Sabu

Type: province/region
Country: Indonesia
Region: East Nusa Tenggara
Also written as: Sawu; Sabu; Savu
Map: -10.500, 121.850

1966 – 2015

4 items

GA-02606 1966-08-03 rel C

Airgram A-65: Conditions and Attitudes in East Nusatenggara, 3 Agustus 1966

Airgram A-65: Conditions and Attitudes in East Nusatenggara, 3 Aug 1966

US Embassy airgram A-65, 3 Aug 1966, recording anthropologist James Fox's account of Army executions of communists on Roti, Sawu and Timor and his estimate of 800-1,000 killed in the region. Eastern Indonesia context; Gerwani not discussed in the excerpt.

GA-02903 2015 rel A

Forbidden Memories: Women's Experiences of 1965 in Eastern Indonesia (Kolimon, Wetangterah and Campbell-Nelson, 2015)

Forbidden Memories: Women's Experiences of 1965 in Eastern Indonesia (Kolimon et al., 2015)

English translation (Monash, 2015) of Memori-memori terlarang, research by women pastors and theologians of the JPIT network on women survivors, witnesses and perpetrators across East Nusa Tenggara (Sabu, Kupang, Timor, Alor, Sumba). Regional women's testimony on 1965.

GA-03652 2015-10 Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Jakarta, with Komnas Perempuan rel A

Bertahan dalam Impunitas: Kisah Para Perempuan Penyintas yang Tak Kunjung Meraih Keadilan

Surviving in Impunity: Stories of Women Survivors Still Denied Justice (AJAR/Komnas Perempuan, 2015)

Book by AJAR with Komnas Perempuan (Oct 2015) from participatory research with women survivors. In the 1965 context chapter (pp. 39-40) it describes false rumours about Gerwani and the sexual slander of the generals, with violence against Gerwani members. Survivor testimonies name Christina Sumarmiyati (arrested again

GA-03653 2015-10 Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), Jakarta, with Komnas Perempuan rel A

Bertahan dalam Impunitas: Kisah Para Perempuan Penyintas yang Tak Kunjung Meraih Keadilan

Surviving in Impunity: Stories of Women Survivors Still Denied Justice (AJAR/Komnas Perempuan, 2015)