1965-11-07 Berita Harian rel A

Aidit di-kepong oleh ahli2 Tentera di-Jawa Tengah (Gerwani 'suicide squad' in Solo)

Aidit surrounded by army in Central Java: Gerwani 'suicide squad' in Solo (Berita Harian, 1965)

Berita Harian, 7 November 1965, p. 1: reports Aidit surrounded in Central Java (Col. Jasir) and, from army broadcasts, that nine 'suicide' members of Gerwani blocked tanks in Solo, jeered at paratroopers and were killed when they would not move. The text does not say how; the account is army-sourced and unverified. Als

GA-03350 1965-11-07 The Straits Times rel A

Suicide squad women crushed by army tanks

Suicide squad women crushed by army tanks (Straits Times, 1965)

The Straits Times, 7 November 1965, p. 7, world round-up: an army bulletin says nine 'suicide members' of Gerwani blocked army tanks in Solo, were 'gently asked' to move, jeered at paratroopers, and were killed by the troops when they refused. Same army-sourced story as Berita Harian's 7 November report; unverified. He

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-02060 1965-12-07 Heves Megyei Nepujsag rel B

Heves Megyei Népújság, 1965. december 7.: Dzsakarta (letartóztatások, Gerwani)

Heves Megyei Népújság, 7 Dec 1965: Jakarta (arrests, Gerwani)

Heves Megyei Népújság, 7 Dec 1965, brief Jakarta item: 10,500 people, mostly plantation workers, held in North Sumatra (Brig. Gen. Sobiran), and 10,333 arrested around Pati in Central Java, all members of BTI, Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani or other left organisations.

GA-01619 1989-03-25 Harian Neraca rel B

Harian Neraca, 25 Maret 1989: 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (70)

Harian Neraca serial 'Siapa menabur angin akan menuai badai' (70): October-November 1965 violence and Suharto's 10 No...

Harian Neraca, 25 Maret 1989, p. 10: instalment 70 of Soegiarso Soerojo's serial. Surveys October–November 1965 violence and Suharto's 10 Nov 1965 'Seruan', with crowd attacks in Aceh and Sumatra on the PKI and Gerwani.

GA-01581 1999-04-16 Bali Post rel A

Bali Post, 16 April 1999: 'Diteliti, kekejaman Soeharto tahun 1965–1966'

Bali Post, 16 April 1999: Suharto's 1965-66 atrocities to be investigated

Bali Post, 16 Apr 1999, p. 1: founding of the YPKP 65 foundation (15 Apr 1999, YLBHI, Jakarta), chaired by Sulami, ex-Gerwani member imprisoned 20 years, with Pramoedya; research on killing sites and aim to hold Suharto accountable.

GA-02690 2000 rel C

Beberapa Catatan tentang Agenda Rekonsiliasi (YPKP, 18 Februari 2000)

Some Notes on the Reconciliation Agenda (YPKP, 18 Feb 2000)

YPKP statement (18 Feb 2000) on the reconciliation agenda, arguing reconciliation must include all victims, not elite compromise, and setting twelve agenda items including exposing G30S sponsors and trying perpetrators of the massacres. Victims' foundation position paper.

GA-02683 2002 rel A

Kisah Singkat Seorang Sulami (LPKP-65, 2002)

A Short Story of One Sulami (LPKP-65, 2002)

December 2002 LPKP-65 memorial booklet for Sulami (1926-2002), former Gerwani leader and YPKP 1965/66 chair, with her biography (arrested 1967, 20-year sentence, released 1984) and documents on exhumations, letters to Komnas HAM and forensic work.

GA-01588 2002-08-11 Bali Post rel B

Bali Post, 11 Agustus 2002: cerpen 'Ngaben' (I Wayan Artika)

Bali Post, 11 August 2002: short story 'Ngaben' (I Wayan Artika)

Bali Post, 11 Aug 2002, p. 10: short story 'Ngaben' about a PKI activist's family fleeing the 1965–66 Bali killings; the father knew of the plans 'from the stories of the Gerwani women'.

GA-01636 2002-10-07 Waspada rel A

Waspada, 7 Oktober 2002: peringatan di monumen Sudjono, Bandarbetsy

Waspada, 7 October 2002: Commemoration at the Sudjono monument, Bandar Betsy

Waspada, 7 Oct 2002, p. 11: feature on the 1 Oct 2002 commemoration at the Sudjono monument in Bandarbetsy, retelling the 1965 killing of Peltu Sudjono by BTI squatters joined by Pemuda Rakyat, Gerwani and Lekra who 'sang and danced'.