Verdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference on 15 March 1986 discussing State of Emergency Regulations, detentions, police using torture, abuse of prisoners, legal rights of prisoners, living conditions in prisons, human rights abuses.
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Verdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference 1986

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South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Verdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference 1986 . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119336
South African History Online (2016) ' Verdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference 1986 ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119336 (Accessed: 22 July 2026).
South African History Online, Verdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference 1986 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119336, (accessed 22 July 2026).
" Verdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference 1986 ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119336. Accessed 22 July 2026.
South African History Online. " Verdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference 1986 ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0119336.
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