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GA-03591 1973-10-12 Walliser Bote rel B

Walliser Bote, 12 October 1973: Ostpolitische Zusammenhänge (Amnesty torture report, Sri Ambar)

Swiss press, 12 Oct 1973: Amnesty torture campaign, Sri Ambar hung by her wrists

Swiss newspaper page (Walliser Bote, 12 Oct 1973) of agency news, mostly German Ostpolitik and Swiss matters. A short item on Amnesty International's anti-torture campaign says that the Indonesian woman Sri Ambar was beaten naked and hung by her wrists for a whole night; the catalogue identifies her as Sri Ambar Rukmia

GA-01493 1977-06 Kinesis rel A licensed

Women round the World: Indonesian Women (Kinesis, Juni 1977)

Women round the World: Indonesian Women (Kinesis, June 1977)

Kinesis (Vancouver feminist paper), June 1977, p.10, 'Women round the World': a section on Indonesian women. It says Gerwani, the largest women's organisation (over one million members), was banned for alleged complicity in the 1965 coup and blamed for atrocities; many members suffered torture and sexual abuse in inter

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-02316 2021-10-04 Tempo English rel A licensed

From A Civil Servant's Daughter to An Underground Activist (Umi Sardjono)

Tempo English, 4 October 2021: From a civil servant's daughter to an underground activist (Umi Sardjono)

Tempo English cover story (4 Oct 2021, Isma Savitri) on Umi Sardjono's early life, drawing on Ruth Indiah Rahayu and Lilik H.S. Born Suharti Sumodiwirjo in Salatiga in 1923 to a civil servant, she was shaped by Kartini, Parindra and Gerindo, worked as an underground courier in East Java, was tortured by the Japanese in