TAPOL Bulletin No. 186, Apr 2007: Sulami's exhumation campaign; review of Kembang-kembang Genjer
TAPOL Bulletin no. 186 (April 2007). A feature (p. 19) notes Sulami's exhumation campaign and that Gerwani, before 1965 'the most active women's organisation', was banned and its members singled out. A review (pp. 21-24) of the book Kembang-kembang Genjer (foreword by Saskia Wieringa) summarises Sumilah, Tami (Njoto's widow), Sudjinah (joined Gerwani, WIDF representative, tried; 18 years), Sri Ambar, Sulami and Kusnah, with Plantungan abuses and the debunked mutilation stories.
TAPOL Bulletin no. 186 (April 2007). Sebuah fitur (hlm. 19) mencatat kampanye penggalian makam oleh Sulami dan bahwa Gerwani, sebelum 1965 'organisasi wanita paling aktif', dilarang dan anggotanya disasar. Resensi (hlm. 21-24) buku Kembang-kembang Genjer (pengantar Saskia Wieringa) merangkum Sumilah, Tami (janda Njoto), Sudjinah (masuk Gerwani, wakil di WIDF, diadili; 18 tahun), Sri Ambar, Sulami dan Kusnah, dengan penyiksaan di Plantungan dan kebohongan soal mutilasi.
“Sudjinah ... joined Gerwani and was sent abroad several times to attend international gatherings ... Then Gerwani appointed her to represent them at the WIDF (p. 23)”
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
shared: TAPOL, Suharto, Sulami, Sudjinah
British FCO file FCO 15/2701 (1980), 'Political detainees in Indonesia': Amnesty International's April 1980 letter and memorandum to the UK government before the IGGI meeting, on release of B-category prisoners, restrictions on ex-detainees, missing persons and unfair A-category trials, plus TAPOL Bulletin extracts (No
shared: TAPOL, Suharto, Sulami, Sudjinah
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: TAPOL, Suharto, Sulami, Sudjinah
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: TAPOL, Suharto, Sulami, Sudjinah
Rania Dhiyaulhaq Aisyah, 'Transformasi Gerwani' (Jurnal Sejarah Indonesia 8:2, 2025), a literature-based article on Gerwani's pre-1965 gender activism (education, health, anti-polygamy, 1955 elections, PKI ties, congresses) and its post-1965 stigmatisation. It repeats Wieringa's finding that the Lubang Buaya sexual-vio
shared: Suharto, Sulami, Njoto, Saskia Wieringa
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. Arrest
shared: TAPOL, Suharto, Sulami, Sudjinah
PhD dissertation in History (UCLA, 2014) by Dahlia Gratia Setiyawan on U.S. anti-communist operations and the 1965-66 purge in Surabaya. Gerwani appears in context: as the PKI's women's affiliate (ch. 1), through the Surabaya women's coalition GOWS in the 27 September 1965 Grahadi demonstration (ch. 4), and in the Army
shared: Suharto, Njoto, Saskia Wieringa, Benedict Anderson
TAPOL Bulletin no. 159 (Aug/Sep 2000), with Carmel Budiardjo's report on a visit to Indonesia (pp. 12-14). She meets some twenty former Bukit Duri prison mates, among them Sri Ambar, frail after a stroke (p. 12); visits the Tangerang home of Ibu Sulami, founder in April 1999 of YPKP, the foundation investigating the 19
shared: TAPOL, Sulami, Sri Ambar Rukmiati, Aceh