This mailing from the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign says over 300 political prisoners on Robben Island began a hunger strike on February 26, 1990 to protest the fact that more than 3,000 political prisoners remain in jail despite President F.W. de Klerk's early February promise to release all political prisoners. The prisoners point out that only some of those inmates who have almost completed their terms or who were convicted of furthering the aims of the African National Congress or other banned organizations are eligible for release. The mailing asks people to send messages of support to the International Nelson Mandela Reception Committee and messages of protest to President F.W. de...
This mailing from the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign says over 300 political prisoners on Robben Island began a hunger strike on February 26, 1990 to protest the fact that more than 3,000 political prisoners remain in jail despite President F.W. de Klerk's early February promise to release all political prisoners. The prisoners point out that only some of those inmates who have almost completed their terms or who were convicted of furthering the aims of the African National Congress or other banned organizations are eligible for release. The mailing asks people to send messages of support to the International Nelson Mandela Reception Committee and messages of protest to President F.W. de Klerk and the Commission of Prisons. The mailing discusses the African National Congress (ANC), the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), the Bonteheuwel vigil, Bushi Maape, Achmad Cassiem's wife, Judge de Kock, the Yangeni trialist, Pretoria Central, Damian de Lange, Ian Robertson, Eric Pelser, Steve Marais, and Karl Niehaus. • Details of hunger strike • The hunger strike committee • Allegation that hunger strikers are in possession of food • Details of hunger strike • Solidarity actions
