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HUMAN, HSAge Description To me it feels as if the world has just closed their doors for me, because I’ve got nowhere now. // No self-respecting human being can feel happy for killing even one person. Now if you talk about 30 you will know how I feel. It’s terrible, it’s a sadistic act, it’s something that one ... But finally and perhaps most importantly there is the question of whether the C Max concept is in line with the rights of prisoners as set out in the constitution. The constitution states that conditions of detention should be consistent with human dignity. ... were in flames. Umlazi was no exception. Here, on the night of 8 August in the Umlazi Cinema a memorial service was held for Victoria Mxenge. A human rights lawyer and community leader, she was loved and respected until she was shot and hacked to death by four unknown men outside her house a ... ... it seems. Then they must tell us what their position is. They are not the ones who have to make decisions about whether this or that is a gross human rights violation. We have been set up to do that. We have been set up to be the ones who determine whether a particular act or mission falls ... ... I’m sure there was discrimination in those newsrooms as a result of the law of the time or because of personal prejudice or insensitivity or human weakness. And I want to say Mr. Chairman that Times Media Ltd sincerely regrets any such indignities that were imposed upon people in our news ... ... body was full of bullet wounds. You know, I went to the mortuary to identify him, I mean those are very touching stories. You get emotional, we are human beings. ... But it was in 1986 that the Mbokodo reign of terror really took hold. In one of the most notorious cases of human rights violations in this area between 200 and 360 Moutse residents were abducted and again brought to the Siyabuswa hall. They were subjected to 36 hours of torture and ritual ... ... // If I look back at what happened, at apartheid and now then I am sorry about what happened to your parents and to you, because it was a waste of human life. I’m sorry for ... ... there were bullet holes in the walls. The bathroom floor was covered in blood, as were the hallway and kitchen. In the kitchen there was blood and human tissue because Jacqui was shot in the chest. South African newspapers reported that the Lesotho Liberation Army was responsible. But it later ... Brian Ngqulunga was a frail, pathetic looking person, human being. He took him, he beat him up and when Brian lost consciousness he picked him up, he threw him up in the sky and when Brian landed with this certain thud, he jumped. You know, if you know De Kock, he’s a big guy with a big torso. He ... ... to apply for amnesty. The letter was never followed up. Many of the men were Vlakplaas members and several have already been linked to gross human rights violations like Brigadier WAL du Toit, and Major Marthinus Ras, and former Vlakplaas top man, Jack Cronje. The letter stated that the ... of any decision taken by cabinet, the State Security Council or any committee, authorizing or instructing the commission of such gross violations of human rights. Nor did I individually, directly or indirectly, ever suggest, order, or authorize any such action. I feel in duty bound to also place ... That was our Special Report for this week. Our team is also in Pietermaritzburg for the Human Rights Committee hearings. And we will have two special dispatches from KwaZulu-Natal in next week’s programme. We will also be in East London this coming week where the Amnesty Committee has hearings. ... ... for talking to me and congratulations for making this transition. You know I have the impression that the transition to democracy happens in every human heart. It’s not something which happens in the whole country, if everybody doesn’t do it. And this I think is a very encouraging sign to ... ... let me ask you the first question. We’ve had a lot of policemen in front of the Amnesty Committee, we’ve heard a lot of evidence in the human rights violations hearings about the police and security police, where is the military in all this? Why haven’t we made a breakthrough into ... ‘Ladies and gentlemen welcome to Port Elizabeth’ // We’ve just touched down here in the Eastern Cape where the Truth Commission held its first Human Rights Violations hearings in April last year. The Special Report team hopes to speak to some of the first victims who told their stories to the ... ... could work towards reconciliation. // I’m just seeing a group of very dangerous people who didn’t take care of Steve. I think they were just inhuman, they were just not dealing with a human being when they were dealing with ... ... person. It was absolute horror. // Despite the unbelievably vicious nature of the attack the survivors preached forgiveness. // From my level as a human being, my personal level, I feel I have forgiven, and when I say I forgiven I bear no grudges against them. There is absolutely no bitterness ... He admits that because of his Black Consciousness background and his religious beliefs it was hard to accept the idea of granting amnesty to perpetrators of gross human rights violations. ... and Reconciliation Commission and we as a nation have to deal with two kinds of truth about our past, the truth through the eyes of the victims of human rights abuses and the truth as seen by those responsible for those abuses. We have now heard the voices of the victims, or perhaps we should ... |
