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AIUSA Prisoner Update Ivan Morris Fund the Region * Malawi .r AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL U.S.A. SOUTHERN AFRICA COORDINATION GROUP 9007 Garland Ave. Silver Spring, Md. 20901 Tel: 1301 I 581-&428 ~CI=R=C~U~L~A=R~l~S ______~D=E=C=EM~BE=R~-------~1~ 9~8~3 AIUSA Prisoner Update Ivan Morris Fund The Region * Malawi * Botswana Congress: Export Administration Act Profiles of Banned POC's * Winnie Mandela * Christian Beyers-Naude On-going Human Rights Violations in Namibia Urgent Actions Clippings * In and Around Namibia * Homelands and Black Spots: Removals, Protests, Detentions * South Africa Votes on Constitutional Changes * Trials and Bannings * U.S. -South African Relations Amne.ty International Ia • worldwide hul!llln rlghta rnowment whtcn wonc. tmpertlally for tne ,.._.. ol pri~C~MB at con8CI8noe, men lnd women ~ned an~ tor their belief a, cot or, ethnic origin, -· religion or t~. piO'IIded tlwy ,_neither UMd not lld\'oCatecl vtol8nce. Amne.ty tnt.,. tonal ~ torture lnd the deattl penalty tn Ill c&M8 without ,._alton lnd advocat• fair lnd prompt trilla for all political prtaon.rw. Amne.ty tntematlonalla lndac*ldent olatt gowmrnenta, poHttc:al f8Ctlona , ldeotogt•, economic lnt-ta lnd reltgloua CI'Mda. It hu conauttatl\le atatua with ti'MI Unttad Nattona (!C080C), UNESCO and tne Council of Eui"'O)e, nu OOOC*'8tl\le relattona with the Organization of Afr1Can-Untty (Bu- for tne P'-"ent and Education ol African Re111~) . Amne.ty IMamattonet ._ tl'le recipient of tl'le 1877 Nobel Prize for Pt.ce. '< AIUSA PRISONER UPDATE (12/18/83) This update highlights only those changes in prisoner status or prisoner assignments made since Circular 14 was published. We have had some releases of trade unionists in the Ciskei. Unfortunately, though, we have a number of new cases. Amnesty has taken up cases of young students detained, some medical doctors, and a number of new cases in Venda and Namibia. Newly Assigned Cases to the U.S. Section 156 (Huntington, New York) SADA WILSON SINYEGWE 192 (Berkeley, California) SADA SAMUEL TSHIAKHUDO 37 (Minneapolis, Minnesota) SADA PETRUS MUDZIELWANA Not assigned as of prBss data - SADA RONALD MAKHONO All four prisoners are in their early 20's. They are among at least nine people detained in Venda on or about November 4, 1983. First helq under Section 22 of the South African General Law Amendment Act of 1966, which remains in force in Venda and permits incommunicado detention without charge for 14 days. Thereafter, these prisoners were trans­ ferred to detention under Section 6 of the South African Terrorism Act which remains in force in Venda, although re­ pealed in South Africa in 1982. This permits indefinite incommunicado detention without charge or trial for inter­ rogation. The place of detention is not known. Apparently, the detainees are being held at local police stations in Venda and possibly being moved around. 68 (Lexington, Kentucky) Investigation/Namibia IMMANUEL MOONG:O Arrested in September 1983 in Ovamboland. Postal Clerk at Oniipa, Ovamboland. 286 (Salinas, California) Investigation/Namibia SIMON HANGULA Arrested in July 1983 in Ovambo1and. Evan~elist in the Evangelical Lutheran Ovambo-Kavango Church (ELOK) at Ekoka, Ovambo1and, Namibia. 274 (Santa Cruz, California) Investigation/Namibia GIDEON NESTOR Arrested in mid-October 1983 in the Kavango district of northern Namibia. He is the chief accountant employed by the Kavango administration. (?) (Kinai, Alaska) Investigation/Namibia JAAKKO KANGAJI Arrested in mid-October 1983 in t he Kavango district of northern Namibia. He is a school teacher at Nkurenkuru Village in the Kavango district. Possibly held at Rundu. These prisoners are currently believed to be detained without charge or trial in Namibia under Proclamation AG 9 of 1977. This permits indefinite incommunicado detention without charge or trial and is widely used by South African security forces in northern Namibia against people suspected of opposing continued South African administration of the territory or of supporting the South West Africa People's Organization (SWAPO). 220 (Port Angeles, Washington) SADA MUTTUZELI QABAKA A student, aged about 18. He was detained with other high school students in the Ciskei on or about July 27, 1983 and reportedly held incommunicado without charge or trial since then under Section 26 of the Ciskei National Security Act. He comes from Mdantsane Township. 50 (Chicago, Illinois) SADA (UA270/83) MVUYO MALGAS See details and picture of torture marks in the attached Urgent Action. 10 (Hanover, New Hampshire) SADA FREEMAN SIGOBELWANA A student at Zwelitsha High School, he is believed to be a member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) and was detained in early November by Ciskei Security Police in Zwelitsha, a black township in Ciskei. He is held under Section 26 of Ciskei's National Security Act which permits indefinite incommunicado detention without charge or trial for interrogation purposes. The place of detention is unknown. 54 (Cambridge, Massachusetts) SADA SIPHO SITYEBI Student aged about 18. He was detained with other high school students in Ciskei on or about July 27, 1983, and has reportedly been held incommunicado and without charge or trial since then under Section 26 of the Ciskei National Security Act. He comes from Mdantsane Township. 64 (Berkeley, California) SADA VUKILE MAKI A student at Wongalethu High School, he is believed to be a member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS), and was detained November 1, 1983 by Ciskei Security Police in Mdantsane, a large black township in Ciskei. He is held under Section 26 of Ciskei National Security Act which permits indefinite incommunicado detention without charge or trial for interrogation purposes. The place of detention is unknown. 95 (Cape Cod, Massachusetts) SADA DR. FAITH MATLAOPANE Aged JO, medical doctor at Evendale Hospital near Pietermaritzburg. He was detained with about ten others, most on November 24th, and now held under Section 29 of the Internal Security Act which permits indefinite incommunicado detention without trial. Security police have given no reasons for his detention and his place of imprisonment is not known. 89 (Rochester, New York) POC DOUGLAS LUKHELE/SWAZILAND A former judge now practicing as a lawyer, was detained on August 24, 1983, shortly before he was due to attend the High Court to hear judgment on case brought before his client, Queen Dzeliwe of Swaziland. He was detained along with Arthur Khoza, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, and one of Queen Dzeliwe's advisers. These arrests are con­ nected with a major constitutional dispute affecting the royal family of Swaziland. Both men are being held under detention orders signed by the Prime Minister, which are renewable and effectively provide for continuous and indef­ inite detention without trial. 55 (Chicago, Illinois) POC VERA CHIRWA See Urgent Action on Vera and Orton Chiva and please read the article on Malawi. CLOSED CASES 10 (Hanover, New Hampshire) SADA PRISCILLA MAXONGO 26 (New York, New York) SADA SIMON WA YENE 159 (Arlington, Virginia) SADA MELVIN MAMPUNYE 53 (Fayetteville, Arkansas) SADA THEMBENKOSI MATUTU 86 (Cincinnati, Ohio) SADA MICHAEL MNIKINA 137 (San Diego, California) SADA NORMAN BONANI IVAN MORRIS FUND AIUSA adoption groups have been fortunate in being able to provide relief to their prisoners in need of relief. i There are many adoption groups which send no relief. In many cases send relief is impossible because contact cannot be established with prisoners or their families; there may be no need for financial assistance; or foreign support may be too dangerous. Because some groups cannot send relief directly, the burdens and rewards of participating in relief programs are shared unequally by groups. If your adoption group cannot send relief to your own prisoner, you can still participate in relief programs by making contributions to the Ivan Morris Prison Relief Fund. The Ivan Morris Fund matches relief grants of up to $250.00 a year sent by adoption groups to their prisoner or prisoners. Last year the Ivan Morris Fund made 84 relief grants totaling $18,000. The Fund hopes to have sufficient money to make even more matching grants this year, but the Fund does need the help of everyone in the US section to accomplish this. We urge those groups not sending relief to your own prisoners to make a contribution to the Ivan Morris Fund. Please send contributions to the Fund in care of Sarah Krakauer, AIUSA, J04 West 58th Street, New York, N.Y., 10019. Your contribution will be greatly appreciated. MALAWI Malawi has been ruled by Life President Hastings Kamuzu Banda, an outspoken foe of communism, since its independence in 1964. Aside from the presidency, he controls four ministries and reportedly approves alI Malawi passport applications and employment permits for foreigners. He has established a rigid moral code in Malawi, banning shorts, trousers or skirts above the knees for women and long hair or flared trousers for men. President Banda is the only public black friend of white ruled South Africa, which he officially recognized in 1967. He was the first African head of state to visit South Africa, and later made it his biggest trading partner. There is little doubt that Banda's South Africa connection has helped Malawi, as South Africa financed the construction of Malawi ' s new half-bill ion dollar capital at Lilongwe. After reports of a Cabinet meeting in May 1983 at which Banda told ministers he had been ordered by his doctors to rest for a year, a power struggle erupted. At that time, Banda announced his succession plan. It was to make his nurse and long time companion, Cecilia Kadzamira, his vice­ president and John Tembo, the governor of the Malawi Reserve Bank, the prime minister. In mid-May of this year, three senior cabinet ministers and one member of the National Assembly were ,reported, by the government, to have been killed in a car crash.
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