gov48. Letter from Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society to Margaret Thatcher

gov48. Letter from Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society to Margaret Thatcher

Letter asking Prime Minister Thatcher to intervene with the South African government to stop the hanging 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.

Category: Government
Author: Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society
Copyright: AAM Archives Committee
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue: MSS AAM 779
Date/Year: 1989