pic7711. ‘Free political prisoners’, 1977

pic7711. ‘Free political prisoners’, 1977

pic7711. ‘Free political prisoners’, 1977
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Description

Anti-apartheid protesters picketed the South African Embassy on 11 October 1977, UN Day for Southern African political prisoners. They collected signatures for an international petition calling for the release of the Pretoria 12, 11 men and one woman charged under the Terrorism Act with recruiting people to undergo military training. The 12 included ANC veterans and students who had joined Umkhonto we Sizwe after the 1976 Soweto uprising. Eventually six were sentenced to long jail sentences and six were acquitted.

Category
Copyright
Morning Star
Holding Institution
AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue
MSS AAM 2406
Date/Year
1977
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