Widows request that the Dutch State offers apologies on South-Sulawesi

The ten widows of the summary executions carried out by the Dutch army on South-Sulawesi, Indonesia, in 1947 have asked the Dutch Foreign Affairs Minister Timmermans to offer the apologies on South-Sulawesi. They are too old to travel to Jakarta.

Read the press release here.

Previously:

• Declaration of liability of the State for massacres on South Sulawesi in 1947
• Negotiations with the State regarding the South-Sulawesi case have failed
• Dutch State compensates ten widows of the summary executions on Sulawesi and offers apologies