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Petition for the release of Nelson Mandela. The petition says South African leader, Nelson Mandala, has been imprisoned on Robben Island, the maximum security prison off the coast of Capetown (Cape Town) for 16 years; he is sentenced for life; in 1964 he was convicted under the Sabotage and Suppression of Communism Act, a law which labels serious efforts to change the social and economic system as Communistic. The petition says change in South Africa Is inevitable; it is not possible to deprive people of basic human rights for many years and not arouse an irresistible pressure for racial, social, political and economic justice; the change process needs the full participation of important leaders who remain in South African prisons or In exile; Nelson Mandala's release would be an important step on the road to full democracy. The petition says we, in the United States, join the people and organizations In South Africa-church members, liberation groups, and even government officials-In calling for the release of Nelson Mandala and all other political prisoners from Imprisonment on Robben Island. [Note on date: the petition is discussed in the newsletter Campaign Against Apartheid, Spring 1981, available on this website.]

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