Mailing seeking contributions to The Africa Fund. The mailing discusses the "Unlock Apartheid's Jails" Campaign. The mailing says a short time ago I was awakened in the early hours of the morning by a desperate call from a friend in South Africa; she told me about William Modebedi, an 11 year old boy who has been imprisoned and tortured; the police took him to the mortuary and threatened to kill him. Then they put him in a dark room and administered electro-shock torture. The mailing says human rights organizations from South Africa are calling us constantly to say that our campaign is critical; they are asking us to do everything we can to increase the pressure on the apartheid regime. The...
Mailing seeking contributions to The Africa Fund. The mailing discusses the "Unlock Apartheid's Jails" Campaign. The mailing says a short time ago I was awakened in the early hours of the morning by a desperate call from a friend in South Africa; she told me about William Modebedi, an 11 year old boy who has been imprisoned and tortured; the police took him to the mortuary and threatened to kill him. Then they put him in a dark room and administered electro-shock torture. The mailing says human rights organizations from South Africa are calling us constantly to say that our campaign is critical; they are asking us to do everything we can to increase the pressure on the apartheid regime. The mailing discusses Soweto, detention, Sicelo Dhlomo, CBS, Bill Cosby, South Africa's State of Emergency, keys, the South African Consulate in New York, Senator Barbara Mikulski, Rep. William Gray, Rep. Ron Dellums, the South African Embassy, Rev. Stanley Mogoba, the Methodist Church in South Africa, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, mayors of major American cities, and political prisoners. [Note: the correct spelling of Sicelo Dhlomo may be Sicelo Dlomo.]
