The mailing reports that, since Steve Biko's death, an Ad Hoc Monitoring Group has been formed in the House of Representatives to work on the cases of individual political prisoners in South Africa. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Thomas Downey (D-N.Y.), and Andrew Maguire (D-N.J.) introduced House Concurrent Resolution 364 calling on President Carter to request the South African government to allow an impartial international organization to investigate Biko's death, investigate the conditions of all South African political prisoners, and report on South Africa's laws permitting detention of political prisoners. Eleven members of the House met with South African Ambassador Sole urging a judicial...
The mailing reports that, since Steve Biko's death, an Ad Hoc Monitoring Group has been formed in the House of Representatives to work on the cases of individual political prisoners in South Africa. Edward Markey (D-Mass.), Thomas Downey (D-N.Y.), and Andrew Maguire (D-N.J.) introduced House Concurrent Resolution 364 calling on President Carter to request the South African government to allow an impartial international organization to investigate Biko's death, investigate the conditions of all South African political prisoners, and report on South Africa's laws permitting detention of political prisoners. Eleven members of the House met with South African Ambassador Sole urging a judicial inquiry into Biko's death and South African co-operation with an impartial inquiry by the International Red Cross. The mailing urges people to urge their Representative to co-sponsor and vote for H. Con. Res. 364, encouof Congress to consider seriously how U.S. policy toward South Africa should change. [Note on date: Steve Biko died in police custody on September 12, 1977. This item was produced about three week later.]
