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Nederlandse juriste gearresteerd (Dutch jurist arrested)

Dutch jurist arrested

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Nederlands Dagblad, 6 January 1968, p. 1: brief report that Jakarta police arrested Dutch-born lawyer Trees Soenito-Heyligers on suspicion of membership in the banned scholars' association HSI; she had defended SOBSI leader Njono, who was sentenced to death for the 1965 coup. A second item on Cyprus is unrelated. No Gerwani content.

Nederlands Dagblad, 6 Januari 1968, hlm. 1: berita singkat bahwa polisi Jakarta menangkap pengacara kelahiran Belanda Trees Soenito-Heyligers karena diduga anggota Himpunan Sarjana Indonesia (HSI) yang dilarang; ia pernah membela pemimpin SOBSI Njono yang dijatuhi hukuman mati terkait kudeta 1965. Berita kedua tentang Siprus tidak terkait. Tidak ada isi Gerwani.

People

Trees Sunito-HeyligersNjono

Organisations

Indonesian Scholars' AssociationAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationCommunist Party of Indonesia

Places

JakartaNetherlands

Topics

arrests and detentiontrials (Mahmillub)New OrderNetherlands

Tags

court record

Details

Date
1968-01-06
Creator
Nederlands Dagblad Gereformeerd Gezinsblad Hoofdred. P. Jongeling... [Et Al.]
Publication
Nederlands Dagblad Gereformeerd Gezinsblad Hoofdred. P. Jongeling... [Et Al.]
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page (text transcription/OCR))
Language
Dutch
Perspective
Western mainstream 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)/Nederlands Dagblad Gereformeerd Gezinsblad Hoofdred. P. Jongeling... [Et Al.] (1968-01-06) - Nederlandse juriste [Delpher ddd-010554104-a0002].txt
OCR / text
Fair (0.861) · 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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