Death Sentence - Anti-apartheid (1986) [HD 8K]

3. International Response: The Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act (1986)

Comprehensive Anti-Apartheid Act of 1986 99th Congress (1985-1986) Death Sentence - Anti-Apartheid (1986)

: In response to the spike in sentences, the Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) and Southern Africa the Imprisoned Society (SATIS) launched major international campaigns to stop the hangings. Death Sentence - Anti-Apartheid (1986)

: Between 1960 and 1989, approximately 134 political prisoners were executed by the apartheid government. Death Sentence - Anti-Apartheid (1986)

: In the mid-1980s, the state increasingly used the "common purpose" legal doctrine to sentence groups of activists to death, even if they were not directly responsible for a specific killing.