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Indonesia Protest at Mass Arrests (News-Mail, 6 Feb 1963)

Indonesia Protest at Mass Arrests (News-Mail, 6 February 1963)

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News-Mail (Bundaberg), 6 February 1963, p. 7, AAP-Reuter wire from Jakarta (clean OCR). The SOBSI federation, claiming three million members, cabled Singapore condemning its mass arrests of leftists as a move to quell opposition to Malaysia, and Partindo and Gerwani also protested. The Sultan of Brunei warned against any invasion by Indonesian volunteers after General Yani said forces awaited orders for the Borneo territories.

News-Mail (Bundaberg), 6 Februari 1963, hlm. 7, kawat AAP-Reuter dari Jakarta (OCR bersih). Federasi SOBSI, yang mengaku tiga juta anggota, mengirim kawat ke Singapura mengecam penangkapan massal kaum kiri sebagai upaya meredam oposisi terhadap Malaysia; Partindo dan Gerwani juga memprotes. Sultan Brunei memperingatkan terhadap invasi sukarelawan Indonesia setelah Jenderal Yani menyatakan pasukannya menunggu perintah untuk wilayah Kalimantan.

“'The left-wing parties - Partindo (Indonesian Party) and the Gerwani (Women's Movement) have also protested against the arrests.' (p. 7)”

People

Omar Ali SaifuddinAhmad Yani

Organisations

All-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationPartindoIndonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Barisan SosialisNews-Mail (Bundaberg)

Places

JakartaSingaporeBruneiKuala LumpurBorneo

Topics

peace and anti-imperialismarrests and detentionGerwani organisationlabour and workerspropaganda and media

Tags

demonstrationwire report

Details

Date
1963-02-06
Creator
News-Mail
Publication
News-Mail
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
English
Perspective
Western mainstream press
Source role
primary
Country
Australia
Period
1960–1965
Source archive
Trove · source link
Access
open access (Trove) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)/News-Mail (1963-02-06) - Indonesia Protest At Mass Arrests [Trove 283030200].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.902) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: not needed
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Australian press (1949-1982) - articles on Gerwani and members (Trove)
Summary basis
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