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GA-03577 1967-09-03 Szolnok Megyei Néplap rel B

Arrest of Mrs Djubaedah, leftist organisation (Szolnok Megyei Néplap, 3 September 1967)

Arrest of Mrs Djubaedah, leftist organisation (Szolnok Megyei Neplap, 3 Sep 1967)

Hungarian county daily, 3 Sep 1967: a search snippet states that Mrs Djubaedah was arrested on charges of taking part in 'the events', described as belonging to one of the banned leftist organisations (text cut off). The sweep identifies her as Djubaedah (Zubaidah Nungtjik A.R.); unverified. Page OCR not retrieved.

GA-03649 1968-07-24 FBIS Daily Report, Asia & Pacific, no. 143 rel B

Woman Communist Leader Captured (Madame Sri Sukatno, South Blitar), FBIS Daily Report, 24 July 1968

FBIS Daily Report, 24 Jul 1968: Woman communist leader captured (Madame Sri Sukatno, South Blitar)

FBIS Daily Report (24 Jul 1968) relaying Antara: Madame Sri Sukatno, described as a woman communist leader, was arrested at Pasiraman, South Blitar, in a mopping-up operation, per the army paper Angkatan Bersendjata. She is called a Politburo member, head of the Central Committee section on armed peasants and a Pemuda

GA-00472 1968-12-07 Duta Masjarakat rel A

Duta Masjarakat, 7 Desember 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 7 December 1968

Duta Masjarakat, 7 Desember 1968. Antara brief from Semarang: an ABRI team raided a meeting of six PKI members, 'two of them Gerwani leaders', in Bringin, Salatiga; two captured wounded.

GA-00578 1973-10-08 Amigoe di Curacao rel B

Oostenrijkse minister op Israëlische receptie (Austrian minister at Israeli reception) – with note on Sulami trial

Austrian minister at Israeli reception (with note on Sulami trial)

Amigoe di Curaçao news roundup, 8 Oct 1973. The only relevant item is a brief note that the trial of Mrs Sulami, 50, secretary-general of the PKI women's section (Gerwani), is about to begin in Jakarta for alleged part in the 1965 coup. The rest concerns Austrian and Israeli diplomacy.

GA-03590 1973-10-12 Thurgauer Zeitung rel B

Thurgauer Zeitung (12 Oct 1973): Zeit der Folterungen, eine düstere Seite der Gegenwart (Sri Ambar)

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

Swiss Thurgauer Zeitung, 12 October 1973, a dpa wire report on Amnesty International's 'Week of the Political Prisoner' campaign against torture, naming ten torture victims. The Indonesian Sri Ambar (Sri Ambar Rukmiati per the sweep log) is said to have been beaten stripped and hung naked by her wrists a whole night. H

GA-02337 1975-11-04 Daily World rel C licensed

PKI leader dies in Nusakambangan camp, 100,000 political prisoners

Daily World, 4 November 1975: PKI leader dies in Nusakambangan camp; 100,000 political prisoners

Daily World, 4 Nov 1975, p. 10: among short news items, a report that Zain Nasution, 50, PKI central committee member and former secretary of its foreign affairs commission, died on 3 October 1975 in Nusakambangan camp after ten years' imprisonment. The PKI estimates at least 100,000 political prisoners face 'slow deat

GA-03460 1976-10-20 Neues Deutschland, p. 7 rel B licensed

Kommunistin verurteilt (Siti Sundari Abdul Rahman), Neues Deutschland, 20 Oktober 1976, p. 7

'Sentenced': life imprisonment for Siti Sundari Abdul Rahman (East German press, 20 Oct 1976)

Foreign-news page of the SED daily Neues Deutschland. A brief ('Kommunistin verurteilt') reports that an Indonesian military court sentenced Siti Sundari Abdul Rahman, a Communist Party leader and former member of parliament, to life imprisonment. The sweep names her as Sundari Abdulrachman; her Gerwani link is not sta

GA-03461 1976-10-20 Neues Deutschland, p. 7 rel B licensed

Kommunistin verurteilt (Siti Sundari Abdul Rahman), Neues Deutschland, 20 Oktober 1976, p. 7

'Sentenced': life imprisonment for Siti Sundari Abdul Rahman (East German press, 20 Oct 1976)

Foreign-news page of the SED daily Neues Deutschland. A brief ('Kommunistin verurteilt') reports that an Indonesian military court sentenced Siti Sundari Abdul Rahman, a Communist Party leader and former member of parliament, to life imprisonment. The sweep names her as Sundari Abdulrachman; her Gerwani link is not sta

GA-02338 1977-12-21 Daily World rel C licensed

Indonesia prisoner release, PKI statement

Daily World, 21 December 1977: Indonesia prisoner release, PKI statement

Daily World, 21 Dec 1977, p. 8: short item that the PKI analysed the Indonesian government's release of 10,000 Communist political prisoners, saying perhaps 60,000-70,000 remain jailed, many since 1965, at least 15,000 died in Palembang and Surabaya camps, and new arrests roughly offset releases. Surrounded by unrelate

GA-03648 1978-07-08 FBIS Daily Report rel A licensed

Wife of 1965 Coup Attempt Leader to be Tried (Mrs Tanty Aidit), FBIS Daily Report, 8 July 1978

FBIS Daily Report, 8 Jul 1978: Wife of 1965 coup attempt leader to be tried (Mrs Tanty Aidit)

FBIS Daily Report item (8 Jul 1978) quoting Kuala Lumpur radio: Mrs Tanty (Sutanti) Aidit, a medical doctor and widow of PKI chairman D.N. Aidit, will soon be tried for complicity in the 1965 coup attempt, a Jakarta prosecution spokesman said. She has been in military detention since 1965. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-03594 1980-01-05 Tempo (edisi 5 Januari 1980) rel A licensed

Bebas dari tahanan (Sutanti Aidit), Tempo 5 Januari 1980

Released from detention (Sutanti Aidit), Tempo, 5 Jan 1980

Short Tempo item, 5 January 1980, on the release of Dr Soetanti Aidit, 57, widow of PKI chairman D.N. Aidit, from detention on 20 December 1979. Held from 1966 in Bukit Duri women's prison and never moved, she was separated from her five children for 13 years, declines to talk about the past and hopes to practise medic

GA-03615 1980-03-03 JPRS 75238, South and East Asia Report No. 874 rel A

JPRS 75238: South and East Asia Report No. 874, 3 March 1980 (release of 22 prisoners incl. Dr Sutanti Aidit)

JPRS 75238, 3 Mar 1980: release of 22 prisoners incl. Dr Sutanti Aidit and Pramoedya (Indonesian press reports)

JPRS translation volume (3 March 1980). Its Indonesia section reprints Indonesian press reports (Sinar Harapan, Pelita, 21 Dec 1979) on the release of Category B prisoners, including Pramoedya Ananta Toer. At the Jakarta ceremony 22 prisoners including Dr Sutanti Aidit were freed; she wept and said she would follow Isl

GA-03616 1980-03-03 JPRS 75238, South and East Asia Report No. 874 rel A

JPRS 75238: South and East Asia Report No. 874, 3 March 1980 (release of 22 prisoners incl. Dr Sutanti Aidit)

JPRS 75238, 3 Mar 1980: release of 22 prisoners incl. Dr Sutanti Aidit and Pramoedya (Indonesian press reports)

JPRS translation volume (3 March 1980). Its Indonesia section reprints Indonesian press reports (Sinar Harapan, Pelita, 21 Dec 1979) on the release of Category B prisoners, including Pramoedya Ananta Toer. At the Jakarta ceremony 22 prisoners including Dr Sutanti Aidit were freed; she wept and said she would follow Isl

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-03546 1982-10-30 Berita Harian (Singapore) rel C

Naib Presiden wanita bagi Indonesia (Berita Harian, 30 Oktober 1982)

A woman vice-president for Indonesia? (Berita Harian, 30 Oct 1982)

Berita Harian (Singapore) AFP report, 30 Oct 1982: seven Indonesian women figures may be named candidates for vice-president to replace Adam Malik. Only the lead is available; the sweep notes S.K. Trimurti among them, which the snippet does not show and is unconfirmed. Gerwani is not mentioned.

GA-03552 1985-12-10 The Straits Times rel C

The Straits Times (10 Dec 1985): Child labour laws 'ignored' (Jakarta)

The Straits Times, 10 Dec 1985: Child labour laws 'ignored' (former Labour Minister)

Straits Times, 10 December 1985, Jakarta dateline: lead snippet only (full text behind NewspaperSG terms). A former Labour Minister says Indonesia has adequate child-labour laws but employers ignore them and children fear to report breaches. The sweep log tentatively suggests the unnamed speaker may be S.K. Trimurti; t

GA-02340 1986-11-04 People's Daily World rel C licensed

Indonesia executes Communists

People's Daily World, 4 November 1986: Indonesia executes communists

People's Daily World, 4 Nov 1986, p. 7-A: short item on worldwide protests against the execution of nine Communist political prisoners in Indonesia under Suharto, several jailed for years; a PKI representative links the executions to the 45% rupiah devaluation. Readers urged to write to Suharto. Surrounded by Haiti and

GA-03586 1987-05-14 L'Express (Switzerland) rel B

L'Express (14 May 1987): Violations des droits de l'homme à l'encontre de parlementaires (IPU; Sundari)

Swiss press, 14 May 1987: violations of human rights against parliamentarians (IPU; Sundari)

Swiss paper L'Express, 14 May 1987, on the 77th Inter-Parliamentary Union conference (Managua, 27 April-2 May 1987), which denounced about 100 cases of abuse against MPs in Chile, Turkey, Vietnam, Somalia, Colombia, Indonesia and Swaziland. For Indonesia it names only 'M. Sundari', a 70-year-old former MP detained sinc

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