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

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

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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 money for families of political prisoners.

Berita ANP di De Volkskrant (19 Juni 1975): Gerakan Perempuan Belanda menuntut pembebasan segera empat perempuan Indonesia, Sulami, Sri Ruhimirjati (kemungkinan Sri Ambar Rukmiati), Sudjinah dan Suharti (nama keluarga kabur), yang dituntut 20 tahun hingga seumur hidup setelah sekitar tujuh tahun ditahan, antara lain karena mengumpulkan uang bagi keluarga tahanan politik.

“Prison sentences have been demanded of twenty years to life against the four women, who had collected money for relatives of killed or imprisoned political prisoners.”

People

SulamiSri Ambar RukmiatiSudjinahSuhartiJan Pronk

Organisations

Dutch Women's Movement

Places

AmsterdamIndonesia

Events

Trial of four Gerwani women

Topics

arrests and detentiontrials (Mahmillub)memory, testimony and justiceWIDF and international women's movementNetherlands

Tags

court recordprisoner releasesprotest telegram campaign

Details

Date
1975-06-19
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
1967–1979
Source archive
Delpher (KB, Netherlands) · source link
Access
open access (Delpher) Open access source: file can be shown on the website.
File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Volkskrant (1975-06-19) - Vrijlating geëist vier vrouwen in Indonesië [Delpher ABCDDD-010880819-a0148].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.803) · proof-reading: whole text (Claude, Oct 2026) · translation: yes
Collection
01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)
Summary basis
full text read; OCR partly garbled

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