gov22. Letter from Des Starrs to Geoffrey Howe

gov22. Letter from Des Starrs to Geoffrey Howe

In November 1983 the South African Supreme Court turned down an appeal by Umkhonto we Sizwe activist Benjamin Moloise against the death sentence. This letter from Des Starrs, Chair of Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society (SATIS), asked Foreign Secretary Geoffrey Howe to intervene with the South African Foreign Minister, who was visiting London. Benjamin Moloise was hanged on 18 October 1985.

Category: Government
Author: Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society (SATIS)
Copyright: AAM Archives Committee
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue: MSS AAM 779
Date/Year: 1983