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=== [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncke_Princen Poncke Princen] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">(November 21, 1925, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">The Hague</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> – February 22, 2002, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Jakarta</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">)</span> === | === [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncke_Princen Poncke Princen] <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">(November 21, 1925, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Hague</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;"> – February 22, 2002, </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Jakarta</span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;">)</span> === | ||
For me the case of Poncke Princen shows how decolonization goes beyond race, etnicity and nationality. Sent as a colonial soldier to the Dutch Indies, Princen deserted and joined the Indonesian freedom fighters' guerrilla war against the Dutch oppression. After the official recognition of the Indonesian independence in 1949 he was to became a dissident parlementarian in the new Indonesian government (in 1956) and a human rights activist. | |||
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Decolonizers
Poncke Princen (November 21, 1925, The Hague – February 22, 2002, Jakarta)
For me the case of Poncke Princen shows how decolonization goes beyond race, etnicity and nationality. Sent as a colonial soldier to the Dutch Indies, Princen deserted and joined the Indonesian freedom fighters' guerrilla war against the Dutch oppression. After the official recognition of the Indonesian independence in 1949 he was to became a dissident parlementarian in the new Indonesian government (in 1956) and a human rights activist.