pic7714. ‘Save SWAPO Leaders’

pic7714. ‘Save SWAPO Leaders’

Demonstrators outside South Africa House on 14 February 1977, demanding freedom for SWAPO leaders Aaron Mushimba and Hendrik Shikongo. The two men were sentenced to death under the Terrorism Act on 12 May 1976. They were freed on appeal in 1977 after an international campaign for their release.

Category: 1970s
Copyright: Copyright: Laurence Sparham/IFL
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue: MSS AAM 2406
Date/Year: 1977