GA-00744 1966-02-24 relevance B public
Onrust in Djakarta, Oentoeng voor gerecht (Unrest in Jakarta, Untung in court)
Unrest in Jakarta, Untung in court: strike force included Gerwani members
De Volkskrant report (24 Feb 1966) on unrest in Jakarta and the opening of Untung's trial. The prosecutor said his strike force of 5,000 included 2,000 communists, "men and women, of the organisations Gerwani, Pemuda Rakjat and the BTI". No claims of torture or sexual misconduct appear in this item.
Laporan De Volkskrant (24 Februari 1966) tentang kerusuhan di Jakarta dan dibukanya sidang Untung. Oditur menyatakan pasukan pemukulnya yang berjumlah 5.000 mencakup 2.000 komunis, "pria dan wanita, dari organisasi Gerwani, Pemuda Rakjat dan BTI". Tidak ada klaim penyiksaan atau kecabulan dalam berita ini.
“The fighting group consisted of ... 2,000 communists, men and women, of the organisations Gerwani, Pemuda Rakjat and the peasant organisation BTI.”
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- Date
- 1966-02-24
- Creator
- De Volkskrant
- Publication
- De Volkskrant
- Document type
- newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
- Language
- Dutch
- Perspective
- Western mainstream press
- Source role
- primary
- Country
- Netherlands
- Period
- 1965–1966
- Source archive
- Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
- Access
- open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
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- 01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Volkskrant (1966-02-24) - Onrust in Djakarta Oentoeng voor gerecht [Delpher ABCDDD-010877983-a0167].txt
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- Good (0.9) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · translation: yes
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- 01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
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