GA-01308 1979-01-12 relevance C public
Jeugd soos Chi Chi Club (Youth club Chi Chi: Amnesty evening on Indonesia)
Youth club Chi Chi: Amnesty evening on Indonesia
Nieuwe Winterswijksche Courant, 12 January 1979, p. 9: youth-club notice of an information evening with Amnesty International Winterswijk, screening a film on political prisoners in Indonesia. It states that after six generals were murdered in October 1965, the army killed half a million people in four months and arrested about two million, with torture on the prison islands. Gerwani is not named.
Nieuwe Winterswijksche Courant, 12 Januari 1979, hlm. 9: pengumuman klub pemuda tentang malam informasi bersama Amnesty International Winterswijk, memutar film tentang tahanan politik di Indonesia. Disebut bahwa setelah enam jenderal dibunuh Oktober 1965, tentara membunuh setengah juta orang dalam empat bulan dan menangkap sekitar dua juta, dengan penyiksaan di pulau-pulau penjara. Gerwani tidak disebut.
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