Dutch State compensates ten widows of the summary executions on Sulawesi and offers apologies

Amsterdam, 9 August 2013 - The Dutch State has reached an out-of-court settlement with ten widows of the summary executions conducted in 1947 by Dutch soldiers on the island of Celebes (present-day: Sulawesi), Indonesia.

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

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