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Indonesische communiste na 20 jaar gevangenschap op vrije voeten (Sundari Abdulrachman)

Indonesian communist free after 20 years in prison (Sundari Abdulrachman)

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Front-page De Waarheid report (23 Aug 1989) on the release on 17 August of Sundari Abdulrachman, PKI central committee member and former MP, after over twenty years' imprisonment (arrested Lampung Nov 1968; life sentence 1976, commuted 1982). Notes 51 PKI members still held, fourteen under death sentence, and fourteen executions between 1985 and 1988.

Laporan halaman depan De Waarheid (23 Agu 1989) tentang pembebasan Sundari Abdulrachman pada 17 Agustus, anggota Comite Central PKI dan mantan anggota parlemen, setelah lebih dari dua puluh tahun dipenjara (ditangkap di Lampung Nov 1968; seumur hidup 1976, diringankan 1982). Dicatat 51 anggota PKI masih ditahan, empat belas dihukum mati, dan empat belas dieksekusi 1985-1988.

“Sundari, PKI central committee member who represented her party in parliament, was released on 17 August after more than twenty years (p. 1).”

People

Sundari AbdulrachmanSuharto

Organisations

Communist Party of Indonesia

Places

LampungSumatraJakartaNetherlands

Topics

arrests and detentiontrials (Mahmillub)PKIbiographyNew Order

Tags

prisoner releasesorganisational structure

Details

Date
1989-08-23
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
1980–1998
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 (1989-08-23) - Indonesische communiste na 20 jaar gevangenschap op vrije voeten [Delpher ddd-010472772-a0007].txt
OCR / text
Good (0.914) · 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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