Page of the Jakarta daily Harian Rakjat, 23 April 1952 (Kartini Day issue; OCR very noisy). It reports Hari Kartini commemorations in Jakarta (about 650 women at Garden Hall), in The Hague, where Ny. S. Sri Kusnapsiah spoke on Kartini's aims and thought, and in Semarang, Bogor and elsewhere, alongside Wilopo-cabinet an
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
De Nieuwsgier, 25 Aug 1953: in Surabaya the trial opens of 42 students over the April wrecking of De Vrije Pers; thousands of students and pupils demonstrated, with Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and SOBSI also taking part, demanding dropped charges, a press law, abolition of Dutch-language use and limits on Dutch dailies. A US
Java-Bode, 25 August 1953, p. 2: report on the Surabaya trial of 42 students over the 16 April destruction of the Dutch paper Vrije Pers, and a mass demonstration against the prosecution. Per Harian Umum, Gerwis, Pemuda Rakjat and SOBSI joined the demonstration, whose banners demanded a press law and curbs on Dutch-lan
Brief Nijmeegsch Dagblad note (26 Aug 1953) on the Surabaya trial of 42 students who wrecked the offices of the daily De Vrije Pers. Thousands of students and pupils demonstrated, supported by SOBSI and Gerwis, demanding dismissal of the case and restrictions on the Dutch press.
Provinciale Drentsche en Asser Courant (26 Aug 1953): Short item on the Surabaya trial of 42 students who wrecked the daily De Vrije Pers. Thousands demonstrated beforehand, backed by SOBSI and the women's organisation Gerwis, demanding dismissal of the case and curbs on the Dutch press.; thousands demonstrated beforeh
Provinciale Overijsselsche en Zwolsche Courant, 26 Aug 1953. Brief wire item (26 Aug 1953) on the Surabaya trial of 42 students who wrecked the daily De Vrije Pers. Thousands demonstrated beforehand, backed by SOBSI and the women's organisation Gerwis, demanding dismissal of the case and curbs on the Dutch press.
De Waarheid, 23 Jan 1954, p. 6: Annie Averink's review of Joop Wolff's Pegasus book 'Uit het rijk der duizend eilanden', based on a trip to Indonesia after the SOBSI congress of late 1952, with colonial-contrast views of Jakarta and kampongs. It notes that Gerwis, which organises workers' and peasants' wives, leads wom
Algemeen Handelsblad (1954-04-05): President Sukarno received participants of the Gerwani congress; Dutch communist MP Rie Lips-Odinot conveyed the sympathy of the 'peace-loving part of the Dutch people'. Sukarno replied that good relations require return of New Guinea, and she endorsed Indonesia's claim. The paper cal