The Atlantic23d
The South African Treason Trial
THE Treason Trial is now a byword in South Africa. It is three years old; its preparatory examination lasted fourteen months; it has been broken into several trials. It adjourns for months to ...
The Independent7d
Idris Elba details how he spent a night in a South African prison to ready for Nelson Mandela role
as he led a campaign against the apartheid government in South Africa. After another trial in Pretoria, this time for treason, he returned to the island in June 1964 and remained there until March ...
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60 years on, Rivonia Trial remembered as catalyst for constitutional democracy in South Africa
The landmark 1964 Rivonia Trial may have ended with the icons of South Africa’s anti-apartheid ... were sentenced to life imprisonment for treason. Seven years old at the time, Kollapen said ...
Human Rights Watch1y
Defending Human Rights
As of mid-October, no lawyers had offered their services to RUF leader Foday Sankoh, on trial for treason. Threats continued to be made against anyone defending accused AFRC/RUF members or ...