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WFTU condemns jailings of Indonesian workers, SOBSI ban

Daily World, 3 July 1975: WFTU condemns jailings of Indonesian workers and SOBSI ban

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Daily World, 3 July 1975, p. 5: page of mixed US labour news; the Indonesia item (Prague) reports the WFTU condemning the imprisonment of thousands of political prisoners in Indonesian military compounds and demanding that the ban on SOBSI be lifted, calling both violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and ILO conventions. No Gerwani content.

Daily World, 3 Juli 1975, hlm. 5: halaman berita buruh AS; berita Indonesia (Praha) melaporkan WFTU mengecam pemenjaraan ribuan tahanan politik di kamp militer Indonesia dan menuntut pencabutan larangan SOBSI, yang disebut melanggar Deklarasi Universal HAM dan konvensi ILO. Tidak ada isi tentang Gerwani.

“WFTU also demands that the ban imposed on the largest trade union centre, SOBSI, in Indonesia be lifted (p.5).”

Organisations

World Federation of Trade UnionsAll-Indonesia Central Labour OrganisationDaily World

Places

PragueIndonesia

Topics

labour and workersarrests and detentionNew Order

Tags

prisons

Details

Date
1975-07-03
Creator
Daily World
Publication
Daily World
Document type
newspaper article (newspaper or periodical article/page)
Language
English
Perspective
Socialist-bloc/solidarity press
Source role
primary
Country
USA
Period
1967–1979
Source archive
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Communist Historical Newspaper Collection (Daily Worker, Sunday Worker, The Worker, Daily World, People's Weekly World) (Columbia) · source link
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01 Primary Sources/1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals/US Communist press (1947-1986) - Daily Worker, Sunday Worker and Daily World (ProQuest Communist Historical Newspapers)/Low relevance (1969-1986) - Indonesian political prisoners, no Gerwani mention (ProQuest)/Daily World (1975-07-03) - p.5, WFTU condemns jailings of Indonesian workers, SOBSI ban [ProQuest 1989445195].pdf
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01 Primary Sources › 1.5 Newspapers and Periodicals › US Communist press (1947-1986) - Daily Worker, Sunday Worker and Daily World (ProQuest Communist Historical Newspapers)/Low relevance (1969-1986) - Indonesian political prisoners, no Gerwani mention (ProQuest)
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