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Mr. Sunito-Heyligers in Djakarta

Mr. Sunito-Heyligers in Jakarta, reportedly not under arrest

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De Waarheid, 24 Feb 1968, p. 3: brief note that Trees Sunito-Heyligers is reportedly in Jakarta and not under arrest, following an earlier Reuters report of her detention that prompted protests in the Netherlands. The rest of the item is an unrelated accident notice.

De Waarheid, 24 Feb 1968, hlm. 3: catatan singkat bahwa Trees Sunito-Heyligers dikabarkan berada di Jakarta dan tidak ditahan, setelah laporan Reuters sebelumnya tentang penahanannya yang memicu protes di Belanda. Sisanya pengumuman kecelakaan yang tak terkait.

People

Trees Sunito-Heyligers

Organisations

Reuters

Places

Jakarta

Topics

arrests and detentionNew Orderbiography

Details

Date
1968-02-24
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
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 Waarheid (1968-02-24) - Mr. Sunito-Heyligers in Djakarta [Delpher ddd-010373316-a0064].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.843) · 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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