Testimony of Elizabeth S. Landis to the Sub-Committee on International Organization and Movements

Creator

Elizabeth Landis; American Committee on Africa

Place Created

New York, New York, United States

Date

September 27, 1973

Type of Item

Testimony

Length/duration

8 pages

Description

Landis testifies about the lack of human rights in southern Africa, the failure of the United States to support human rights there, and recommendations for actions the U.S. should take. She discusses the pass laws, involuntary farm labor, forced removal of Blacks from their home, detention and imprisonment without trial, political prisoners, torture, UN arms embargoes against South Africa and Portugal, and the Byrd Amendment that invalidated UN-imposed sanctions against Rhodesia. Landis criticizes the U.S. for refusing to assist the UN Council for Namibia when it tried to take some effective action by investigating labor conditions in Namibia.

Publisher

American Committee on Africa

Organization

American Committee on Africa

Coverage Africa

Angola
Guinea-Bissau
Mozambique
Namibia
South Africa
Southern Africa
Zimbabwe

Language

English

Digital Format

text/pdf

This item was digitized for Aluka, which made it available to the African Activist Archive. See: http://www.aluka.org/

Rights Management

Used by permission of Africa Action (successor to the American Committee on Africa).

Collection

Africa Action Archive