The press release says Amnesty International said today that human rights were being violated under British authority in Rhodesia and that law enforcement was largely in the hands of the same Rhodesian officials who were responsible for torture and secret executions under the former illegal administration; the international human rights organization announce& that it had sent a telegram to Lord Soames, Governor of Rhodesia, expressing alarm at lithe relatively free rein left to the Rhodesian administration to maintain law and order on their own terms. The press release says Amnesty International pointed out that people were still being arrested under the martial law procedures of the former...
The press release says Amnesty International said today that human rights were being violated under British authority in Rhodesia and that law enforcement was largely in the hands of the same Rhodesian officials who were responsible for torture and secret executions under the former illegal administration; the international human rights organization announce& that it had sent a telegram to Lord Soames, Governor of Rhodesia, expressing alarm at lithe relatively free rein left to the Rhodesian administration to maintain law and order on their own terms. The press release says Amnesty International pointed out that people were still being arrested under the martial law procedures of the former illegal government; others were seized and held incommunicado under 30-day detention orders; and people imprisoned on political grounds under the former government were still held. The press release discusses political prisoners, martial law detainees,and the International Committee of the Red.
