Report about a visit to Washington DC by a delegation of South African church leaders namely, Allan Boesak, Frank Chikane, Beyers Naude and Desmond Tutu, to urge the US Administration to lift the State of Emergency, release political prisoners, to unban organisations such as the African National Congress and the Pan Africanist Congress, to amend the Internal Security Act and to repeal legislation which organises South African society on the basis of race.
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Founding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Founding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119376
South African History Online (2016) ' Founding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119376 (Accessed: 25 September 2026).
South African History Online, Founding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119376, (accessed 25 September 2026).
" Founding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119376. Accessed 25 Sept. 2026.
South African History Online. " Founding statement for the visit to Washington DC of a delegation of South African church leaders ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119376.
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