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Opinion: The Story of Gerwani Leader Umi Sardjono and Communism Phobia (Umi Sardjono and the Annual Ghost)
Tempo English, 4 October 2021: Opinion - Umi Sardjono and communism phobia (the annual ghost)
English edition of the Tempo column 'Umi Sardjono and the Annual Ghost' (4 Oct 2021) arguing that 1965 history is still black and white. It uses Umi Sardjono's life (arrest without trial, Bukit Duri, Plantungan to 1979), Gerwani's Gerwis origins, a mid-1960s membership of 1.5 million, literacy classes, her immigration and marriage-bill work, and the disproved Lubang Buaya torture claims to call for reconciliation.
Edisi Inggris kolom Tempo 'Umi Sardjono and the Annual Ghost' (4 Okt 2021) yang menyatakan sejarah 1965 masih hitam-putih. Memakai hidup Umi Sardjono (ditangkap tanpa pengadilan, Bukit Duri, Plantungan hingga 1979), asal Gerwani dari Gerwis, sekitar 1,5 juta anggota pertengahan 1960-an, kelas buta huruf, kerja imigrasi dan RUU Perkawinan, serta klaim penyiksaan Lubang Buaya yang terbantah, untuk menyerukan rekonsiliasi.
“Gerwani members were said to have slashed at the genitals of their victims and sung and danced naked; the autopsies proved no such torture had taken place (p. 1)”
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