This demonstration at the South African Embassy in Washington, DC was organized by The Africa Fund, the Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the National Bar Association. The South African government had detained (jailed) thousands of people active in the struggle against apartheid, including children. The Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign was launched by The Africa Fund to demanded freedom for South African detainees and political prisoners. Fifteen demonstrators were arrested as they attempted to deliver some 35,000 keys that had been collected from across the country. The Lawyers' Committee delivered more than 20,000 postcards demanding freedom...
This demonstration at the South African Embassy in Washington, DC was organized by The Africa Fund, the Southern Africa Project of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, and the National Bar Association. The South African government had detained (jailed) thousands of people active in the struggle against apartheid, including children. The Unlock Apartheid's Jails campaign was launched by The Africa Fund to demanded freedom for South African detainees and political prisoners. Fifteen demonstrators were arrested as they attempted to deliver some 35,000 keys that had been collected from across the country. The Lawyers' Committee delivered more than 20,000 postcards demanding freedom for all detained children that had been collected in its Post Card Campaign to Free South Africa's Children. The Nation Bar Association presented to the Embassy petitions and letters from schoolchildren demanding freedom for all children in detention. (Source: United States Anti-Apartheid Newsletter, Vol. 3, No. 1, Winter 1988 available on this website; and ACOA Action News, Number 24, Winter 1987-88)
