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Sa., 29 November 2003 16:49  |
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November 27 2003 at 06:54PM
The Bond van Boerekrygsgevangenes (League of Boer Prisoners of War) on
Thursday said it would complain to the International Committee of the
Red Cross (ICRC) about the conditions under which a 1994 bomb planter
was being held.
Dries Kriel, a leader of the Christiana, North West Province-based
organisation, said Cliffie Barnard, jailed for life in 1997 in
connection with a series of bomb blasts before and after the first
democratic elections in April 1994, was regularly tortured and
assaulted by warders.
Barnard was recently transferred from the Pretoria local prison to the
super-maximum security C-Max prison within the Pretoria Central Prison
complex.
In a copy of a letter addressed to the ICRC, received in Johannesburg,
Kriel alleged that it was "well known that white prisoners in phase 1
of C-Max prison are locked up in darkness and solitude for 24 hours a
day and are starving by lack of food (sic)."
It was 'well known that white prisoners are locked up in darkness'
He added that it was not known why Barnard had been moved and that the
department of correctional services was refusing to explain.
The department could not immediately comment on the allegations.
Spokesperson Luzuko Jacobs undertook to respond on Friday.
Afrikanerweerstandsbeweging leader Eugene Terre'Blanche was earlier
this month convicted on five counts of terrorism related to some of
the bombings carried out by Barnard and Abraham "Koper" Myburgh.
Myburgh is also serving a life sentence.
Kriel could not be reached at either of the numbers provided to
clarify when the letter was sent to the ICRC or how many "Boer
prisoners of war" he believed were in South African jails.
His organisation believes Barnard and others who opposed South
Africa's transition to democracy were entitled to prisoner of war
status. The ICRC normally intercedes on behalf of POWs captured and
held by warring states.
Kriel's organisation has in the past been associated with the South
African League of Former Police, Soldiers and Officials, and the Wit
Wolwe, led by pardoned mass-murderer Barend Strydom.
Kriel last November claimed his group was part of the Boeremag.
Twenty-two Boeremag members are currently on trial before the Pretoria
High Court for plotting a rightwing coup d'etat.
They face 42 charges ranging from murder and attempted murder to
treason, terrorism, sabotage, and arms and explosives violations. All
are being held at C-Max. - Sapa
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| Re: Boer POW group to complain to Red Cross [boodskap #87768 is 'n antwoord op boodskap #87766] |
So., 30 November 2003 17:27  |
DD
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On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 16:05:06 GMT, "@rogers.com" wrote:
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> "DD" wrote
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> Ons praat van
>> iemand wat onskuldige vrouens vermaar het,
>> met sy eie vuil pote, en volgens jou verskoning
>> daarvoor het omdat hy teen 'n diktatorskap geveg
>> het.
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> Sal ek vir jou vertel van al die onskuldige
> vrouens en kinders en skoolkinders wat
> die "veiligheidspolisie" opgeblaas het met
> jou toestemming.
>
> Gloudina
>
jy's uitgedaag
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