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GA-00507 1951-11-01 Algemeen Indisch Dagblad rel B

Meningen van lezers: Gebeo en Luna (Pendapat pembaca: Gebeo dan Bulan)

Readers' opinions: Gebeo and Luna

Algemeen Indisch Dagblad readers' page (1951-11-01, p. 3); mostly a letter about street lighting. A final news item says the Gerwis central board supports Tan Po Goan's parliamentary interpellation on the security action and demands release of all persons detained in the August 1951 raids.

GA-01192 1952-08-27 Java-Bode rel B

Er is iets niet in de haak (Something is not right)

Something is not right

Java-Bode, 27 Aug 1952, p. 2: Miss Sulami, secretary of the Surabaya committee for victims of the August raids, says something is wrong with the arrestees' release, blames the Sukiman-Wibisono policy and RTC, and says the raids were a general attack on the anti-imperialist people.

GA-01273 1976-12-02 Limburgsch Dagblad rel B

Overige 29.000 volgen: Indonesië laat na 11 jaar 2650 communisten vrij (Indonesia releases 2,650 communists after 11 years)

Remaining 29,000 follow: Indonesia releases 2,650 communists after 11 years

Limburgsch Dagblad, 2 December 1976, p. 1: Jakarta announces release of 2,650 communist prisoners held since 1965 without trial, with a promise to free the remaining 29,000 within three years. At a ceremony 150 swore loyalty to Suharto; among them were students, former civil servants and members of the banned women's m

GA-01318 1976-12-02 Nieuwsblad Van Het Noorden rel B

Jakarta laat 2650 politieke gevangenen vrij (Jakarta releases 2,650 political prisoners)

Jakarta releases 2,650 political prisoners

Nieuwsblad van het Noorden, 2 December 1976: Reuter report that Indonesia released 2,650 prisoners held since 1965 without trial. At a ceremony 150 swore loyalty to Suharto, among them students, former civil servants and members of the banned leftist women's movement Gerwani; 29,000 remain, with a promise to free them

GA-01276 1976-12-03 Nederlands Dagblad Gereformeerd Gezinsblad Hoofdred. P. Jongeling... [Et Al.] rel B

Indonesië laat gevangenen vrij (Indonesia releases prisoners)

Indonesia releases prisoners

Nederlands Dagblad, 3 December 1976, p. 3: Jakarta announces release of 2,650 communist prisoners held since 1965 without trial, repeats the promise to free the remaining 29,000 within three years. At a ceremony 150 swore loyalty to Suharto; they included students, ex-civil servants and members of the banned women's mo

GA-00267 1978-01-19 Papua New Guinea Post-Courier rel B

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 Jan 1978)

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 January 1978)

Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 19 January 1978, p. 5, feature by George Oliver on the release of 10,000 political prisoners held since the 1965 coup, with PKI members forced to swear loyalty. It describes the Category A, B, C system, the 1965-66 massacres (estimates up to half a million killed), Amnesty International's

GA-00268 1978-01-19 Papua New Guinea Post-Courier rel B

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 Jan 1978)

After 12 Years Freedom (Post-Courier, 19 January 1978), clean OCR

Papua New Guinea Post-Courier, 19 January 1978, p. 5, clean OCR of George Oliver's feature on the release of 10,000 political prisoners held since the 1965 coup (same article as GA-00267). It covers the official and alternative accounts of 30 September, killings of perhaps half a million, half to three-quarters of a mi

GA-01331 1985-07-06 NRC Handelsblad rel B

Brieven: Suharto's moorddadige vrees voor oude, trouwe communisten (Letters: Suharto's murderous fear of old, loyal communists)

Letters: Suharto's murderous fear of old, loyal communists

Reader's letter in NRC Handelsblad (6 Jul 1985) answering a plea for clemency for old communists. The writer asserts the Lubang Buaya generals' murder was 'historically' the PKI's work, 'assisted by the communist women of the Gerwani', cites televised exhumation, and attacks Pramoedya's Nobel candidacy. Repeats the New