Thu 16 Dec 2004 |
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Reconciliation Day 2004: Call on international corporations |
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Noting that the Khulumani International Lawsuit was recently dismissed by Judge Sprizzo in New York, Khulumani Support Group calls on those international corporations cited in the lawsuit to take the moral high ground and acknowledge the following: |
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Mon 06 Dec 2004 |
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Khulumani dismayed by possible "back-door amnesties" |
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 The Khulumani Support Group is alarmed that an alleged "back-door amnesty" process is possibly being considered by government.Many of the perpetrators who received amnesty have also received handsome pension payouts, as well as medical and psychological treatment at the State's expense. " |
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Wed 01 Dec 2004 |
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Response to Dismissal of Lawsuit |
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| On 29 November, 2004, Judge Sprizzo dismissed the so-called "apartheid lawsuits" brought to the New York Court under the US Alien Tort Claims Act. The Khulumani Support Group is not deterred by the judgment made by Judge Sprizzo in dismissing the Khulumani Lawsuit along with the other so-called "apartheid lawsuits". |
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Sun 10 Oct 2004 |
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Archbishop Desmond Tutu supports Khulumani lawsuit |
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| By the time of filing of the amicus brief, or legal opinion -in a New York court in support of Khulumani's litigation against specific foreign corporations which aided and abetted the apartheid government, 207 organisations and individuals had added their voices in support of the litigation, including Archbishop Tutu and Joseph Stiglitz. "The decisions (to be) made by the court charged with deciding on this lawsuit, will shape the future of human rights litigation and will reverberate beyond the courthouse walls to the ears of officials and private (citizens) across the world", says New York Lawyer Michael Hausfeld. |
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Mon 30 Aug 2004 |
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International Day of the Disappeared on August 30th 2004 |
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| On Monday August 30, 2004, International Day of the Disappeared will be commemorated for the first time in South Africa at a public gathering to be held in the Library Gardens, Johannesburg between 12:30 and 13:30 on Monday, August 30, 2004. This gathering will highlight the disappearances which occurred in our country during Apartheid. You are warmly invited to attend. |
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