Statement issued by Church leaders regarding their concern about the substantial number of people still in detention and others who have been released but still under heavy restrictions.
Archive record
Statement of the church leaders regarding detentions, the hunger strike and the State of Emergency

- Origin date
- 8 March 1989
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Statement of the church leaders regarding detentions, the hunger strike and the State of Emergency . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119370
South African History Online (2016) ' Statement of the church leaders regarding detentions, the hunger strike and the State of Emergency ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119370 (Accessed: 23 August 2026).
South African History Online, Statement of the church leaders regarding detentions, the hunger strike and the State of Emergency [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119370, (accessed 23 August 2026).
" Statement of the church leaders regarding detentions, the hunger strike and the State of Emergency ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119370. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.
South African History Online. " Statement of the church leaders regarding detentions, the hunger strike and the State of Emergency ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119370.
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