[Dear Friend of IDAF, You've heard the bad news from South Africa: the arrests, the torture, the police killings, and the censorship.]

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Creator

Kenneth N. Carstens; International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa

Place Created

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Date

Undated, Spring 1987?

Type of Item

Mailing

Length/duration

2 pages

Description

Mailing seeking donations to the International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa. The mailing says 17,646 political prisoners benefited from IDAF's legal defense in 1986, 40% of whom were children. The mailing says the number of detentions is increasing, and so are IDAF's efforts; in the first months of 1987, IDAF lawyers defended 796 prisoners, of whom 695 were saved from further imprisonment. IDAF is banned in South Africa, and to reveal the names of prisoners and their lawyers would expose them to even further victimization. The mailing says despite the killings, the disruption of families, and the horrors of torture and detention, South Africa's children are amazingly free of...

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Publisher

International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa

Organization

International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa (United States Committee)

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of a former staff member of the International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, United States Committee.

Collection

International Defense and Aid Fund for Southern Africa, United States Committee (Geoff Wisner collection), Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections