Mailing of the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign calls attention to the fact that more than two years have passed since the original promised release date of South Africa's political prisoners. In June, after the Boipatong Massacre, the African National Congress (ANC) called off constitutional talks, demanding the regime take concrete steps to end the violence and release the remaining political prisoners. Last week ANC Secretary-General Cyril Ramaphosa reported that the South African government finally had agreed to release those remaining political prisoners. The mailing includes HRC STATEMENT POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASE, PRESS SUMMARY ON WEEKLY REPRESSION REPORT FROM 02/09/92 TO 08/09/92,...
Mailing of the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign calls attention to the fact that more than two years have passed since the original promised release date of South Africa's political prisoners. In June, after the Boipatong Massacre, the African National Congress (ANC) called off constitutional talks, demanding the regime take concrete steps to end the violence and release the remaining political prisoners. Last week ANC Secretary-General Cyril Ramaphosa reported that the South African government finally had agreed to release those remaining political prisoners. The mailing includes HRC STATEMENT POLITICAL PRISONER RELEASE, PRESS SUMMARY ON WEEKLY REPRESSION REPORT FROM 02/09/92 TO 08/09/92, and PRESS SUMMARY ON WEEKLY REPRESSION REPORT FROM 16/09/92 TO 22/09/92 by the Human Rights Commission. The mailing discusses Nelson Mandela, F.W. de Klerk, the Goldstone Commission, CODESA (Convention for a Democratic South Africa), right-wing murderers, political trials, vigilante related actions, security force actions, the Ciskei massacre, the TVBC homelands, train attacks, deaths, and negotiations.
