pic8733. Petition for the release of detainees

pic8733. Petition for the release of detainees

A petition for the release of all apartheid detainees was delivered to Prime Minister Thatcher on Human Rights Day 10 December 1987 by a  delegation led by AAM President Trevor Huddleston and trade union leader Clive Jenkins. Among the thousands of signatories were the archbishops of Canterbury and York, the leaders of all three British opposition parties and celebrities from the world of the arts like Peggy Ashcroft and Tom Stoppard.

Category: 1980s
Copyright: Andrew Wiard/Report
Holding Institution: AAM Archive, Bodleian Library
Catalogue: MSS AAM 2425
Date/Year: 1987