Mailing of the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign to Southern Africa Support and Human Rights groups. The mailing says as you read this there are at least 900 political prisoners still languishing in apartheid's jails; 164 of them are being held by apartheid's puppet government of Bophuthatswana; yet today in a joint press conference with South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha, President Bush plans to "cheerfully" lift economic sanctions, claiming that F. W. deK lerk has met the conditions of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act (CAAA). The mailing says the decision to lift sanctions is questionable, but the assertion that Pretoria has met all the conditions of the CAAA flies in the face of...
Mailing of the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign to Southern Africa Support and Human Rights groups. The mailing says as you read this there are at least 900 political prisoners still languishing in apartheid's jails; 164 of them are being held by apartheid's puppet government of Bophuthatswana; yet today in a joint press conference with South African Foreign Minister Pik Botha, President Bush plans to "cheerfully" lift economic sanctions, claiming that F. W. deK lerk has met the conditions of the Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act (CAAA). The mailing says the decision to lift sanctions is questionable, but the assertion that Pretoria has met all the conditions of the CAAA flies in the face of reason. On the issue of political prisoners it is obvious that the de Klerk government did not live up to its agreement with the ANC to release all political prisoners by April 30 nor has it met CAAA conditions regarding political prisoners. The mailing includes HRC STATEMENT ON RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS. The mailing includes SPECIAL ALERT! PROTESTERS AT THE U.S. EMBASSY FORCIBLY REMOVED SHORTLY BEFORE PRESIDENT BUSH LIFTS SANCTIONS and STATEMENT BY UNITED STATES EMBASSY HUNGER STRIKERS by the Mafikenq Anti-Repression Forum (MAREF). The mailing includes HRC STATEMENT ON LIFTING OF U.S. SANCTIONS. The mailing discusses the ANC (African National Congress), the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR), amnesty, Nelson Mandela, Congress, legislation, the pillars of apartheid, the White House, Ambassador William Swing, Lawrence Mahila, Hunter Mereotine, Shadrack Motswatswa, Paul Daphne, Botha Mahila, Sarah Marceotlhe, Annetjie Motswatswa, the Pretoria Minute, the Department of Correctional Services, and F.W. de Klerk.
