TAPOL Bulletin No. 169/170, Jan/Feb 2003: obituary of Sulami (Gerwani deputy secretary-general)
TAPOL Bulletin no. 169/170 (Jan/Feb 2003), with Carmel Budiardjo's obituary of Sulami (pp. 13-15). Born Sragen 15 Aug 1926, she joined Gerwis (Gerwani from 1951), became East Java executive member (1954) and second deputy secretary-general (1957), attended WIDF meetings, and was deputy secretary-general in 1965. Arrested early 1967; tried Feb 1975 with Sudjinah (Gerwani education and culture), Sri Ambar (SOBSI women's bureau) and Suharti Harsono (BTI); sentenced to 20 years. The obituary links Gerwani's demonisation to the killings.
TAPOL Bulletin no. 169/170 (Jan/Feb 2003), memuat obituari Sulami oleh Carmel Budiardjo (hlm. 13-15). Lahir di Sragen 15 Agustus 1926, ia masuk Gerwis (Gerwani sejak 1951), anggota pengurus Jawa Timur (1954), wakil sekjen kedua (1957), menghadiri pertemuan WIDF, dan wakil sekjen pada 1965. Ditangkap awal 1967; diadili Februari 1975 bersama Sudjinah (pendidikan dan kebudayaan Gerwani), Sri Ambar (biro wanita SOBSI) dan Suharti Harsono (BTI); dihukum 20 tahun. Obituari mengaitkan demonisasi Gerwani dengan pembunuhan massal.
“When Suharto took power in October 1965, Sulami was deputy secretary-general of the hugely popular women's organisation, Gerwani and was busily preparing for its fifth national congress later that year. (p. 13)”
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: Trial of four Gerwani women, Indonesian Peasants' Front, TAPOL, Sulami
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, Plantunga
shared: Indonesian Peasants' Front, TAPOL, Suharto, Sulami
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, Plantunga
shared: Indonesian Peasants' Front, TAPOL, Suharto, Sulami
TAPOL Bulletin no. 44 (London, March 1981): army takeover of the legal sector, Free-Aceh trials, Pramoedya's Buru novels harassed, East Timor, US human rights report. A short item (p.4) reports that eight women political prisoners long held in Bukit Duri were moved to Tangerang women's prison: Sulami (20 years), Sudjin
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De Waarheid, 25 Apr 1975, article by Joop Morrien on nearly ten years of Suharto's dictatorship. It reports the military tribunal trial of Gerwani and PKI women Sulami, Sudjinah, Sri Ambar Rukmiati and Suharti Harsono, who went underground after 1965 and were arrested in late 1966; life is demanded for Sulami and 20 ye
shared: Trial of four Gerwani women, Suharto, Sulami, Sudjinah
Full De Waarheid page, 21 Jun 1975 (p. 5), mostly unrelated (Mokum 700 festival, EEC steel output, farmers' protests). The relevant article reports the NVB's call to protest the Jakarta trial of four Gerwani women: life demanded for Sulami (about 50), 20 years for Suharti Harsono, Sri Ambar Rukmijati and Sudjinah, accu
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The Observer, 12 Aug 1979, p.8, 'Prisoners of Conscience': Amnesty International notes up to 20,000 untried political prisoners remain in Indonesia and takes up four women active in Gerwani, arrested 1966 and tried nine years later: Sulami (20 years), Sudjinah (18), Sri Ambar Rukmiati and Suharti Harsono (15 each). It
shared: Trial of four Gerwani women, Suharto, Sulami, Sudjinah
Issue of the Montreal listings magazine Virus (vol. 2 no. 7, 1979) with a short Amnesty International appeal. It says four women, Sulami, Sudjinah, Sri Ambar Rukmiati and Suharti Harsono (OCR garbles the last name), members of a 'slightly leftist women's organisation' (not named, but Gerwani is meant), were arrested in
shared: Trial of four Gerwani women, Suharto, Sulami, Sudjinah