Former Gerwani chair jailed (Berita Harian, 1974)
Berita Harian, 12 February 1974, p. 3, AP: a court in Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra, sentences Mrs Amnah, former Gerwani chair, to life imprisonment for involvement in the PKI's failed 1965 'power seizure' (per Radio Jakarta); Maryo, ex-chair of the BTI, gets 20 years. Shows continuing New Order trials of Gerwani leaders nearly a decade later.
Berita Harian, 12 Februari 1974, hlm. 3, AP: pengadilan di Tebing Tinggi, Sumatra Utara, menjatuhkan hukuman seumur hidup kepada Ibu Amnah, mantan ketua Gerwani, atas keterlibatan dalam 'perebutan kekuasaan' PKI 1965 yang gagal (menurut Radio Jakarta); Maryo, mantan ketua BTI, dihukum 20 tahun. Menunjukkan pengadilan Orde Baru atas pemimpin Gerwani yang berlanjut hampir satu dekade kemudian.
“p.3: 'Mrs Amnah is a former chair of GERWANI... found guilty of involvement in the failed attempt to seize power by the PKI in 1965' (English translation).”
TAPOL Bulletin no. 6, August 1974. Covers the Hariman Siregar (Malari) trial, tapol forced labour on the Cilacap oil pipeline and Nusakambangan cement works, prison conditions, Australian and British military links and trials of 1965 detainees. It reports on Plantungan women's camp (food, commander Major Prayoga, death
shared: Indonesian Peasants' Front, Amnah, North Sumatra, Tebing Tinggi
Berita Harian, 12 Feb 1974 (AP, lead only). A court in Tebing Tinggi, North Sumatra, sentenced Amnah, a former leader of the Indonesian women's movement (Gerwani), to life imprisonment for involvement in the PKI's 1965 coup attempt.
shared: Amnah, North Sumatra, Tebing Tinggi, trials (Mahmillub)
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
shared: Amnah, Tebing Tinggi, trials (Mahmillub)
Dunántúli Napló, 12 Feb 1974, brief Jakarta report (via radio): the former chairwoman of the Indonesian women's movement, name garbled in OCR as 'Amnah', was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking part in the September 1965 events; a former BTI chairman got twenty years. The translator's guess of Umi Sardjono is uns
shared: Indonesian Peasants' Front, Amnah, trials (Mahmillub)
Berita Yudha, 30 Juli 1966. Interview with Mahmillub spokesman Ali Said: trials of Latief and PKI leaders in regions, and under the sub-heading 'Orang Gerwani juga' Gerwani people will also be tried.
shared: North Sumatra, court record, trials (Mahmillub)
Gereformeerd Gezinsblad wire item (25 Feb 1966, p.1) on the opening of Colonel Untung's trial in Jakarta for treason and armed rebellion. The prosecutor claimed Untung gathered 5,000 people before the coup, including Tjakrabirawa troops, paratroops and 2,000 members of the PKI and its linked women's organisation Gerwan
shared: Indonesian Peasants' Front, court record, trials (Mahmillub)
Daily World (New York), 26 July 1975, p. 9: Foreign Department report that a Jakarta court on 16 June 1975 sentenced four women after a five-month trial: Sulami (general secretary of the Indonesian Women's Movement, 20 years), Sudjinah (magazine editor, 18), Sri Ambar (SOBSI women's section, 15) and Suharti Alimarkaban
shared: Indonesian Peasants' Front, court record, trials (Mahmillub)
TAPOL Bulletin no. 9 (March 1975) front page 'Women on Trial': photo of Sulami, Sudjinah, Sri Ambar Rukmiati and Suharti Harsono at their 3 Feb 1975 trial for subversion, with a Lubang Buaya sewing-and-cooking allegation. Early international attention to Gerwani trials.
shared: Indonesian Peasants' Front, court record, trials (Mahmillub)