Human Rights Are Not High Treason! We Petition for the Release of Black Trade Unionists Imprisoned in South Africa

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Creator

Hawaii Committee for Africa

Contributor

Labor Committee Against Apartheid, Coalition of Black Trade Unionists

Place Created

Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

Date

Undated, presumably Fall 1985

Type of Item

Petition

Length/duration

1 page

Description

Petition by the New York Labor Committee Against Apartheid and the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU) reprinted by the Hawaii Committee for Africa. The petition says we demand the immediate and unconditional release of Thozamile Gqweta, Cisa Njikelana, Sam Kikine, lsaac Ngcobo four Black leaders of the South African Allied Workers Union who have been framed on charges of high treason, punishable by death; their only "crime" has been to organize trade unions and protests against the racist system of apartheid. The petition says we also demand an end to the violence against Black trade unionists such as that which took the life of Andries Raditsela, an official of the Chemical Workers...

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Organization

Hawaii Committee for Africa

Coverage Africa

South Africa

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

Rights Management

Used by permission of former members of the Hawaii Committee for Africa.

Collection

Joel Fischer and Renee Furuyama papers, Michigan State University Libraries Special Collections