po028. Save SWAPO Leaders

po028. Save SWAPO Leaders

po028. Save SWAPO Leaders
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Description

SWAPO leaders Aaron Mushimba and Hendrik Shikongo were sentenced to death under the Terrorism Act on 12 May 1976. With the Namibia Support Committee, SATIS promoted an international campaign for their release. It distributed thousands of postcards calling on the British government to intervene and held a demonstration outside South Africa House. The two men were released on appeal in 1977.

Category
Author
Anti-Apartheid Movement
Copyright
AAM Archives Committee
Holding Institution
AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue
MSS AAM 2512/1
Date/Year
1976
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