Mailing of the Apartheid's Jails campaign to Southern Africa Support and Human Rights groups. The mailing says nearly 1,000 political prisoners have emerged from apartheid's jails; of that figure over 700 were released during April and May as internal and international pressure forced the De Klerk government to act and start releasing political prisoners; the wave of hunger strikes in South Africa's jails, supported by solidarity actions throughout the world quickly became a rallying issue in South Africa for mass protest and demonstrations. The mailing includes a leaflet FREE ALL SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS which includes SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS: THE TRUTH. The mailing discusses...
Mailing of the Apartheid's Jails campaign to Southern Africa Support and Human Rights groups. The mailing says nearly 1,000 political prisoners have emerged from apartheid's jails; of that figure over 700 were released during April and May as internal and international pressure forced the De Klerk government to act and start releasing political prisoners; the wave of hunger strikes in South Africa's jails, supported by solidarity actions throughout the world quickly became a rallying issue in South Africa for mass protest and demonstrations. The mailing includes a leaflet FREE ALL SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS which includes SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS: THE TRUTH. The mailing discusses F.W. de Klerk, the Pretoria Minute, opponents of apartheid, political imprisonment, jails, ANC (African National Congress), medical treatment, access to lawyers and families, prison doctors, and the Indemnity Committees.
