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Special Report Transcript Episode 64, Section 4, Time 15:11At one stage they asked one of the men to rape me. He didn’t actually do it but he did come towards me as if he was going to do it. It was all part of a game that they were playing. Notes: Zubeida Jaffer (Detained 1980 & 1985) References select each tab to search for references Hearing Transcripts TRC Final Report TRC Victims■ TORTURE AND DEATH IN CUSTODY91 The period 1960 to 1994 saw the systematic and extensive use of detention without trial in South Africa. Such detention was frequently conducive to the commission of gross abuses of human rights. The Human Rights Committee estimated the number of detentions ... 28 One can, however, overstate the case. The hearings provided ample evidence that women fulfilled all roles in the struggle and suffered the full range of human rights violations. There were stories of women active – and abused — in all three decades covered by the Commission. There were ... 59 Ms Hilda Bernstein documented the torture of Black Consciousness leader, Ms Joyce Dipale, while in solitary confinement for 500 days. Dipale’s torture included electric shocks on her naked breasts, buttocks and genitals. She said that she “got used to the pain, but never the humiliation” ... 28 One can, however, overstate the case. The hearings provided ample evidence that women fulfilled all roles in the struggle and suffered the full range of human rights violations. There were stories of women active – and abused — in all three decades covered by the Commission. There were ... |
