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Vrouwen, moeders (Waarover Suharto's afgezanten zwegen)

Women, mothers (what Suharto's envoys kept silent about)

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De Waarheid, 20 Sep 1975, p. 3: article asking what the Indonesian parliamentary delegation did not mention: Plantungan women's camp in Central Java (386 women), Bukit Duri and Semarang prisons, and named women prisoners: Umi Sardjono, chair of the underground Gerwani, vice-chairs Salawati Daud and Mudigdio, Maasje Siwi (editor of Api Kartini), Tanti Aidit, and Sulami, Sri Ambar, Sudjinah and Suharti Harsono, with sentences from the 1975 trial.

De Waarheid, 20 Sep 1975, hlm. 3: artikel yang menanyakan apa yang tidak disebut delegasi parlemen Indonesia: kamp perempuan Plantungan di Jawa Tengah (386 perempuan), penjara Bukit Duri dan Semarang, serta perempuan tahanan bernama: Umi Sardjono, ketua Gerwani bawah tanah, wakil ketua Salawati Daud dan Mudigdio, Maasje Siwi (redaktur Api Kartini), Tanti Aidit, serta Sulami, Sri Ambar, Sudjinah, dan Suharti Harsono, beserta vonis sidang 1975.

People

Umi SardjonoSalawati DaudMudigdioMaasje SiwiSoetanti AiditSulamiSri Ambar RukmiatiSudjinahSuharti HarsonoLie Tjwan SienSuwardiningsihMunadi WidodoWiryosutejo

Organisations

Indonesian Women's Movement (Gerwani)Communist Party of IndonesiaIndonesian Peasants' FrontAll-Indonesia Central Labour Organisation

Places

PlantunganCentral JavaBukit Duri PrisonJakartaSemarangBalikpapanSulawesiIndonesia

Events

Plantungan women's detention camp

Topics

Plantungan and women prisonersGerwani organisationarrests and detentiontrials (Mahmillub)New Orderbiography

Tags

prisons

Details

Date
1975-09-20
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
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File
01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/Dutch press (1945-2000) - articles on Gerwis, Gerwani and members (Delpher)/De Waarheid (1975-09-20) - Vrouwen, moeders [Delpher ddd-010375654-a0045].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.894) · proof-reading: no (script-cleaned only) · 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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