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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, Plantungan camp (386 women), and the trial of Sulami, Sudjinah, Sri Ambar Rukmiati and Suharti Harsono.
Tribune (Sydney), 20 Mei 1975, hlm. 7, diringkas dari majalah Inggris TAPOL (Maret 1975): ribuan perempuan masih di antara sekitar 100.000 tahanan politik. Menguraikan kerja Gerwani, pelarangannya, fitnah seksual ('maniak seks', tuduhan mutilasi) yang memicu pembantaian, penyiksaan dan pemerkosaan tapol perempuan, kamp Plantungan (386 perempuan), serta pengadilan Sulami, Sudjinah, Sri Ambar Rukmiati dan Suharti Harsono.
“Sensational reports of GERWANI forcing members to become prostitutes, organising 'obscene sex-dancing and ritual' and of girl members 'mutilating the sex organs of the murdered generals' ... undoubtedly contributed to the massacres of leftists. (p. 7)”
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