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UN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.

UN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.

Date
26 Oct 1964
Updated
30 Sep 2019
UN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.

The United Nations Special Committee on the Policies of Apartheid issued an appeal to member states and organizations to assist families of persons persecuted by the government for their stance against the policies of apartheid. This came four years after the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) led a peaceful protest to Sharpeville police station, where they demanded to be arrested. This was in defiance of the pass laws.  Unfortunately, theb situation turned violent as police shot and killed 69  people, leaving scores injured and others arrested in what became known as Sharpeville massacre

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  1. 01O’Malley P. ‘1964’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memories and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org. [Accessed: 20 September 2012]
  2. 02South African History Online, ‘Police kill 69 people during the Sharpeville Massacre’, [online], available at www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed: 20 September 2012]  

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2012, October 17). UN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093841

South African History Online (2012) 'UN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.', South African History Online, 17 October. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093841 (Accessed: 30 August 2026).

South African History Online, UN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims. [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093841, (accessed 30 August 2026).

"UN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.." South African History Online, 17 Oct. 2012, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093841. Accessed 30 Aug. 2026.

South African History Online. "UN Special Committee on Policies of Apartheid appeals for assistance to families of apartheid victims.." South African History Online. October 17, 2012. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0093841.

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