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GA-02227 1972-01-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Soal Pertapolan (Soal tapol)

Tempo, 1972: The political prisoner problem

Tempo article (online archive, dated 1972) on the political prisoner (tapol) problem: Archbishop Leo Soekoto urges society to help, Amnesty and the Red Cross press Jakarta, Buru resettlement of about 5,000 Group B prisoners is presented as the best option, and officials still see ex-PKI as a threat. No Gerwani content.

GA-02228 1972-09-30 Tempo rel C licensed

Laput G30S/PKI (Laporan utama G30S/PKI)

Tempo, 30 September 1972: Cover story G30S/PKI (editor's note)

Short Tempo editor's note (30 Sept 1972) introducing a cover story on alleged underground G30S/PKI activity, with reporters in Central Java and an interview with Jakarta commander Poniman. It describes the editorial process only; the report itself is not included. No Gerwani content.

GA-02229 1974-06-29 Tempo rel A licensed

Ultah SK Trimurti (Ulang tahun S.K. Trimurti)

Tempo, 29 June 1974: S.K. Trimurti's birthday

Tempo profile (29 June 1974) of S.K. Trimurti on her 64th birthday by the Javanese calendar: ex-Minister of Labour (1946-47), journalist since 1933, now editing the spiritual magazine Mawas Diri. Notes her will asking for cremation, her economics degree at 48, a forthcoming biography by Kustiniati Mochtar. No mention o

GA-03593 1977-02-26 Tempo (weekly), 26 February 1977 rel B licensed

Ceramah tentang wanita (Maria Ulfah; S.K. Trimurti mentioned)

Lecture on women (Maria Ulfah; S.K. Trimurti mentioned), Tempo, 26 Feb 1977

Tempo item (26 February 1977) profiling Maria Ulfah, who advises working women on labour rights and the marriage law and speaks against polygamy. It says she works with 'dra. SK Trimurti' in the Yayasan Tenaga Kerja Indonesia (YTKI) on women workers' workshops, seminars and legal information. Trimurti, a Gerwis founder

GA-03595 1989-09-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Mami, tak dibicarakan lagi (Tempo, 2 September 1989)

Mami, no longer discussed: Sundari Abdulrachman released (Tempo, 2 Sep 1989)

Tempo, 2 Sep 1989. Reports the release from Tangerang women's prison on 17 August 1989 of Sundari Abdulrachman (68), former chair of Gerwani Pusat and PKI member of DPRGR, sentenced to life at Tanjungkarang on 16 Oct 1976 (commuted 1982) for organising Gerwani in Lampung. Officials deny that Inter-Parliamentary Union p

GA-03596 1990-04-21 Tempo (weekly), 21 April 1990 rel A licensed

Dari politik ke kebatinan (S.K. Trimurti)

From politics to mysticism: S.K. Trimurti in her own words (Tempo, 21 Apr 1990)

Tempo profile (21 April 1990), in S.K. Trimurti's own first-person voice, of her life from teacher and Partindo cadre to labour minister and spiritualist. She says she co-founded Gerwis around 1950 (Ketua III, Yogyakarta), that Gerwis became Gerwani at its third congress under Umi Sardjono, and that in 1965 she quit Ge

GA-02233 1990-05-12 Tempo rel A licensed

S.K. Trimurti meluruskan (S.K. Trimurti meluruskan)

Tempo, 12 May 1990: S.K. Trimurti sets the record straight (reader's letter)

Reader's letter in Tempo (12 May 1990) responding to Trimurti's memoir excerpt of 21 April 1990, praising her 'steel mentality' after a six-hour beating by the Dutch police and contrasting it with migrant worker Kurtiah's abuse abroad. The heading also carries a correction: Trimurti born in Sawahan, Boyolali, 11 May 19

GA-02235 1999-08-29 Tempo rel A licensed

"Saya Punya Obsesi Membongkar Pembunuhan G30S" (Wawancara Sulami)

Tempo, 29 August 1999: Interview with Sulami - 'I have an obsession to expose the G30S killings'

Tempo interview (29 Aug 1999) with Sulami, former Deputy Secretary-General II of Gerwani, with a short biography: arrested 12 Feb 1967 on Amir Machmud's order, tried 1975, released 1984, torture by rattan between fingers and threats of rape; founded the 1965-66 victims research foundation. She denies any Gerwani role a

GA-02236 2005-08-29 Tempo rel B licensed

S.K. Trimurti, 93 tahun

Tempo, 29 August 2005: S.K. Trimurti at 93

Short Tempo news item (29 Aug 2005) that S.K. Trimurti, 93, 'journalist of three eras' and Labour Minister in 1947, is hospitalised at PGI Cikini; Social Minister gave Rp 50 million and Megawati visited. The page also carries unrelated briefs. No Gerwani content.

GA-03598 2007-10-01 Tempo (Edisi 1 Oktober 2007) rel C licensed

Malam Terakhir: Setelah Lampu Depan Dimatikan (Tempo, 1 Oct 2007)

The last night: after the headlights went out (Aidit's last night at home, Tempo, 2007)

Tempo piece (1 October 2007) reconstructing D.N. Aidit's last night at home, 30 September 1965, from his son Ilham and brother Murad. His wife Dr Soetanti Aidit angrily quarrels with him and urges him not to leave; he goes anyway. The article sets out the contested versions of where he went that night. Soetanti appears

GA-02237 2008-05-20 Tempo rel B licensed

Hatta Rajasa Melayat SK Trimurti

Tempo.co, 20 May 2008: Hatta Rajasa pays respects to S.K. Trimurti

Tempo.co news (20 May 2008) on officials (Hatta Rajasa, Fauzi Bowo, Murdiono) paying respects to the late S.K. Trimurti at RSPAD Gatot Subroto; she died aged 96 at 18.20 and her care was paid by the state on President Yudhoyono's order. Describes her as an independence pioneer and wife of Sayuti Melik. No Gerwani conte

GA-02240 2010-05-09 Tempo rel A licensed

Membela Gerwani dari Fitnah Orde Baru

Tempo.co, 9 May 2010: Defending Gerwani from New Order slander (Wieringa book)

Tempo.co book notice (9 May 2010) on Saskia Wieringa's Indonesian edition of 'Penghancuran Gerakan Perempuan' (Galangpress 2010, transl. Harsutejo). Recounts the military propaganda of naked dancing, razor-cutting and castration at Lubang Buaya, Wieringa's rebuttal from 1982-85 interviews and autopsy results, and Siti

GA-02241 2010-05-17 Tempo rel A licensed

Membela Gerwani dari Fitnah Orde Baru

Tempo.co, 17 May 2010: Defending Gerwani from New Order slander (Wieringa book, second version)

Tempo.co book notice (17 May 2010) (second Tempo.co version, with a lead on the penis-cutting allegation) on Saskia Wieringa's Indonesian edition of 'Penghancuran Gerakan Perempuan' (Galangpress 2010, transl. Harsutejo). Recounts the military propaganda of naked dancing, razor-cutting and castration at Lubang Buaya, Wi

GA-02245 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

AM: "Kami Tidak Pernah Mengubur..."

Tempo, 1 October 2012: AM - 'We never buried them...' (Ansor member's testimony)

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of 'AM', 70, a former Ansor/Banser member who took part in night-time 'drop-dropan' killings of village-level PKI leaders in Badas and Pare (Jombang-Kediri), Oct-Nov 1965. He says he felt no pity and left bodies unburied, justifying his hatred by PKI land reform actions. Gerwani is not ment

GA-02247 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Bangsawan Karaeng Lira: Mengganyang Keluarga Sendiri

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Bangsawan Karaeng Lira - 'Crushing one's own family'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of Bangsawan Karaeng Lira, 72, who led the mob that destroyed the BTI leader's house in Bontolanrang, Takalar (South Sulawesi), in late 1965. Describes forced labour (irrigation, roads) by detained PKI/BTI members, with a BTI survivor, Kamaruddin Bella, who lost relatives. Gerwani not menti

GA-02249 2012-10-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Beras Erwin dan Bubur Tajin (Penahanan tapol 1965 di Jakarta)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Erwin's rice and tajin porridge (1965 detention in Jakarta)

Tempo piece (1 Oct 2012) on conditions of 1965 political prisoners in Jakarta: torture and tiny rations at Cipinang, Salemba, Kalong HQ and Bukit Duri, with testimony of Eko Wardoyo, Bedjo Untung, Jawito. Includes Gerwani member and journalist Sri Sukatno, jailed years at Bukit Duri, describing electric torture at 'Gan

GA-02250 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Burhan Zainuddin Rusjiman: "Saya Punya License to Kill"

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Burhan Zainuddin Rusjiman - 'I had a licence to kill'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of Burhan Zainuddin Rusjiman, 72, 'Burhan Kampak', a former HMI/KAMI/Laskar Ampera member in Yogyakarta given a pistol and 'license to kill' from Nov 1965, who hunted PKI with Kostrad/RPKAD in Yogyakarta, Gunungkidul and Klaten. Motivated by anti-communism and CGMI conflict; Gerwani not men

GA-02251 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Chambali: "Orang Itu Lancar Mengucap Syahadat..."

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Chambali - 'He recited the creed fluently...'

Tempo testimony (1 Oct 2012) of Chambali, 70, former Banser chief of Rengel, Tuban, who describes beheading PKI members at Jurang Watu Rongko in 1965-66 on lists from the district office and military, encouraged by NU leader Kiai Murtadji. Recalls sparing one man who recited the creed. Tempo adds a note on the ravine's

GA-02253 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Dari Pengakuan Algojo 1965

Tempo, 1 October 2012: From the confessions of 1965 executioners

Tempo column (1 Oct 2012) arguing that reconciliation must start from perpetrators' confession. Discusses victim-count disputes (78,000 to 3 million), The Act of Killing and Anwar Congo, Gus Dur's apology versus NU refusals, the Palu mayor's apology, and calls for lifting the ban on Marxism. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-02255 2012-10-01 Tempo rel A licensed

Gulag Tepi Sungai Lampir (Kamp Plantungan)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Gulag on the bank of the Lampir river (Plantungan camp)

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

GA-02258 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Jagal-jagal di Ladang Pembantaian (Kediri dan Probolinggo)

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Butchers in the killing fields (Kediri and Probolinggo)

Long Tempo feature (1 Oct 2012) on Kediri and Probolinggo killings: Ansor/Banser, Lirboyo santri led by Gus Maksum and army units, from the 13 Oct 1965 rally and the burning of the PKI office, using 'drop' trucks from Koramil, with the Kanigoro (Jan 1965) background. Testimony of Abdul Malik and Haji SY. Gerwani is not

GA-02262 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Kerja Rodi di Moncongloe

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Forced labour at Moncongloe

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Moncongloe 'Instalasi Rehabilitasi' camp (Gowa, South Sulawesi), open 1969-79 with about 1,000 political prisoners doing unpaid forced labour (20 km road, army land); hepatitis, sexual harassment of women prisoners, a pregnant nurse expelled. Based on Taufik's thesis/book and testimony

GA-02265 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Komando Operasi, Tuhan Allah di Maumere

Tempo, 1 October 2012: Operations Command, the God of Maumere

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Komop-run killings in Sikka, Flores (from March 1966): testimony of 'Bapa Peter' forced to dig pits at Wairita, and research by Pater Hubert Hasulie (about 30 pits, 1,000-1,500 victims, witnesses drawn from Catholic, Parkindo and NU delegates). Priest Romo Pede was threatened and transf

GA-02274 2012-10-01 Tempo rel C licensed

Setelah 'Tuhan Mati' di Mlancu

Tempo, 1 October 2012: After 'God died' at Mlancu

Tempo report (1 Oct 2012) on the Mlancu massacre (Kediri-Jombang border), where about 700 alleged PKI were killed in November 1965, drawing on Hermawan Sulistyo's research and witnesses. Presents PKI land reform, ludruk plays and 'Seven Village Demons' lists as roots of tension with kiai and NU/Ansor. Mentions the Peng

GA-02278 2015-10-02 Tempo rel A licensed

Kisah Macan Podium Gerwani PKI yang Lupa Bulan September

Tempo.co, 2 October 2015: Putmainah, the Gerwani-PKI podium lioness who forgot September

Tempo.co profile (2 Oct 2015, by Bobby Chandra) of Putmainah, 77, former Gerwani chair and PKI faction member of the Blitar DPRD, now stroke-afflicted in Pakisrejo, Srengat. Her husband Subandi, Blitar Front Nasional and DPRD head, was killed after a PKI congress; she fled into the forest with seven children. Once a re

GA-02279 2015-10-09 Tempo rel A licensed

PKI Jatuh, Soeharto, & Kisah Penghancuran Gerakan Perempuan

Tempo.co, 9 October 2015: The fall of the PKI, Suharto and the destruction of the women's movement

Tempo.co report (9 Oct 2015) on a Yogyakarta (UIN Sunan Kalijaga) discussion of Saskia Wieringa's book on the destruction of the women's movement. It summarises her argument that the military slandered Gerwani over Lubang Buaya as a pretext to kill; army press libel, and women forced to dance naked while soldiers photo

GA-02280 2016-02-08 Tempo rel A licensed

Mintardjo dan Sepenggal Cerita Gerwis

Tempo, 8 February 2016: Mintardjo and a fragment of Gerwis history

Tempo review (8 Feb 2016) of Elisabeth Ida Mulyani's video 'Supervivere' on 1965 exiles (Mintardjo and nine others in the Netherlands and Sweden), shown in Yogyakarta with a charcoal portrait 'Suti, Plight of Gerwani' by Dewi Candraningrum. It describes Suti, 95, founder of Gerwis Musuk/Boyolali in 1952, a literacy cam

GA-02281 2016-04-18 Tempo rel B licensed

Majulah Pergerakan Wanita

Tempo, 18 April 2016: Onward the women's movement

Tempo editorial note (18 Apr 2016), recalling a 1978 Kartini Day feature on the women's movement from Aceh 1614 to the 1970s. It describes Kowani's formation (1946), Perwari's protest over Sukarno's 1954 marriage to Hartini, Perwari being squeezed as Gerwani, 'affiliated with the PKI', gained influence, and Gerwani ste

GA-02282 2016-05-25 Tempo rel A licensed

Bekas Ketua Gerwani Meninggal Dunia, Pelayat Diawasi Petugas Intelejen

Tempo.co, 25 May 2016: Former Gerwani chair dies; mourners watched by intelligence officers

Tempo.co obituary (25 May 2016, Abdul Djalil Hakim) of Putmainah, 90, former Blitar Gerwani chair and DPRD-GR member for the PKI faction, called the last Gerwani branch head. It covers her family background (father a Red Sarekat Islam leader killed at Madiun 1948), ties to Sukarno's family, and mourners including a Ban

GA-02287 2021-05-01 Tempo rel B licensed

Kehidupan Kembali Rukiah

Tempo, 1 May 2021: Rukiah's second life

Tempo feature (1 May 2021) on publisher Ultimus (Bandung) reissuing works by woman writer S. Rukiah, banned after 1965 because she was jailed as a Lekra activist: 'Kejatuhan dan Hati' and 'Tandus' (2017), children's book 'Pak Supi' (2018), and nine more children's titles found in libraries. Gerwani is not mentioned.