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Terreur in Midden-Sumatra

Terror in Central Sumatra: Banteng Council arrests PKI members and Gerwani leaders

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De Waarheid, 28 Feb 1957, p. 7: short report that the rebel 'Banteng Council' in Central Sumatra has set up a terror regime, arresting PKI members, unionists and democrats, and placing prominent members of the women's organisation Gerwani under 'town arrest'. SOBSI in Jakarta decided to call protest strikes. Early report on regional repression of Gerwani in the Sumatran rebellion.

De Waarheid, 28 Feb 1957, hlm. 7: laporan singkat bahwa 'Dewan Banteng' pemberontak di Sumatra Tengah menegakkan rezim teror, menangkap anggota PKI, aktivis serikat, dan demokrat, serta menjatuhkan 'tahanan kota' kepada anggota terkemuka organisasi perempuan Gerwani. SOBSI di Jakarta memutuskan menyerukan mogok protes. Laporan awal represi regional terhadap Gerwani dalam pemberontakan Sumatra.

“Relevance raised from C: reports house arrest of leading Gerwani members.”

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationBanteng Council

Places

Central SumatraJakarta

Topics

Gerwani organisationarrests and detentionPKIlabour and workers

Tags

regional rebellions

Details

Date
1957-02-28
Creator
De Waarheid
Publication
De Waarheid
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
Netherlands
Period
1955–1959
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 Waarheid (1957-02-28) - Terreur in Midden-Sumatra [Delpher ddd-010369954-a0166].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.862) · 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)
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