gov46. Letter from Charles Powell to Trevor Huddleston

gov46. Letter from Charles Powell to Trevor Huddleston

gov46. Letter from Charles Powell to Trevor Huddleston
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Description

Letter from Prime Minister Thatcher’s office responding to the AAM’s request for the British government to intervene on behalf of the Upington 14. The 14 were sentenced to death because they were present at a demonstration during which a black policeman was killed. After international protests they were reprieved in May 1991, after two years on death row. The letter set out the government’s criteria for intervening in cases where political prisoners were condemned to death.

Category
Author
British Government
Copyright
Public domain
Holding Institution
AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue
MSS AAM 779
Date/Year
1989
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