Dutch state found liable for 1947 Indonesia massacre

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Source: BBC News

A court in the Netherlands has found the Dutch state responsible for a massacre by its colonial troops in Indonesia in 1947.

It said the government was liable to pay compensation to relatives of those killed in an operation against independence fighters.

Almost the entire male population of a village east of Jakarta was shot dead.

The Dutch authorities say 150 people were killed in Rawagedeh - the victims' group says it was more than 400.

"This court finds that the (Dutch) state acted wrongly through these executions and that the state is liable to pay damages in terms of the law," judge Daphne Schreuder said in The Hague on Wednesday.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14923160

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1. Dutch Court Orders Compensation for Indonesian Massacre Widows

Source: Agence France-Presse

Dutch Court Orders Compensation for Indonesian Massacre Widows
September 14, 2011

The Dutch state is responsible for executions committed by colonial troops at an Indonesian village in 1947 and relatives of victims should be compensated, a Dutch court ruled Wednesday.

"This court finds that the (Dutch) state acted wrongly through these executions and that the state is liable to pay damages in terms of the law," judge Daphne Schreuder said in The Hague.

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Authorities in the Netherlands say 150 people died while a victims' association claims 431 lost their lives during an operation to root out a suspected independence fighter hiding in the village, known today as Balongsari.

None of the soldiers involved in the shooting was ever prosecuted, Schreuder also said.



Read more: http://www.thejakartaglobe.com/home/dutch-court-orders-compensation-for-indonesian-massacre-widows/465447

[sam11111]

2. good to see some justice somewhere nt

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