From June 18 to 25, 1989, the first observer mission of' the Commission on Independence for Namibia visited Namibia. The members of the first observer mission were Goler T. Butcher, Howard University professor of law; John W. Douglas, Partner, Covington and Burling; Nathaniel R. Jones, Judge, United States Court of Appeals; Robert H. Kapp, Chairman of the International Human Rights Law Group; Henry J. Richardson, Professor of Law, Temple University. This report contains their findings. Contents: Executive Summary • General Climate • Intimidation • The Media • The Discriminatory and Repressive Machinery • Repatriation of Refugees • Political Prisoners • The...
From June 18 to 25, 1989, the first observer mission of' the Commission on Independence for Namibia visited Namibia. The members of the first observer mission were Goler T. Butcher, Howard University professor of law; John W. Douglas, Partner, Covington and Burling; Nathaniel R. Jones, Judge, United States Court of Appeals; Robert H. Kapp, Chairman of the International Human Rights Law Group; Henry J. Richardson, Professor of Law, Temple University. This report contains their findings. Contents: Executive Summary • General Climate • Intimidation • The Media • The Discriminatory and Repressive Machinery • Repatriation of Refugees • Political Prisoners • The Electoral Laws • Farmworkers and "Free and Fair Elections" • Civil Servants • Role of the U.N. • The Significance for United States Action
