Mailing of the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign. The mailing says hunger strikes have started in at least six of South Africa's prisons today and that over 360 political prisoners vowed to starve themselves to death until the government meets its agreement to release all political prisoners. The mailing says for the last year the minority government promised that by April 30 all political prisoners would be released but April 30th has come and gone leaving behind some 2,200 political prisoners in South Africa's jails. . The mailing asks people to call President George Bush and ask that he publicly demand the De Klerk regime honor its promises and release all political prisoners immediately....
Mailing of the Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign. The mailing says hunger strikes have started in at least six of South Africa's prisons today and that over 360 political prisoners vowed to starve themselves to death until the government meets its agreement to release all political prisoners. The mailing says for the last year the minority government promised that by April 30 all political prisoners would be released but April 30th has come and gone leaving behind some 2,200 political prisoners in South Africa's jails. . The mailing asks people to call President George Bush and ask that he publicly demand the De Klerk regime honor its promises and release all political prisoners immediately. The mailing includes a press release RESPONSE TO PRESIDENT DE KLERK'S SPEECH ON POLITICAL PRISONERS by Lawyers for Human Rights. The mailing includes a press statement "Released by political prisoners at New Local Prison, Pretoria". The mailing includes a newspaper article "ANC youth demos spark off violence". The mailing discusses F.W. de Klerk, the National Party, the African National Congress, the ANC Youth League, Diepkloff police station, the University of Witwatersrand, Mandela Village squatter camp, Peter Mokaba, St. George's Cathedral, Carl Niehaus, Parks Mankahlana, pickets, sit-ins, Pretorial Central Prison, Soweto, and apartheid.
