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GA-00872 1954-08-06 De Waarheid rel B

Indonesische arbeiders begroeten Piet van Staveren

Indonesian workers greet Piet van Staveren: telegrams on his release

De Waarheid, 6 Aug 1954, p. 3: report of congratulatory telegrams from Indonesia on Piet van Staveren's release from Dutch prison, including from SOBSI, SBPP, Pemuda Rakjat (200,000 members), Sarbupri and the World Federation of Trade Unions. A telegram signed GERWANI, from 'Indonesian women and mothers', thanks him fo

GA-01370 1967-10-25 Tubantia rel C

Adam Malik op bezoek bij collega mr. Luns (Adam Malik visits colleague Luns)

Adam Malik visits colleague Luns

Tubantia profile (25 Oct 1967) of Adam Malik on his visit to The Hague to meet Luns: Dutch plea for clemency for Subandrio, New Guinea, credit needs, his role against Sukarno. Notes that in 1965 Mrs Subandrio led a women's demonstration against Malik, then trade minister. Gerwani not named; context for Subandrio's wife

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-00923 1970-08-18 De Waarheid rel A

Sandwichactie in Den Haag tegen bezoek Suharto: 'Vrijheid voor de vrouwen van Gerwani'

Sandwich-board action in The Hague against Suharto visit: 'Freedom for the women of Gerwani'

De Waarheid, 18 Aug 1970, p. 1: report that a dozen women demonstrated with sandwich boards in The Hague against Suharto's planned visit, carrying signs 'Freedom for the women of Gerwani' and 'Suharto unwanted', distributing the NVB letter and later protesting at the Indonesian embassy.

GA-00924 1970-08-19 De Waarheid rel A

Rotterdamse vrouwen betoogden tegen Suharto-bezoek

Rotterdam women demonstrated against Suharto's visit

De Waarheid, 19 Aug 1970, p. 1: report that Rotterdam women demonstrated on the Lijnbaan and at the Beurs against General Suharto's state visit, with signs demanding release of political prisoners in Indonesia and especially members of Gerwani, handing out the NVB letter. Port workers also telegraphed Minister Luns.

GA-00930 1975-06-02 De Waarheid rel A

Vrijlating Indonesische vrouwen geëist

Release of Indonesian women demanded: Women's Action Day 1975 protest letter

De Waarheid, 2 Jun 1975, p. 1: report that the NVB's Women's Action Day '75 sent a protest letter to the Suharto regime (copy to minister Pronk) demanding release of four Gerwani women: life imprisonment demanded against Sulami, secretary of Gerwani, and 20 years each against Sri Ambar Rukmijati, Sudjinah and Suharti H

GA-00747 1975-06-19 De Volkskrant rel A

Vrijlating geëist vier vrouwen in Indonesië (Release demanded for four women in Indonesia)

Release demanded for four women in Indonesia (Sulami and others)

ANP item in De Volkskrant (19 Jun 1975): the Dutch Women's Movement demanded immediate release of four Indonesian women, Sulami, Sri Ruhimirjati (probably Sri Ambar Rukmiati), Sudjinah and Suharti (surname garbled), for whom prosecutors sought 20 years to life after about seven years of detention, partly for collecting

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