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GA-00897 1960-08-26 De Waarheid rel A

Kolonel op Zuid-Borneo 'schorst' PKI

Colonel in South Borneo 'suspends' PKI and Gerwani activity

De Waarheid, 26 Aug 1960, p. 1: report that the military commander of South Kalimantan, Colonel Hasan Basry, 'temporarily suspended' activities of the PKI and other organisations in the province, including SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, the BTI peasant front, the women's organisation Gerwani and a cultural body, saying PKI ideo

GA-00907 1962-12-21 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesische vrouwen schrijven Tom Clardij: vurige dank namens 1,25 miljoen leden van Gerwani

Indonesian women write to Tom Clardij: thanks on behalf of 1.25 million Gerwani members

De Waarheid, 21 Dec 1962, p. 3: report that Gerwani wrote to Tom Clardij, a Zaandam conscientious objector jailed in Vught for refusing service in New Guinea, thanking him on behalf of its 1.25 million members for his action against the colonial war over West Irian. A campaign in the Netherlands seeks his release.

GA-00911 1965-10-19 De Waarheid rel A

Legercommandant: PKI-verbod Djakarta en omgeving

Army commander bans PKI in Jakarta and surroundings, including Gerwani

De Waarheid, 19 Oct 1965, p. 3: report, citing foreign agencies, that Jakarta garrison commander General Umar Wirahadikusumo provisionally banned the PKI in and around Jakarta, along with SOBSI, Pemuda Rakjat, Gerwani and some student groups, and ordered their leaders to report to police or military posts before 24 Oct

GA-00913 1966-05-13 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesië: protest tegen vervolging vrouwenbeweging 'Gerwani'

Indonesia: protest against persecution of the women's movement Gerwani

De Waarheid, 13 May 1966, p. 1: report that the NVB wrote to President Sukarno in shock and indignation at the terror against Gerwani and other democratic organisations, recalling the role they played in the Indonesian revolution and nation-building, and demanding the release of all political prisoners and lifting of t

GA-00914 1966-05-13 De Waarheid rel A

Indonesië: protest tegen vervolging vrouwenbeweging 'Gerwani' (volledige voorpagina, De Waarheid 13-5-1966)

Protest against persecution of Gerwani (full front page, 13 May 1966)

Full De Waarheid front page, 13 May 1966, mostly Dutch domestic and international news (cabinet Cals wage policy, Soviet trade delegation, US-China air incident). Only one box is relevant: the NVB's letter to Sukarno protesting terror against Gerwani and other democratic organisations and demanding release of political

GA-00915 1966-07-23 De Waarheid rel A

In oproep Internationale Vrouwenfederatie: vrijlating gearresteerde Indonesische vrouwen verlangd

WIDF appeal: release of arrested Indonesian women demanded

De Waarheid, 23 Jul 1966, p. 6: report that the WIDF Bureau, meeting in Berlin in June 1966, adopted an appeal for solidarity with Indonesian women and the progressive organisation Gerwani, demanding immediate release of arrested Gerwani members and leaders and restoration of legality for all Indonesian women's organis

GA-00918 1968-01-05 De Waarheid rel A

Protesttelegram hoofdbestuur NVB (arrestatie Trees Sunito-Heyligers)

Protest telegram from NVB executive over arrest of Trees Sunito-Heyligers

De Waarheid, 5 Jan 1968, p. 1: telegram from the NVB executive to the Indonesian ambassador in The Hague protesting the arrest of lawyer Trees Sunito-Heyligers, recalling her anti-fascist work, her defence of Dutch soldiers who refused colonial war and her defence of union leader Njono, and demanding release of her and

GA-00919 1968-01-16 De Waarheid rel A

T. Sunito-Heyligers moet vrij (CPN-Vlaardingen)

T. Sunito-Heyligers must be free: CPN Vlaardingen telegram

De Waarheid, 16 Jan 1968, p. 1: short item that the CPN branch in Vlaardingen sent a telegram to the Indonesian embassy in The Hague protesting persecution of democrats in Indonesia and demanding release of lawyer Trees Sunito-Heyligers, recently detained by the Jakarta regime, and other Indonesian freedom fighters.

GA-00920 1968-02-24 De Waarheid rel A

Mr. Sunito-Heyligers in Djakarta

Mr. Sunito-Heyligers in Jakarta, reportedly not under arrest

De Waarheid, 24 Feb 1968, p. 3: brief note that Trees Sunito-Heyligers is reportedly in Jakarta and not under arrest, following an earlier Reuters report of her detention that prompted protests in the Netherlands. The rest of the item is an unrelated accident notice.

GA-00921 1968-10-29 De Waarheid rel B

Volgens legerleiding in Djakarta schanddaad voltrokken (executie Njono, Sudisman, Wirjomartono)

Army leadership in Jakarta: 'infamy' as Njono, Sudisman, Wirjomartono executed

De Waarheid, 29 Oct 1968, p. 1: report, via Reuters, that the Indonesian military regime executed PKI Central Committee members Njono and Sudisman and Yogyakarta PKI secretary Wirjomartono by firing squad in Jakarta Bay after secret tribunal hearings; an initial report on Supardjo and Ruslan Kamaludin was retracted. It