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GA-01303 1948-09-22 Nieuwe Provinciale Groninger Courant rel C

Censuur in Djocja: Geweldige smokkel-affaire ontdekt (Censorship in Yogyakarta; huge smuggling affair)

Censorship in Yogyakarta; huge smuggling affair

Nieuwe Provinciale Groninger Courant, 22 September 1948, p. 2: wire items from the Madiun crisis (censorship and bans in Yogyakarta, Amir Sjarifuddin leaving Madiun, executions of two TNI/BPRI raiders who used kampong women as shields), a court-martial for thefts at Tanjung Priok, and a South Sulawesi-Singapore smuggli

GA-00573 1966-09-17 Amigoe di Curacao rel B

Nog drie vrouwen (Still three wives)

Still three wives

Brief Amigoe di Curaçao item, 17 Sept 1966, on Sukarno's wives. It states Hartini, his 42-year-old second wife, is a 'leading member' of Gerwani, which was banned after the failed coup. Also recalls Mochtar Lubis's 1957 imprisonment for criticising the marriage. Claim of Hartini's Gerwani leadership is made without evi

GA-00746 1973-04-02 De Volkskrant rel B

Geen botertje (Not a bit of butter: press freedom in Indonesia)

Not a bit of butter: press freedom and imprisoned writers in Indonesia

Fragment of a De Volkskrant piece (2 Apr 1973) on press freedom in Suharto's Indonesia, listing imprisoned writers and journalists (Bandaharo Harahap, Oei Hay Djun, Mrs. Sugiarti Siswadi, Mrs. Rusijati, Mrs. Lies Sukatno and others) and rebutting H.B. Jassin's claim of press freedom. Gerwani is not named.

GA-02696 1974-06 TAPOL rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 5, June 1974

TAPOL Bulletin no. 5, June 1974 (London campaign for Indonesian political prisoners). Covers mass transfers of tapols to Central Java workcamps (Nusakambangan, Cilacap), British and Australian policy, IGGI aid, press bans and the January 1974 Malari aftermath. A short item, 'Ex-Gerwani Members Also in Trouble' (p.5), r

GA-03464 1976-10 New Internationalist, Oct 1976, pp. 16-17 rel B licensed

New Internationalist, October 1976, pp. 16-17: 'Journalists in Jail' (Indonesia box names Miss Sudjinah, Lies Sukatno)

New Internationalist, Oct 1976: 'Journalists in Jail' (Indonesia entries incl. Sudjinah, Lies Sukatno)

Two-page Amnesty-based list of journalists detained or missing as of 23 April 1976, in New Internationalist (October 1976). Its Indonesia entries include 'Mrs Rusijati '65', 'Miss Sudjinah '66' and 'Lies Sukatno '66', giving only arrest years; no Gerwani link is stated. OCR is rough and the layout mixes countries.

GA-03641 1978-01-19 US Department of State cable 1978JAKART00836 rel B

Cable, US Embassy Jakarta to State Department, 19 January 1978: P.E.N. 'Freedom to Write' list of Indonesian writers

US Embassy Jakarta cable, 19 Jan 1978: P.E.N. 'Freedom to Write' list of imprisoned Indonesian writers

Declassified Jakarta cable (Jakarta 0836, 19 Jan 1978, signed Masters) on P.E.N.'s list of 40 imprisoned Indonesian writers; the embassy has records on nine. Entry 30 reads 'Mrs. Sugiarti Siswadi - reportedly arrested in 1966'. It also notes Pramoedya on Buru, and says those listed were apparently held for suspected in

GA-03642 1978-01-19 US Department of State cable 1978JAKART00836 rel B

Cable, US Embassy Jakarta to State Department, 19 January 1978: P.E.N. 'Freedom to Write' list of Indonesian writers

US Embassy Jakarta cable, 19 Jan 1978: P.E.N. 'Freedom to Write' list of imprisoned Indonesian writers

Declassified Jakarta cable (Jakarta 0836, 19 Jan 1978, signed Masters) on P.E.N.'s list of 40 imprisoned Indonesian writers; the embassy has records on nine. Entry 30 reads 'Mrs. Sugiarti Siswadi - reportedly arrested in 1966'. It also notes Pramoedya on Buru, and says those listed were apparently held for suspected in

GA-02708 1978-04 TAPOL rel A

TAPOL Bulletin No. 27, April 1978 (dengan Special Supplement tentang pers)

TAPOL Bulletin No. 27, April 1978, with Special Supplement on the Press

TAPOL Bulletin no. 27 (London, April 1978) with a Special Supplement on press freedom. Covers student repression, prisoner-release figures, trials and a Buru letter. The supplement notes that in 1965–66 the press published sensational reports of sexual orgies by leftwing organisations, and its list of jailed journalist

GA-00952 1979-04-24 De Waarheid rel B

Boeken aan banden, schrijvers in de cel: Bandar Harahap, 'Sarinah en ik' (BZZLLETIN)

Books restrained, writers in cell: Bandar Harahap, 'Sarinah and I' (BZZLLETIN)

De Waarheid, 24 Apr 1979, p. 4: review of the BZZLLETIN issue on 'books under restraint', arguing that Indonesian literature is little translated while many writers are jailed under Suharto: Pramoedya on Buru, Bandar Harahap, Buyung Saleh and writer Sudjinah, held since 1966 in Bukit Duri women's prison. Covers Rendra

GA-03660 1981-07 TAPOL Bulletin No. 46 rel B

TAPOL Bulletin No. 46, July 1981 (S. Rukiah among banned writers)

TAPOL Bulletin No. 46, July 1981: 'A Hundred Minus Six' (S. Rukiah among banned writers)

TAPOL Bulletin No. 46 (July 1981). A note, 'A Hundred Minus Six', reports that a four-volume Indonesian short-story anthology had to drop six writers deemed involved in G30S/PKI, among them S. Rukiah (Rukiah Kertapati), alongside Pramoedya. The same issue covers the banning of Pramoedya's Buru novels. Gerwani is not me

GA-02715 1982-07 TAPOL rel C

TAPOL Bulletin No. 52, July 1982

TAPOL Bulletin no. 52 (London, July 1982, 20 pp.): East Timor famine and the Nordland report, West Papua and transmigration, Dutch arms sales, Muslim political trials and torture, press bans (Tempo, Pelita), student repression, and an Atmakusumah book review noting that 46 of 163 newspapers were banned in October 1965.

GA-03547 1987-02-24 Berita Harian rel C

Akhbar dulu akhbar sekarang (Hari Pers Nasional, PWI)

Newspapers then and now (National Press Day, PWI), Berita Harian, 24 Feb 1987

Berita Harian feature of 24 Feb 1987 by I.A. Makmur Makka on the press then and now, tied to Indonesia's National Press Day and the PWI anniversary at Hotel Indonesia. Only the lead snippet was retrieved; it does not name S.K. Trimurti, and the sweep's Trimurti match is unverified. Little direct Gerwani relevance.