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Brief uit Djakarta: Gerwani protesteert tegen gevangen houden van Tom Clardij (dank aan NVB)

Letter from Jakarta: Gerwani protests Tom Clardij's imprisonment and thanks NVB

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De Waarheid, 13 Feb 1963, p. 2: report that the NVB received a letter from Gerwani, sent after the Central Council's plenary meeting in Jakarta on 10 January 1963, thanking it for solidarity on the transfer of West Irian. The council also protested to the Dutch government against the imprisonment of objector Tom Clardij and demanded his release. Gerwani's membership is given as one and a half million. OCR partly cut.

De Waarheid, 13 Feb 1963, hlm. 2: laporan bahwa NVB menerima surat dari Gerwani, dikirim setelah sidang pleno Dewan Pusat di Jakarta 10 Januari 1963, yang berterima kasih atas solidaritas soal penyerahan Irian Barat. Dewan juga memprotes pemerintah Belanda atas pemenjaraan penolak dinas Tom Clardij dan menuntut pembebasannya. Anggota Gerwani disebut satu setengah juta. OCR sebagian terpotong.

“Relevance raised from C: Gerwani council resolution and letter.”

People

Tom ClardijDe Quay

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Dutch Women's Movement

Places

JakartaWest New Guinea (Papua)Netherlands

Topics

Gerwani organisationWest Irian campaignpeace and anti-imperialismNetherlandscongresses and meetings

Tags

letter

Details

Date
1963-02-13
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
1960–1965
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 (1963-02-13) - Brief uit Djaharta GERWAN protesteer tegen gevan houden van Torn Clard [Delpher ddd-010371927-a0038].txt
OCR / text
Poor (0.727) · 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
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