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

Updated: 30 Sep 2019

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

How we know this

01O’Malley P. ‘1964’, from Nelson Mandela Centre of Memories and Dialog, [online], available at www.nelsonmandela.org. [Accessed: 20 September 2012]
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

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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.