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Sexual Slander of Gerwani Revealed: The Story of Atikah, Jamilah and Jemilah (Wieringa, 2015)
Saskia Wieringa essay (22 Aug 2015, IPT 1965 site) on the army's sexual slander of Gerwani, reconstructing how 'Jamilah, Srikandi of Lubang Buaya' appeared in near-identical newspaper confessions in Nov 1965 and how a teenage Jemilah was arrested in place of the Gerwani leader Atikah. Key analysis of slander as fabrication.
Esai Saskia Wieringa (22 Agu 2015, situs IPT 1965) tentang fitnah seksual tentara atas Gerwani, merekonstruksi bagaimana 'Jamilah, Srikandi Lubang Buaya' muncul dalam 'pengakuan' koran yang nyaris identik pada Nov 1965 dan bagaimana Jemilah yang remaja ditangkap menggantikan pimpinan Gerwani Atikah. Analisis kunci fitnah sebagai rekayasa.
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- Date
- 2015
- Creator
- Wieringa
- Document type
- web article (web essay / opinion piece by a scholar-activist (IPT 1965 website), summarising a published memoir and interviews)
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- English
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- secondary
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- Netherlands
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- 1999–present
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- tribunal1965.org · source link
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- International People's Tribunal 1965 website (tribunal1965.org), category 'Opini', dated 22 August 2015; https://www.tribunal1965.org/sexual-slander-of-gerwani-revealed-the-story-of-atikah-jamilah-and-jemilah/ ; open access; retrieved 2026-10-13 and saved as a text file. An Indonesian version is noted as available on the site. Illustration by Dewi Candraningrum (acrylic on 50x60 cm canvas; image not saved). Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
- Citation (APA)
- Wieringa, S. E. (2015, August 22). Sexual slander of Gerwani revealed: The story of Atikah-Jamilah and Jemilah. International People's Tribunal 1965. https://www.tribunal1965.org/sexual-slander-of-gerwani-revealed-the-story-of-atikah-jamilah-and-jemilah/
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports/Wieringa (2015) - Sexual Slander of Gerwani Revealed, the Story of Atikah-Jamilah and Jemilah (IPT 1965 website).txt
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- Good (0.965) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.8 Testimonies, Memoirs and Human Rights Reports
- Summary basis
- condensed from full annotation
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