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GA-01192 1952-08-27 Java-Bode rel B

Er is iets niet in de haak (Something is not right)

Something is not right

Java-Bode, 27 Aug 1952, p. 2: Miss Sulami, secretary of the Surabaya committee for victims of the August raids, says something is wrong with the arrestees' release, blames the Sukiman-Wibisono policy and RTC, and says the raids were a general attack on the anti-imperialist people.

GA-00511 1952-08-28 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel A

Augustus-arrestanten: Sobsi wil in Soerabaja massa-demonstratie (Tahanan Agustus: SOBSI ingin demonstrasi massa di Surabaya)

August detainees: SOBSI wants mass demonstration in Surabaya

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad (1952-08-28, p. 2): at a Surabaya press conference the committee for victims of the August 1951 raids, with SOBSI, plans a 7 September mass demonstration outside the governor's and Brawijaya commander's residences demanding release of all arrestees. Committee secretary Miss Sulami blames the RT

GA-02787 1966 rel A licensed

Appell für Solidarität mit GERWANI und den Frauen Indonesiens (Seruan Solidaritas dengan Gerwani dan Perempuan Indonesia), WIDF, 1966

Appeal for Solidarity with Gerwani and the Women of Indonesia (WIDF Bureau, June 1966)

WIDF Bureau appeal (Berlin, 2-5 June 1966), German original with English translation and notes by Faye Chan (2015). It states that tens of thousands of Indonesian women were murdered or are held and tortured, that Gerwani's leaders and several thousand members were arrested, and that Gerwani and other women's organisat

GA-01547 1966-05-06 l'Unità rel B

L'Unità, 6 maggio 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, cessino i massacri'

l'Unita, 6 May 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, stop the massacres'

l'Unità (PCI daily), 6 May 1966, p. 11 (PDF page). Dozens of PCI, PSI and PSIUP deputies and senators send a letter to the Indonesian embassy in Rome asking Sukarno's government to stop the massacres, executions and mass arrests of leftist leaders and thousands of militants by security forces and army. Gerwani is not n

GA-01548 1966-05-06 l'Unità rel B

L'Unità, 6 maggio 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, cessino i massacri' (teks OCR)

l'Unita, 6 May 1966, p. 11: 'Indonesia, stop the massacres' (OCR text)

l'Unità (PCI daily), 6 May 1966, p. 11 (OCR text version). Dozens of PCI, PSI and PSIUP deputies and senators send a letter to the Indonesian embassy in Rome asking Sukarno's government to stop the massacres, executions and mass arrests of leftist leaders and thousands of militants by security forces and army. Gerwani

GA-00913 1966-05-13 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesië: protest tegen vervolging vrouwenbeweging 'Gerwani'

Indonesia: protest against persecution of the women's movement Gerwani

De Waarheid, 13 May 1966, p. 1: report that the NVB wrote to President Sukarno in shock and indignation at the terror against Gerwani and other democratic organisations, recalling the role they played in the Indonesian revolution and nation-building, and demanding the release of all political prisoners and lifting of t

GA-00914 1966-05-13 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesië: protest tegen vervolging vrouwenbeweging 'Gerwani' (volledige voorpagina, De Waarheid 13-5-1966)

Protest against persecution of Gerwani (full front page, 13 May 1966)

Full De Waarheid front page, 13 May 1966, mostly Dutch domestic and international news (cabinet Cals wage policy, Soviet trade delegation, US-China air incident). Only one box is relevant: the NVB's letter to Sukarno protesting terror against Gerwani and other democratic organisations and demanding release of political

GA-00915 1966-07-23 De Waarheid rel A

In oproep Internationale Vrouwenfederatie: vrijlating gearresteerde Indonesische vrouwen verlangd

WIDF appeal: release of arrested Indonesian women demanded

De Waarheid, 23 Jul 1966, p. 6: report that the WIDF Bureau, meeting in Berlin in June 1966, adopted an appeal for solidarity with Indonesian women and the progressive organisation Gerwani, demanding immediate release of arrested Gerwani members and leaders and restoration of legality for all Indonesian women's organis

GA-01995 1966-12-14 Renmin Ribao rel C licensed

Renmin Ribao, 14 Desember 1966: Lima badan Tiongkok menyatakan dukungan seruan menyelamatkan 300.000 patriot Indonesia (我国五团体代表全国人民发表联合声明)

Five Chinese bodies back appeal to save 300,000 Indonesian patriots (snippet)

Snippet-only Renmin Ribao front-page extract (14 Dec 1966): five Chinese bodies including the All-China Women's Federation issue a joint statement condemning the mass slaughter of Indonesian patriots; truncated. Gerwani not named. Full text is GA-01996.

GA-01996 1966-12-14 Renmin Ribao rel C licensed

Renmin Ribao, 14 Desember 1966: Lima badan Tiongkok menyatakan dukungan seruan menyelamatkan 300.000 patriot Indonesia (我国五团体代表全国人民发表联合声明)

Five Chinese organisations condemn Indonesian military regime's mass slaughter and detention

Xinhua report in Renmin Ribao (14 Dec 1966, p. 1): five Chinese organisations, including the All-China Women's Federation, jointly condemn Indonesia's 'right-wing military regime' for mass slaughter and detention of 300,000, support the Indonesian AAPSO appeal, and attack Soviet 'revisionists' and Adam Malik's Moscow v

GA-02558 1974 rel A licensed

Indonesia: Political Detainees in Indonesia (FCO 15/1941, 1974-75)

FCO 15/1941: Political Detainees in Indonesia (1974-75)

British Foreign and Commonwealth Office file FCO 15/1941 (1974-75), 'Political detainees in Indonesia': ministerial letters on the National Peace Council and TAPOL campaigns, Research Department notes on Carmel Budiardjo, UN human-rights briefing, ICRC/Buru material and TAPOL Bulletin extracts. Gerwani features in the

GA-00370 1975-05-20 Tribune rel A

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons (Tribune, 20 Mei 1975)

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons

Tribune (Sydney), 20 May 1975, p. 7, abridged from the British magazine TAPOL (Mar 1975): thousands of women remain among about 100,000 political prisoners. Describes Gerwani's work, its banning, the sexual slander ('sex-maniacs', mutilation claims) as fuelling the massacres, torture and rape of women tapols, Plantunga

GA-00371 1975-05-20 Tribune rel A

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons (Tribune, 20 Mei 1975)

Thousands of Indonesian women still languish in Suharto's prisons

Tribune (Sydney), 20 May 1975, p. 7, abridged from the British magazine TAPOL (Mar 1975): thousands of women remain among about 100,000 political prisoners. Describes Gerwani's work, its banning, the sexual slander ('sex-maniacs', mutilation claims) as fuelling the massacres, torture and rape of women tapols, Plantunga

GA-00930 1975-06-02 De Waarheid rel A

Vrijlating Indonesische vrouwen geëist

Release of Indonesian women demanded: Women's Action Day 1975 protest letter

De Waarheid, 2 Jun 1975, p. 1: report that the NVB's Women's Action Day '75 sent a protest letter to the Suharto regime (copy to minister Pronk) demanding release of four Gerwani women: life imprisonment demanded against Sulami, secretary of Gerwani, and 20 years each against Sri Ambar Rukmijati, Sudjinah and Suharti H

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