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HUMAN, HSAge Description Showing 241 to 260 of 340 First Page•Previous Page 9 •10 •11 •12 •13 •14 •15 •16 •17 Next Page•Last Page... hearing of applications. They also said that the acts applied for by the ANC’s collective application ”did not constitute gross violation of human rights.” // Opposition parties, including the National Party, objected to these findings saying that amnesty could not be granted ... ... of things. // ‘Community Reparation’ // The fourth component is community reparation and we’re looking there at not only the victims of gross human rights violations but at the victims of apartheid as a whole. And we are placing on the agenda of a number of ministries like welfare, health, ... ... completed than others. And some of them will need some facilitation to get there and to complete that process. It is possible, just because the human being has the power within himself to cope with real adverse situations. It is definitely possible for people to get there. It will be easier ... I think apartheid was built upon all that is obscene and disgusting in us as human beings. I think that we know that in our individual journey there is always a battle that goes on between good and evil. ... question has been asked many many times by the Truth Commission the last few months. Did the State Security Council order the gross violations of human rights by policemen and soldiers like assassinations, torture and massacres? And, did they know of these violations committed by the security ... Truth Commission Vice Chairman Alex Boraine said afterwards his Commission will start summoning perpetrators of human rights violations from the end of this month to give evidence and those who decline the invitation will be subpoenaed. This hopefully means a more active role for the Truth ... [The ANC is a barbaric organisation that does not care for the destruction of human lives] // Vlok, the letter stated, also supported the 22 men. He’s also about to be subpoenaed by the Truth Commission. It is expected that most of the remaining 16 men on the list will follow with amnesty ... At one of the first human rights violations hearings last year, self confessed police spy, Pat Hlongwane told the Commission how he was tortured by senior ANC officials. This is what he said. ... If I look back at what happened, at apartheid and so on, then I’m sorry about what happened to your parents and to you because it was a waste of human life. I’m sorry for that. I know that you must hate me. I know if somebody killed my parents maybe I would have been much more hateful than ... Since the completion of Human Rights Violations hearings the work of the R&R Committee has intensified as commissioners look back over all the cases that have come before then in order to make findings about victims and their needs. It’s tiring and sad work, but not entirely without compensation. And out of the blue one day in 1995 Barney Pityana phoned me and said Wendy can the Human Rights Commission nominate you for the TRC? And I said Barney I’d be honoured, but surely there are other people who are far more appropriate and suitable. And he said, no we think you should be on it so I ... ... normal legal protective measures also created circumstances and an atmosphere which were conducive to many of the abuses and transgressions against human rights which forms the basis of the Commission’s present ... ... still remember what happened. The actual explosion is still … it’s just something with me. I remember pain of a scale that I didn’t think a human being could ever experience. I remember going into darkness, being thrown backwards by the force of the bomb. The exact angle saved my life ... ... they’ll go through the wall if necessary in order to realize their plans, their schemes. Secondly they propounded, I think a policy that was ... Satirists always get away with murder. Well that’s it for this week. The Human Rights Violations Committee will visit de Aar, Colesberg, Hanover and Welkom this coming week. We look forward to your company next Sunday evening. Good night. ... of unhappy and frustrated guerrillas and the rough treatment of everybody vaguely suspected of being an informer combined into the ANC’s biggest human rights disaster. It was worst at the Morris Seabelo rehabilitation centre, also known as Camp 32, or Quatro, 200 kilometres north of the ... ... that victims have gone through would be completely unacceptable. So, the TRC process is very much victim orientated in that respect. And so the Human Rights Violations Committee identifies victims, so does the Amnesty Committee. But having identified victims, it is for the Reparation and ... During the 13 months of human rights violations hearings of the Truth Commission a large number of women gave testimony. Most of them came as the wives or mothers of victims, but it has become clear that women suffered in a different way. While torture and abuse happened to most political ... ... all the circumstances that the assault was an act associated with a political motive. Before we go a last, very important matter. Victims of gross human rights violations in the period covered by the Truth Commission are entitled to reparation, but they will only qualify if they complete the ... … // Then if we take what you say further all the politicians should have applied for amnesty in these cases where killings were a result or gross human rights violations were a result of these kinds of actions? // I listened to what my former colleague, Pik Botha said here this morning. ... |
