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GA-00824 1951-08-31 De Waarheid rel B

De arrestaties in Indonesië: oproep van de PKI tegen fascisme te strijden

The arrests in Indonesia: PKI calls for struggle against fascism

De Waarheid, 31 Aug 1951, p. 3: near-verbatim PKI Central Committee statement on the Sukiman government's August 1951 mass arrests, calling them a drift to fascism and a staged 'coup' pretext. It lists Gerwis among organisations whose members were arrested or searched, demands release of all detainees and urges an anti

GA-00826 1951-10-27 De Waarheid rel A

Wantoestanden in Indonesische gevangenissen

Abuses in Indonesian prisons: conditions of the August 1951 detainees

De Waarheid, 27 Oct 1951, p. 3: correspondent's article on poor food, medical care and conditions of those arrested in Indonesia since August 1951 under the Sukiman government (Cipinang prison, Malang, Banten), including named detainees. Ends with a Gerwis statement calling the arrest of its leader (S.K.) Trimurti and

GA-00827 1951-10-27 De Waarheid rel A

Wantoestanden in Indonesische gevangenissen (volledige krantenpagina, De Waarheid 27-10-1951)

Abuses in Indonesian prisons (full newspaper page, 27 Oct 1951)

Full De Waarheid page, 27 Oct 1951 (p. 3), mostly unrelated Dutch and international news (British elections, Tito, Rotterdam court, serial novel, notices). Only the Indonesia article, 'Wantoestanden in Indonesische gevangenissen', is relevant: poor prison conditions for those arrested since August 1951, and a Gerwis st

GA-00836 1952-12-09 De Waarheid rel B

De arrestatie van Sunito en Go Gien Tjwan: tegenmaatregelen gevraagd in Indonesië

Arrest of Sunito and Go Gien Tjwan: countermeasures demanded in Indonesia

De Waarheid, 9 Dec 1952, p. 4: Jakarta dispatch on reactions to the Dutch arrest of Indonesians Sunito and Go Gien Tjwan in Amsterdam and action against PKI representatives Aidit and Njoto. The PKI Central Committee calls it arbitrary and urges reprisals; Gerwis also asked the government for counter-measures. A Dutch p

GA-00837 1953-02-10 De Waarheid rel B

Twee PvdA-bestuursleden leggen functies neer (met foto van Trees Sunito-Heyligers)

Two PvdA board members resign; photo of Trees Sunito-Heyligers

De Waarheid, 10 Feb 1953, p. 1: two items. A brief note that the Wormerveer PvdA chairman and a board member resigned, and a photo caption showing Trees Sunito-Heyligers with her two children waiting for the bus to Schiphol, where she and Go Gien Tjwan were closely guarded before deportation to Indonesia. Only the capt

GA-00838 1953-02-10 De Waarheid rel A

Velen namen afscheid van Go en Sunito

Many said farewell to Go and Sunito at Schiphol

De Waarheid, 10 Feb 1953, p. 1: report on the departure from Schiphol on 9 Feb 1953 of the families of Sunito and Go Gien Tjwan, expelled from the Netherlands, under heavy police guard. Trees Sunito-Heyligers, former NVB vice-chair, was seen off by Rie Lips and Annie Averink; she called her husband's arrest 'shameful a

GA-00889 1957-02-28 De Waarheid rel A

Terreur in Midden-Sumatra

Terror in Central Sumatra: Banteng Council arrests PKI members and Gerwani leaders

De Waarheid, 28 Feb 1957, p. 7: short report that the rebel 'Banteng Council' in Central Sumatra has set up a terror regime, arresting PKI members, unionists and democrats, and placing prominent members of the women's organisation Gerwani under 'town arrest'. SOBSI in Jakarta decided to call protest strikes. Early repo