unitex@rubbs.fidonet.org (unitex) (08/14/89)
UNPRESS: ANTI-APARTHEID COMMITTEE
CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO SAVE LIVES
OF ROBERT MCBRIDE AND OTHER SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS
The following statement was issued today by the Chairman of the Special
Committee against Apartheid, Joseph N. Garba (Nigeria):
The Special Committee against Apartheid is concerned that political
prisoner Robert John McBride is still on death row along with 70 other
political prisoners. Their continued imprisonment demonstrates that
repression against apartheid opponents is a permanent feature of the Pretoria
regime and shall remain an obstacle to any process aimed at resolving the
conflict in South Africa.
The Special Committee calls on the international community to strengthen
its efforts to save the lives of McBride and the 70 other political prisoners
on death row at present. It calls, in particular, on the international legal
community to isolate the apartheid judiciary.
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