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GA-00850 1953-07-31 De Waarheid rel A

Comité gevormd voor hulp aan slachtoffers terreur

Committee formed to help victims of terror: Gerwis initiative

De Waarheid, 31 Jul 1953, p. 5: short Jakarta dispatch (20 July) that on Gerwis's initiative a committee was formed to assist victims of terrorist bands such as Darul Islam, joined by SOBSI, the veterans' league Perbepsi, student organisation IPPI and the peasants' union RTI. Shows Gerwis leading a relief and anti-Daru

GA-00912 1965-11-08 De Waarheid rel A

Het leger (geweld tegen Gerwani-vrouwen bij Solo)

The army: violence against Gerwani women near Solo

De Waarheid, 8 Nov 1965, p. 3: report that the army continues violent actions against progressives; per an army communique, paratroopers near Solo shot nine women who stood before tanks and refused to move, said to be Gerwani members. Also notes army encouragement of Muslims to destroy communists' buildings in Tasikmal

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-00944 1976-11-06 De Waarheid rel B

Het antwoord van Suharto (Lekra-kunstenaars vervolgd)

Suharto's answer (Lekra artists persecuted)

De Waarheid, 6 Nov 1976, p. 2: fragment on Suharto's destruction of the Lekra cultural movement in 1965 (book burnings, banned art), with a long list of murdered or imprisoned artists, including Pramoedya, Henk Ngantung, Bujung Saleh and writer Sugiarti Siswadi, noted as sentenced to 12 years (OCR garbled). Also an unr