hgs04. Save the Pretoria 3!

hgs04. Save the Pretoria 3!

hgs04. Save the Pretoria 3!
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Description

In November 1980 three young freedom fighters, Petrus Lubisi, Ncimbithi Mashigo and Naphtali Manana, were sentenced to death for attacking a South African police station. In Britain, Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society (SATIS) organised pickets, marches and media publicity to save their lives. After a South African appeal court confirmed the sentence in April 1982 the UN Security Council held an emergency meeting. On 3 June 1982 the British Foreign Office met a SATIS delegation. On the same day, as a result of the campaign, the sentences were commuted to life imprisonment.

Author
Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society (SATIS)
Copyright
AAM Archives Committee
Holding Institution
AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue
MSS AAM 2227
Date/Year
1981
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