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Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners Solidarity with South African political prisoners http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuun1975_33 Use of the Aluka digital library is subject to Aluka’s Terms and Conditions, available at http://www.aluka.org/page/about/termsConditions.jsp. By using Aluka, you agree that you have read and will abide by the Terms and Conditions. Among other things, the Terms and Conditions provide that the content in the Aluka digital library is only for personal, non-commercial use by authorized users of Aluka in connection with research, scholarship, and education. The content in the Aluka digital library is subject to copyright, with the exception of certain governmental works and very old materials that may be in the public domain under applicable law. 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Statement by Acting Chairman of Special Committee, H.E. Mr. Eustace Seignoret (Trinidad and Tobago) on recent detentions and trials in South Africa, 15 August 1975. Statement by Acting Chairman and Rapporteur of the Special Committee, H.E. Mr. Vladimir N. Martynenko (Ukrainian SSR) and Mr. Nicasio G. Valderrama (Philippines) on recent detentions and trials in South Africa, 12 September 1975. Extracts from statements by Mr. Breyten Breytenbach, Afrikaner poet and artist imprisoned in South Africa. Biographical note on Mr. Govan Mbeki, prominent leader of the South African people, now seriously ill in prison. Format extent 17 page(s) (length/size) http://www.aluka.org/action/showMetadata?doi=10.5555/AL.SFF.DOCUMENT.nuun1975_33 http://www.aluka.org NOTES AND DOCUMENTS* September 1975 NOTES AND DOCUMENTS* September 1975 SOLIDARIT WITH OUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PRISOERS/ / , Page APPEAL BY SPECIAL 0)I4TEE AGAINST APA PO ANCE OF DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PRISRS, 11 OCTOBER 1975 ..............1........... 1 Statement by Acting Chairman of Special Committee, H.E.Mr. Eustace Seignoret (Trinidad and Tobago) on recent detentiQ' and trials in South Africa, 15 August 1975 ................ ....... 3 Statement by Acting Chairman and Rapporteur of the Specia-l_Committee, H.E. Mr. Vladimir N. Martynenko (Ukrainian SSR) an-&.. Mr. Nicasio G. Valderrama (Philippines) on recent detentions and trials in South Africa, 12 September 1975 .............. 8 Extracts from statements by Mr. Breyten Breytenbach, Afrikaner poet and artist imprisoned in South Africa .................. 10 Biographical note on Mr. Govan Mbeki, prominent leader of the South African people, now seriously ill in prison ........... 15 ENote: This issue of Notes and Documents is devoted to the Day of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners on 11 October 1975. In addition to recent statements by the Special Committee against Apartheid, it contains a note on Mr. Breyten Breytenbach, an Afrikaner poet and artist who was recently imprisoned in South Africa. Mr. Breytenbach, an opponent of apartheid, who has lived in exile in Paris for several years, participated in a special session of the Special Committee in London in June 1968 and in a Seminar of the Special Committee in Paris in April-May 1975. Extracts from an article he prepared for the Special Committee in 1970 and from the statement he made at the Seminar of the Special Committee in Paris on 30 April 1975 are reproduced here. This issue also contains a biographical note on Govan Mbeki, a leader of the African National Congress of South Africa, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial in 1964. In a telegram to the United Nations Secretary-General on 5 September, the African National Congress expressed grave concern over the serious illness of Mr. Mbeki, now in the Robben Island prison, and said: "Barbarous sentences, inhuman prison conditions and treatment in South African jails are direct cause of repeated loss of our incarcerated militants such as Bram Fischer and others. Demand immediate unconditional release of Mbeki and all other political prisoners. "J All material In these notes and documents may be freely reprinted. o Iedemen to her w a cow of the Publication containing the reprint. would be wDr-':ated. No. 33/75 APPEAL BY SPECIAL COMMITTEE AGAINST APARTHEID FOR OBSERVANCE OF DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH SOUTH AFRICAN POLITICAL PRISONERS, 11 OCTOBER 1975 The United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid solemnly appeals to all Governments and organizations to observe 11 October 1975 as the D y of Solidarity with South African Political Prisoners. The Special Committee urges that on this day the entire world community dedicate itself to supporting the just struggle of the oppressed people of South Africa for national liberation and renew its ccmmitment to take concerted action against the apartheid regime and its odious policies. Twelve years ago, on 11 October 1962 - when the Pretoria regime charged Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and other leaders of the South African people under the "Sabotage Act" - the General Assembly adopted resolution 1881 (XVIII) calling on that regime to release unconditionally all persons imprisoned, interned or subjected to other restrictions for their opposition to apartheid. In that historic resolution, the international community unanimously recognized that the policy of apartheid and the repression against opponents of apartheid have created a serious danger to peace in South Africa. In subsequent years, the General Assembly, the Security Council and other organs of the United Nations have repeatedly called on the South African regime to grant an unconditional amnesty to all persons imprisoned or restricted for their opposition to apartheid or acts arising from such opposition, as well as to political refugees from South Africa. They have affirmed the legitimacy of the struggle of the South African people against apartheid and racial discrimination and declared that the release of the leaders of the oppressed people of South Africa and other opponents of apartheid from imprisonment and other restrictions is a prerequisite for a peaceful solution of the grave situation in South Africa. The South African regime has, however, spurned all the appeals and demands of the international community. As resistance to the crime of apartheid continued unabated, it has enacted even more repressive laws and widened the net of repression. Nelson Mandela and his colleagues were sentenced to life imprisonment and are still confined in the Robben Island prison. Scores of figh7ers against apartheid have been executed, and thousands imprisoned. Hundreds of persons have been subjected to arbitrary and cruel restrictions: these include many former political prisoners, wives of prisoners, student and trade union leaders and churchmen. During the past year, the South African regime resorted to further repression. It arrested many black leaders - students, youth and cultural workers - and held them incommunicado for long periods under the notorious Terrorism Act. A number of these leaders are now being tried under this Act which lays down a minimum sentence of five years' imprisonment and a maximum sentence of death. 75-18679 .. 2 - The actions of the South African regime belie its protestations that it seeks a detente with other States and that it is moving away from discrimination. Its propaganda has indeed become a cover for ruthless repression against the black people and all those who reject and resist apartheid. The Special Committee against Apartheid wishes to emphasize that the international community has a duty to uphold the cause of the South African political prisoners and those subjected to restrictions for their opposition to the criminal racist policies of apartheid. As it declared in an appeal issued on 21 March 1975: "These men and women are the genuine representatives of the great majority of the people of South Africa. They have suffered long years of imprisonment, restrictions and exile because of their natural desire for elementary justice as reflected in their commitment to the principles embodied in the United Nations Charter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights ... "The international community, for its part, cannot but uphold the cause of the men and women who have been subjected to persecution because of their struggle to live in freedom and equality in their country. It cannot abdicate its responsibility to ensure that the danger of racial conflict is eliminated." The Special Committee appeals to all Governments and organizations to reaffirm their solidarity with the South African political prisoners by stepping up the campaign for an unconditional amnesty for the political prisoners and restrictees, as well as
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